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Love at First Bite: The Complete Vampire Lover's Cookbook
Everything's better with vampires--even dinner! Now you can serve up delicacies your guests will love, and satisfy your ravenous cravings at the same time. Love at First Bite is a unique collection of more than 300 suckulent recipes sure to tempt the taste buds and leave everyone begging for more,
272 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
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April 7, 2012
by OBS Staff Member Rose
Vampires are everywhere. From movies, to television shows, to comic books. So it is no surprise the vampire genre has bleed into…cooking?
Yes! Why not?! There is Tru Blood Soda and Blood Energy Drinks and undead confectionary concoctions. Why not vampire related recipes that are sure to get your appetite in a frenzy?
Love At First Bite The Complete Vampire Lover’s Cookbook by Michelle Roy Kelley and Andrea Norville is collection of ghoulishly delicious recipes with such names as:
Dracula’s Dill Pasta with Scallops, Chicken Cordon Black and Bleu, Tortellini by twilight with Pesto Chicken, Creepy Crepes, Bill Compton’s Snow Crabs and Blood Chilling Gazpacho.
Included with the recipes you’ll find sporadic footnotes titled Tasty Tidbit, with a bit of trivia about the dish mentioned, the character the dish is named after, or a proper pairing with the recipe.
The cookbook is broken down into 12 categorical chapters, such as Bits and Bites, Sinful Seafood, Nocturnal Nibbles and Liquid Lunches to name a few. It also includes a Vampire Themes section to help you with your part planning.
Anyone can make these recipes for they are not arduous undertaking requiring hours of prep time or outrageousness. Also there is something for everyone in this cookbook including vegetarians. Perfect for the next time you have a vampire movie marathon or a true blood party. It’s 264 pages of vampy goodness.
I’ll give you a taste of what to expect and divulge one of the recipes that I have tried:
Bon Temps Fish
½ cup chili sauce
1-1/2 cups pasta sauce
2 cups medium cooked shrimp
2 tablespoons olive oil
6 (4 to 6 ounce) mild white fish fillets
½ teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes
2 tablespoons lemon juice
Preheat oven to 450 F. In medium saucepan, combine chili sauce and pasta sauce; bring to boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Stir in shrimp, cover, and remove from heat.
Meanwhile, place oil in glass baking dish. Arrange fish in dish and sprinkle with salt, pepper flakes, and lemon juice. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork. Place on serving dish and top with shrimp sauce. Serve immediately. Serves 6.
YUMMM!
Love At First Bite The Complete Vampire Lover’s Cookbook is a perfect addition to any vampire lover and cook’s library.
http://openbooksociety.com/article/bo...
Vampires are everywhere. From movies, to television shows, to comic books. So it is no surprise the vampire genre has bleed into…cooking?
Yes! Why not?! There is Tru Blood Soda and Blood Energy Drinks and undead confectionary concoctions. Why not vampire related recipes that are sure to get your appetite in a frenzy?
Love At First Bite The Complete Vampire Lover’s Cookbook by Michelle Roy Kelley and Andrea Norville is collection of ghoulishly delicious recipes with such names as:
Dracula’s Dill Pasta with Scallops, Chicken Cordon Black and Bleu, Tortellini by twilight with Pesto Chicken, Creepy Crepes, Bill Compton’s Snow Crabs and Blood Chilling Gazpacho.
Included with the recipes you’ll find sporadic footnotes titled Tasty Tidbit, with a bit of trivia about the dish mentioned, the character the dish is named after, or a proper pairing with the recipe.
The cookbook is broken down into 12 categorical chapters, such as Bits and Bites, Sinful Seafood, Nocturnal Nibbles and Liquid Lunches to name a few. It also includes a Vampire Themes section to help you with your part planning.
Anyone can make these recipes for they are not arduous undertaking requiring hours of prep time or outrageousness. Also there is something for everyone in this cookbook including vegetarians. Perfect for the next time you have a vampire movie marathon or a true blood party. It’s 264 pages of vampy goodness.
I’ll give you a taste of what to expect and divulge one of the recipes that I have tried:
Bon Temps Fish
½ cup chili sauce
1-1/2 cups pasta sauce
2 cups medium cooked shrimp
2 tablespoons olive oil
6 (4 to 6 ounce) mild white fish fillets
½ teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes
2 tablespoons lemon juice
Preheat oven to 450 F. In medium saucepan, combine chili sauce and pasta sauce; bring to boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Stir in shrimp, cover, and remove from heat.
Meanwhile, place oil in glass baking dish. Arrange fish in dish and sprinkle with salt, pepper flakes, and lemon juice. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork. Place on serving dish and top with shrimp sauce. Serve immediately. Serves 6.
YUMMM!
Love At First Bite The Complete Vampire Lover’s Cookbook is a perfect addition to any vampire lover and cook’s library.
http://openbooksociety.com/article/bo...
October 31, 2011
My sister gave me this as a funny gift. I found it pretty amusing, and started to read the recipes, not knowing what to expect—Jugular Jumble, Blue Blood Soup? And, well yes, the recipes have names like that: Vlad’s Vichyssoise, Steak through the Heart (soy marinated), The Volturi’s Italian Baked Fish (Cod baked with stewed tomatoes), Gran Stackhouse’s Pecan Pie (That’s Gran’s Pie!). It also has trivia like a Vampire Play list, info about Ann Rice or Bill COmptonand Sookie. It looks like a pretty standard selection of recipes with paranormal names. Holly Scudero at The Sacramento Book Review (9/15/10)* called it, "An uninspired attempt to capitalize on vampire fever."
A slice of pecan pieImage via Wikipedia
There is an awesome list of Cocktails: The Black Death, Blood Orange Mimosa, Collinwood Cocktail, etc., and a section on Organ Meats.
Is it an “inspired” cookbook? I don’t think so. Is it a novelty and something you would get a big Twilight, Buffy, or Truebie? Yes, it is probably a good half-gag, half-serious, gift and a good hostess gift for a Halloween or True Blood party.
I don’t use cookbooks very much, just for how to handle weird stuff, things that require exact measurements, or some inspiration. But, I might use those cocktail recipes, or the marinades. I will let you know if I try something and how it came out.
Do you have any favorite spooky recipes? Would rename a family recipe to make it sound Vampyric?
A slice of pecan pieImage via Wikipedia
There is an awesome list of Cocktails: The Black Death, Blood Orange Mimosa, Collinwood Cocktail, etc., and a section on Organ Meats.
Is it an “inspired” cookbook? I don’t think so. Is it a novelty and something you would get a big Twilight, Buffy, or Truebie? Yes, it is probably a good half-gag, half-serious, gift and a good hostess gift for a Halloween or True Blood party.
I don’t use cookbooks very much, just for how to handle weird stuff, things that require exact measurements, or some inspiration. But, I might use those cocktail recipes, or the marinades. I will let you know if I try something and how it came out.
Do you have any favorite spooky recipes? Would rename a family recipe to make it sound Vampyric?
March 20, 2013
It's cute. I might make some of the recipes in here...not sure. They're not really anything you'd eat on any given day, but would be good for a party especially if you're having a trueblood viewi.g or something.
October 4, 2010
kind of gross and corny actually but cute if you're throwing a vampire/Twilight/Halloween party :)
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