Elizabethan Honeycakes “She still remembered the innkeep, a fat woman named Masha Heddle who chewed sourleaf night and day and seemed to have an endless supply of smiles and sweet cakes for the...
A Feast of Ice and Fire, the Official Game of Thrones cookbook, comes creeping to your doorstep by mail and hits shelves today in bookstores around the world. Go get ‘em! Then come back and tel...
Roman Cod Cakes “The wedding guests gorged on cod cakes and winter squash, hills of neeps and great round wheels of cheese, on smoking slabs of mutton and beef ribs charred almost black…&...
Historical Candied Ginger “’There is a gift for the boy in one of the chests. Some candied ginger. He was always fond of it.’ Illyrio sounded oddly sad.” -A Dance with Dragons Moder...
Plants that welcome the stranger, Sea-swept and driven astern, Beloved by the wide-world ranger— Seaweed, tussock, and fern. -Henry Lawson, 1910 Chocolate Carrageen Pudding Our Thoughts: Carrageen, o...
This post is dedicated to Tundra, Olga, and Apollo. :) Our direwolf’s thoughts: The kitchen can be torture for a pet with a culinary inclined owner. I know my own direwolf sits proper for the e...
We have our first two four winners! 1) PGSmith 2) Steven Lefebvre 3) Jen Anderson 4) Katie Hilton Congrats to our winners, and we hope the rest of you are not without your own copies for too long! Ev...
GUYS! These magical boxes appeared on our porch today: They were full of cookbooks! And because we wouldn’t be here without all of you, we want to share. We are giving away Four SIGNED copies o...
”Tables and benches had been raised outside the pavilions, piled high with sweetgrass & strawberries and fresh-baked bread.” -A Game of Thrones Strawberries & Sweetgrass Thoughts:...
“‘Found some nettles and brewed a tea,’ Shadd announced. ‘Will m’lady take a cup?’ ‘Yes, with thanks.’ She cradled the tea in her scarred hands and ble...
“Buy me a cup of Arbor gold, Hopfrog, and perhaps I won’t inform my father of your toast. The tiles turned against me at the Checkered Hazard, and I wasted my last stag on supper. Sucklin...
“There was much more than she’d asked for: hot bread, butter and honey and blackberry preserves, a rasher of bacon and a soft-boiled egg, a wedge of cheese, a pot of mint tea. And with ca...
“The stewards began to bring out the first dish, an onion broth flavored with bits of goat and carrot. Not precisely royal fare, but nourishing; it tasted good enough and warmed the belly. Owen...
“[Oberyn Martell] forked a stallion black as sin with a mane and tail the color of fire. He sat his saddle as if he’d been born there, tall, slim, graceful. A cloak of pale red silk flutt...
Medieval Oxtail Soup “This evening they had supped on oxtail soup, summer greens tossed with pecans, grapes, red fennel, and crmbled cheese, hot crab pie, spiced squash, and quails drowned in b...
We were able to work with the wonderful photographer Kristin Teig for the cover of our cookbook, as well as a few of the interior shots. Pop on over to her blog to see a recap of how the arrangement ...
“‘This will give you dreamless sleep,’ Maester Luwin said as he pulled the stopper from the jar. ‘Sweet, dreamless sleep.’” -A Clash of Kings Sweetsleep Infusion M...
“In the airy chambers beneath the rookery, his girl served them boiled eggs, stewed plums, and porridge, while Pycelle served the pontifications.” -A Clash of Kings Stewed Plums Our Thoug...
Traditional Burrbrede “[Sansa] drank a glass of buttermilk and nibbled at some sweet biscuits as she waited, to settle her stomach.” -Game of Thrones Modern Sweet Biscuits Our Thoughts Th...
Medieval Venison Pies “Such food Bran had never seen… venison pies chunky with carrots, bacon and mushrooms…” -A Clash of Kings Modern Venison Pies Our Thoughts: In a slight ...
“Mushrooms,” the magister announced, as the smell wafted up. “Kissed with garlic and bathed in butter. I am told the taste is exquisite. Have one, my friend. Have two.” -A Dance with Dragons Black M...
Unlike our previous character themed meals, there was a lot of consensus about the Hound’s ideal meal: Nothing fancy, a cheap cut of meat, bitter drinks, and possibly a lemoncake or two for des...
Now that the cookbook is all sent off, we have time to look in other directions, while still continuing to make Westerosi dishes. In a break from our usual fare, Chelsea presents this sneak peek at h...
This week we are doing a guest post swap with Outlander Kitchen, the fabulous blog that does for Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander ser ies what we do for Game of Thrones. We might wish we’d thoug...
Sept Holiday Buns This one is a suggestion for the next book, as they’re delicious, historical, and really cool looking. We wanted to find a Westerosi holiday that they could feasibly be bake...
“Sad to say, the kitchens proved to have no wild boar on hand, and there was not time enough to send out hunters. Instead, the cooks butchered one of the castle sows, and served them ham studde...
Depending on how successful your premiere parties were last night, you might have the suffering today. To celebrate the act of imbibing, and all those who brave the consequences, we’ve put toge...
We’re off to the kitchen to cook for our crazy, food-filled premiere party. We’ll be updating as we go with reports and photos (suckling pig!) on Facebook and Twitter, so keep an eye out....
“…[Once] a maiden girl could walk the kingsroad in her name-day gown and still go unmolested, and travelers could find fire, bread, and salt at many an inn and holdfast.” Bread and...
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