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The Elder Scrolls: The Official Cookbook
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Feast your way through the world of Skyrim with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: The Official Cookbook.
Feast on all of the delicious offerings found in the world of Skyrim in this beautifully crafted cookbook based on the award-winning game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Immerse yourself in the diverse cuisine of Skyrim with these recipes inspired by food found in the Old Kingdom and across Tamriel. With over seventy delicious recipes for fan-favorite recipes including Apple Cabbage Stew Sunlight Souffle, Sweetrolls, and more, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: The Official Cookbook will delight every hungry Dragonborn.
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| Publisher | Titan Books (UK) (19 Mar. 2019) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Hardcover | 192 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1789090679 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1789090673 |
| Dimensions | 26.1 x 2.6 x 21.1 cm |
by Rebecca
Really good quality cook book that has detailed and clear instructions that are easy to follow. Also includes measurement conversion charts at the back which was a welcome surprise as the measurements are in cups rather than grams.
by Shopper
Was given ad a gift. Looks like a good book.
by Lana
I sort of purchased this cookbook for the ~*aesthetics*~, thinking that it’d solely be banking on the Elder Scrolls franchise rather than offer actual tasty meals. I’m glad to say that I was very wrong. I’ve tried a few of the meals now and they’re delicious and fairly simple to make – I’d recommend them to anyone who’s just getting started on cooking. The only oddities I could spot was that it was a bit Americo-centric in terms of the ingredients used within, and that it will also suggest some ingredients that can only be purchased at specialised markets and organic shops, regardless of where in the world you are. They’re fairly easy to substitute, however, and overall I really enjoyed using this cookbook.
by Adam tapping
This book is awesome
by Squeaky83
Fantastic quality and the recipes are actually rather good the swamp shrimp(rich,sweet,spicy Chinese style shrimp)has been copied into our regular meals folder an we made an extra batch of the sauce to keep in the fridge. I would definitely recommend this book even if you’ve no interest in the game. These are good healthy meals,tasty deserts ..I’ve yet to make the drinks but Dandylion an burdock!!! A childhood fave wonder what it’ll be like as a creamed tea 😮 best book I’ve brought for years:)
by L. Smith
This was the first book in the series that I picked up and is probably the most inspirational of the lot. Seeing as the Elder Scrolls series of games has its own menu of dishes, it was exciting to see how the author has adapted some of the better known fantastical recipes to the real world.
The selected dishes are well themed to fit what might be a “Viking” dinner table, and many are quite easily modifiable if you are missing out an ingredient or don’t want to use something (I am intolerant to shellfish, but easily took out the scallops in some dishes and don’t feel like I lost anything).
If anything this book taught me several things:
1. The joy of grinding your own spices, as many dishes call for the same mixtures and recommend that you prepare them in advance. This way I discovered what fresh herbs and spices really smell and taste like beyond just shaking a glass jar over something. So you really get a feeling for what you are adding to the dish.
2. Infusing alcohol: the later part of the book has you making your own mead or liqueur (Skooma!) so as mentioned above you will be using your spices to infusing them. Something you’ll get a feel for by actually knowing what they taste like and seeing in stages what they add to the overall product.
3. Baking. I was useless at baking prior to this book, because it is more of a science than an art, requiring exact measurements or things go very wrong. A significant portion of this book is given over to bread, cakes, and tarts, so baking is essential. But because it is themed along something it was a joy to learn and make something special.
Beyond all this, the recipes also get you to introduce ingredients that you may commonly ignore in the kitchen, such as leeks or cabbage, which are now staples of my home diet in ways they never were before; and my cupboards are now filled with spices that I know how to use in everyday cooking.
My main gripe with the book is that the main course section is actually rather short, with much of the pages set aside for the aforementioned sections on baking, spices and alcohol. But seeing as nearly every dish has a strong theme, I can forgive the author for not simply “padding” the menu with common dishes and giving them fantastical names in an attempt to fill space.
While it may not be a cook book that you return to for every meal, you know that each time you use it you will likely be making something that really stands out.
by John Roberts
There’s no doubting Chealsea Monroe-Cassel’s abilities as a chef and an author. It’s no easy feat taking fantasy dishes from make-believe ingredients, and translating them into tangable and tasty treats, yet she’s done this time and time again. You’ll hear no complaints from me in regards to the foodstuffs one can create, each with varying levels of difficulty, preparation and type of meal. Plus Monroe-Cassel has taken on feedback from previous books, providing a table comparing measurements depending on where you are in the globe. No longer do readers have to keep resorting to the internet to see the difference between Metric and Imperial (Damned Imperials. S’wits, the lot of ’em!). A complaint I have had with other books is the amount of difficult dishes, but thanks to the Elder Scrolls’ more “realistic” approach to fantasy, there’s far more dishes for novices. More advanced cooks, or those who want something truly magical, would be better off with Hearthstone’s or WoW’s book.
It’d be an outstanding book on its own, I dare say five stars, but what makes me knock a star down is the uninspired writing and use of the Elder Scrolls license.
If a lack of lore or nervous use of Tamriel isn’t going to put you off from the book, then I can fully recommend it. At the end of the day, it serves its purpose. But what makes The Elder Scrolls: The Official Cookbook so underwhelming to a fan such as myself is it paints a very weak picture of the series – now 25 years old – and looks like it’s cashing in on the name. Every recipe has to reference Skyrim in some way, which would be fine if this were a traveller’s guide of the zone, and having to substitute certain ingredients with the native flavour. One of my favourite foods in the series, S’jirra’s Famous Potato Bread, is a Cyrodiilic dish and one that is made and sold exclusively by a single Khajiit. Somehow it’s a common dish in Skyrim. Should Morrowind be referenced, it will likely be things that were more prominent in the Dragonborn DLC than the plethora of content that can be found in the 2004 game or its location in the MMO. Anything beyond the 3 most popular games contains frustratingly little, as though the scraps of lore are obliged to be small. For a licensed cookbook, there’s a noticeable lack of flavour. Not even the flavours experienced in TESIV: Oblivion’s “Red Kitchen Reader”. *shivers*
Conclusion: It’s a cracking cookbook that’s hard not to recommend for the recipes alone, but the fluff is woeful when compared to other licensed cookbooks such as World of Warcraft’s or A Feast of Ice & Fire. None of my complaints are directed toward the author, rather the lack of direction Monroe-Cassel was given by Bethesda.
by Adam Feher
Perfect gift for a Skyrim chef!