#fandom cookbooks

[voidlightcomix]

Feast Your Eyes: Fandom Cookbook Recipe Review #1

Are These Smuggled Goods? - Star Wars: The Ultimate Cookbook

Suddenly finding themself employed on a high-class spaceship, our intrepid multiverse-traveling chef Aurum Leuci prepares a traditional dish from the fungal forest planet of Narqui— along with some questionably-sourced side dishes.

Tonight’s menu: sourced from the Star Wars Ultimate Cookbook

Appetizer: Cantonican Cactus Bites, pg 163

Main Course: Narquois Rolls, pg 45

Dessert: Kullgroon Drops, pg 95

Full review under the cut!

Aurum Leuci’s Log:

[Begin recording.] Hey, uh, Chef Aurum here. Sorry I’m late. I think I must have miscalibrated my dimensional portal generator, because I absolutely did NOT intend to wind up on a Neimoidian ship orbiting some random colony world— Narq, I think?— much less in a kitchen full of apparently-smuggled Kullgroon fruit and Cantonican vegetation. Luckily, I can handle myself in a kitchen— so let’s hope for my sake the politicians on this ship don’t know their kitchen staff by name. I can at least make some kind of fancy dinner for them before I find a safe place to reactivate the portal. And besides— I want to try that smuggled produce.

I’ll check in with you after the next jump, once it’s safe. Aurum Leuci out. [End log.]

The Feast Your Eyes Recipe Rating Scale

In this series, I’ll be rating each recipe based on five factors, each of which can receive up to five points. These reviews will be written out-of-character, detailing my (AJ) opinions and experiences with the recipes detailed in the post. I eat almost entirely plant-based, so any substitutions related to animal products will be denoted in the descriptions of dishes. The rating scale is as follows:

Difficulty: How easy or hard was this recipe to follow? Harder recipes will score lower in this category, while easier recipes will score higher.

Ingredients: How easy or hard were ingredients to source? This category will be scored similarly to Difficulty, and any substitutions made will be denoted in the recipe’s section.

Immersion: How well does this recipe fit the universe or world that it’s from? High scores in this category mean high immersion, while low scores mean that it’s not particularly immersive.

Time: How much time did this take? Recipes that take less time will score higher in this category.

End Result: With the recipe followed as closely as possible (according to my dietary restrictions/ingredient sourcing capability), how did the final dish turn out? Higher scores in this category denote a better final dish.

Side Dish: Cantonican Cactus Bites

RATING:

Difficulty: 5/5

Ingredients: 5/5

Immersion: 3/5

Time: 3/5

End Result: 3/5

TOTAL RATING: 19/25

I came into this recipe REALLY wanting to give it a perfect rating. I love roasted brussels sprouts, and really, really wanted to like this recipe. It was straightforward to prepare, you could buy the ingredients at any grocery store, and it seemed like it would turn out really tasty. I was willing to put aside the fact that it’s just roasted brussels sprouts (not a terribly Star Wars-y dish) and was really hoping the taste would blow me away. Unfortunately, these turned out somewhat underwhelming. Despite following the recipe exactly, as you can see in the photo, these sprouts (and all of the tasty vegetables cooked with them, including fresh shallots and garlic) burned a little in the oven. This recipe definitely has potential- but as written in the cookbook, it’s somewhat middling.

Main Course: Narquois Rolls

RATING:

Difficulty: 5/5

Ingredients: 3/5

Immersion: 5/5

Time: 5/5

End Result: 5/5

TOTAL RATING: 23/25

This recipe was AWESOME, and a hit with my family. It only loses points on the sad fact that I wasn’t able to source enoki mushrooms (the main ingredient of the dish) and had to substitute in a mix of other mushrooms. Having done some research on the planet of Narq (also known as Narqui?), I don’t think this was terribly immersion breaking, since it’s a foresty, swampy planet with… large fungal forests! I would love to make it again with actual enoki mushrooms to see how those would have affected the taste and texture— these were delicious.

Dessert: Kullgroon Drops

RATING:

Difficulty: 5/5

Ingredients: 5/5

Immersion: 5/5

Time: 5/5

End Result: 5/5

TOTAL RATING: A perfect 25/25!

