11 Jan 2012

Feast of Fiction - Teaching us how to cook our favourite fantasy meals

One thing I like to do when not buried nose-deep in a fantasy book is try my hand at cooking something more complex than "open box, throw in oven, wait until hot", and I've been steadily getting better at cooking over the past few months. Now, I've found something that combines my love of fantasy with cooking into one glorious Elven-made mixing bowl.

Feast of Fiction is the brainchild of Jimmy Wong, brother of Internet celebrity Freddie Wong. Each week he takes a dish from the realms of fantasy, science fiction and video games and recreates them in real life as close to their original intended recipe.

It's pretty new, so there are only three episodes so far. However, it's a brilliant idea that should please us fantasy nuts as well as the culinary-inclined readers. Let me know if you decide to try any of the recipes (the Minecraft cake looks insanely tasty!)

Episode 1: Sunlight Souffle (taken from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)



Episode 2: Butterbeer (taken from the Harry Potter series)



Episode 3: Minecraft cake (taken from Minecraft)



What fantasy/sci-fi/video game recipe would you like to make or eat in real life?
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15 comment(s):

  1. Now that sounds cool! Wow, they could make videos for years pulling from science fiction and fantasy. Wonder if they'll create any Klingon dishes?

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  2. I love this idea, I will check it out~ I think Spock is a Spegan.
    He doesn't eat anything that flies in space.

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  3. I definitely could use some interstellar wine samples.

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  4. That's brilliant! Now, my brain is working overtime trying to remember all the foods mentioned in scifi-fantasy books!

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  6. Hi! Kooky (or cook-y) post! I'd love to try butterbeer...

    I stumbled across a comment of yours on another blog, and I HAD to check your blog out. One, you like fantasy, which is awesome, but more importantly, you hail from my area! Nice to see a fellow Cardiffian in Blogland - I don't think I've come across anyone before now.

    Nice to 'meet' you!

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  7. It always sounds so scrum when Martin describes a hot meal poured into the heel of a warm loaf of bread...

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  9. omg. This is AWESOME!!!
    I totally need to check this out.
    I've made pern bubbly pies before and they are delish.

    I'd like to see some Portal Cake, but we all know that cake is a wicked wicked lie.

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  10. Wait, you mean there's fantasy food other than stew?

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  11. What a great idea! I've often read about characters eating something and wished I could take a bite too.

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  14. What a great idea! Thanks for sharing the links :-)

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  15. I've seen a couple of recipes for Butterbeer now, and I do want to try it someday. I'm really curious about that Sunlight souffle...

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