Samwise Gamgee’s Pork Pies
With only a couple months left until my friend Corey’s Tolkien LotR marathon (11/12/11 this year), I thought I’d start the lead-up with one of the dishes that we featured last year (and probably will...
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As part of the week leading up to Hobbit Day, here is the first in a series of recipes coming from my forthcoming book Medium Rare and Back Again: Food from the World of Middle-earth. Here, I’ll...
View ArticleClotted Cream
Clotted cream, a close cousin to butter, is a wonderful delicacy that originated (and is predominantly found) in the British Isles. It’s fairly easy to make, if you have the luxury of time; the actual...
View ArticleTwice-Baked Cakes – Fat Rascals
So much of Tolkien’s writing involves travel and journeys that it is quite natural that much of the food in his books is suited particularly for transport and long shelf life (saddlebag-life?) Beorn’s...
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