I was really skeptical about this recipe— it’s literally just frozen grapes and Jell-O dust. Surprisingly, this is my highest-rated dish from this review! Super easy, super quick (the only time sink is letting them freeze) and they come out delicious, chilly, and beautifully alien! They’d be a believable find in a snow-covered environment like Kullgroon, and they were absolutely delicious.

Tune in this Friday (6/7/24) for another fandom cookbook review!

[nolassolace]

Don't mind me, these lyrics have been stuck in my head for the last week.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Drew WWX and LWJ after I finished my rewatch of The Untamed a few months ago. I have gotten marginally better. May this set a benchmark for what to expect from this blog.

June 2023 redraw, June 2024 redraw

[pineappleciders]

"I still think about her every day."

[birb-tangleblog]

Imagine how cool it would be to have a big bang event for TTS. 🥺If anyone hasn't heard of them, "big bangs" are fandom community events that pair artists and writers to collaborate on a fic and matching illustration(s), sometimes with a theme- and then everything gets posted at the end in an explosion of cool new works.

They're pretty big events (in larger fandoms anyway) that require a lot of organization, not unlike a Secret Santa or zine, and idt TTS has the numbers for it (tbh, I also don't know if the community is big enough for ppl to have enough ideas they'd want to collab on) but... MAN...

[millenniumfae-artblog]

Coming soon ... !!!

[dantemegau]

I recently noticed how much food and drink is mentioned/ on screen in OFMD. I started to compile a list for fun and it expanded QUICKLY. Here it is in its current state.

FOODS & DRINKS

Breakfast

Orange Marmelade

Breakfast in Bed with Doug

Breakfast in Bed with Ed

Whipped Seaweed Breakfast

Good French Bread

Roach’s Peanut Paste

Lunch

Brain Couscous

Queen Soup

Captain Hornigold’s seafood soup

Snake (well tenderized, you could be a chef)

Sammy/Sandwich for the trip

Some of the Crew (young and succulent)

Republic of Pirates Street food Lobster

Dinner

Enby Dinner Smorgasbord

Rabbit (well tenderized, you can barely taste the shit)

Monsieur Prawn’s Dinner

Little Plates (Tapas)

A fine fish

A rat terrier named ‘Pepper’

Finger Foods at the Widow Bonnet’s Art Show

The slop we can afford

Gravy Basket (whatever that is exactly)

Ned the Leopard’s Chicken

Childhood Trauma Goose

Spanish Jackie's a la Carte

Favorite of all the Horses Family Dinner (followed by emotional connection desert)

Tea Time

40 Orange Glaze Cake

Yummy Lavender Soap

Raw Seagull

Another Toe (Carrot Cake in Fondant)

Candied Melon Silk Moth

Drinks

Calypso’s Birthday Cocktails

(Lavender) Tea with a Dollop of Milk and Seven Sugars

Sleepy Chamomile Tea

Haunted Island Coconut Cocktails

Republic of Pirates Coconut Cocktails

Free Drinks for Sea Gods

Blood

Juice from the Nose Jar (nutty)

Izzy’s “Emotional Support” Bottle

Give me Drinks or give me Death (Zheng Style)

Lime Ricky

Lighthouse Fluid

So tempted to procrastinate on my actual work and turn this into a cookbook…

[box-o]

Pure Hydrocity !!

Sonic's drink recipe from the Sonic cookbook !! It was honestly pretty good I do highly recommend it

(recipe below the cut for anyone who wants it)

(I recommend getting a package of mint instead of just 3 that way you can have extra mint to garnish the drink with but really it's up to you)

3 mint leaves

2 ounces (59 ml) blue raspberry syrup

1 ounce (30 ml) lemon juice (one lemon will get you this amount btw)

Ice

10 ounces (296 ml) sparkling water (plain seltzer water)

Lightly muddle mint leaves in large glass, pour Lemon Juice and blue raspberry syrup into the glass, add ice and pour in seltzer. Stir to combine

(special thanks to my dear romantic partner Niko for giving me the recipe in the first place)

[aiwakatsudon]

MDZS cookbook zine: ORDER UP! 😋

🌶️🍴 MDZS Cookbook: Preorders Open 🍴🌶️

Grandmaster of Demonic Cooking is now available to preorder in the shop until July 14! You won't want to miss this; buy a bundle and join in on the feasting 🥳🐰🍾

🛒 https://mdzscookbook.bigcartel.com 🐦 https://x.com/mdzscookbook

[ygocookbookzine]

Yu-Gi-Oh! Cookbook Zine Vol. 2 Applications are OPEN!

