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Primetime TV Book Reviews
The Unofficial Downton Abbey Cookbook: From Lady Mary's Crab
Canapes to Mrs. Patmore's Christmas Pudding - More Than 150
Recipes from Upstairs and Downstairs [Hardcover] by
Emily Ansara Baines
and
The Unofficial Game of Thrones Cookbook: From Direwolf Ale
to Auroch Stew - More Than 150 Recipes from Westeros and
Beyond [Hardcover] by Alan Kistler
Review by Suzanne Lanoue
9/5/12
These are two very interesting cookbooks.
Both have TV themes and both have very British dishes. Both
are mostly text cook books with few photos. That's a shame
because it would have been nice to have photos of either the
food or the characters in the cookbooks. Both have very
sturdy covers, nicely bound and well done.
The recipes in the Unofficial Downtown Abbey
Cookbook are very standard recipes from cookbooks of that
era (the 1900's), but it's clear that the person who wrote
the book is a big fan of the show and has done a lot of
great research on the cooking of that time. The type of
cooking back then was very French and heavy eating. Not what
we might eat every day nowadays. It's great for parties and
special occasions. Any British fan should love the recipes.
The second book is a little more complex
because the fantasy world doesn't exist. The author had to
base his recipes on the books or TV series. He obviously did
a great deal of work on these recipes. They all have very
interesting and colorful names. Nonetheless, the recipes do
look practical, and I believe we can make most of them
fairly easily. I haven't tried them yet, but I look forward
to it.
Whether you are a cook or not, if you are
fan of these shows, you should enjoy reading through the
cookbooks. There is a lot description for each item that
tells how it would fit into each show. It's a fascinating
read.
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