Good to be back! Ready for a second course? If you're interested in participating as an artist, writer, or cook, apply at this link: https://forms.gle/MFZGUxnNLzxeozK27

Want to help out as a Mod? Apply here: https://forms.gle/8zgUzBNg8UJCJ5NF7

As always, our ask box is open if you have any questions. Happy cooking!

[zinesforliberation]

hihi!!! Inspired by movements like HStwt4Gaza, OPtwt4Gaza and JJKtwt4Gaza , ive decided to use my silly cooking skills for something useful! Zines for Liberation is a project that aims to generate funds for crisis around the world by exchanging donations with cookbook zines!

We do not operate like a traditional zine project. Contributor apps will be perpetually open as we work. There are the obvious artist + chef roles, but I would also be open to applications for graphics, socmed, and other positions. In addition to this, I’m also interested in community fandom suggestions. My hope is that as we continue to grow as a community, I will be able to appoint volunteers to help structure zines for fandoms that I am not a part of. More info on this in Discord.

Each zine will have its own team of artists + chefs of varying size depending on the amount of applications. I want to emphasize that this project heavily relies on teamwork. Every member of the team is a leader and progress will depend on the team’s pace. This means there are no deadlines for the zines aside from a goal date that the team can set. WITHIN REASON.

In regards to applications, I will review apps along with my Mini Helpers and if chosen, you'll be given a list of recipes to draw for artists or to make for chefs.

The plan is to create ~10 recipes for each zine; all fandom-based + digitally. I only plan on releasing zines from my special interests + fixations but this could change depending on how well this goes!

Fandoms currently planned:

dangan

yttd

south park

owl house

homestuck

If you'd like to take part in this project, you can apply to be on the team OR join our discord for updates + community!

Thank you for your support!

[voidlightcomix]

hey tumblr! happy summer :D

i’m going to be busy this summer, but mostly with trying to bring you guys some cool content and post more regularly.

over the entire summer, i’m going to be working on a second issue of Feast Your Eyes!, my culinary fantasy zine, mainly focused on Minecraft (that’s what I’m most into right now) but i’ll probably incorporate some other fandoms as well.

while i won’t post everything from the second issue of Feast Your Eyes to the blog (you’ll have to read the finished zine if you want recipes and articles), I will also be doing a series of fandom cookbook recipe reviews, which I plan to release twice a week!

i’ll also make an effort to post more fanart and other various neat stuff. but that starts next week!

this weekend i’m crashing and taking a long-needed rest. hope you’re all doing well! stay hydrated :)

[designers-teaparty]

Shining Nikki/Love Nikki cookbook

[shi-yin-drawings]

Preview of my recipe card for the Chainsaw Man cookbook! @csmcookbook No food will resist Denji's chainsaws! Also, whose eyes are lying down there? 👀 🍳🔪SHOP: https://csmcookbook.bigcartel.com/ 🍳🔪

[unclekaz]

god gives his comfiest battles to his most sleepy soldiers. my sleep medication isn't working and it's cold inside my room so im genuinely so comfortable in bed and my brain is whirring with springtrap thoughts. you're gonna get SO many queued posts. anyways here's one: i like thinking that he glues himself to projects he really likes. yeah the neurodivergentification of the murder rabbit is imminent but i like the idea of petting his fur and scratching behind his ears as he tells me baking recipes he'd like to try, then you take a trip to the library to get a few cooking books because you wanted to show that you genuinely listened to his passionate ramblings about soups and stews, can you blame me for finding that super endearing and cozy? its so fun to write

[luckys-last-brain-cell]

I love fandom cookbooks because the recipes are either so so good or absolutely terrible and there’s no in between. Official, unofficial, I do not care. I love all of them. Is this recipe going to be the best jam I’ve ever made? The worst cornbread I will ever eat? Who knows!