The Unofficial Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Cookbook: 75 Darkly Delicious Recipes Inspired by the Tim Burton Classic
The Unofficial Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Cookbook: 75 Darkly Delicious Recipes Inspired by the Tim Burton Classic
Biographical Note: Thea James is the author of Cooking for Wizards, Warriors and Dragons and editor and Hugo Award-winning co-founder of The Book Smugglers (a science fiction and fantasy book...
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Biographical Note: Thea James is the author of Cooking for Wizards, Warriors and Dragons and editor and Hugo Award-winning co-founder of The Book Smugglers (a science fiction and fantasy book review blog). A hapa (half) filipina-american who was born in Hawaii and grew up in Indonesia and Japan before moving to the United States, Thea is a passionate advocate for the importance of diverse voices in SFF. She is a full-time book nerd who works in publishing and currently resides in Astoria, Queens with her partner and rambunctious cat. Isabel Minunni is a cook, recipe developer and food writer. She created the popular food blog Bella's Banquet (bellasbanquet.com), and has won numerous food and baking competitions, including being named 2014's "Best Italian Chef" by Chef Jeff Mann and Maggiano's Little Italy restaurant chain. One of her favorite cookie recipes was selected from among 4,000 entries for inclusion in The Barnes & Noble Cookie Bake-Off. Her numerous TV appearances include both Today and Live with Kelly & Michael.Review Quotes: "From shrunken-head cider to 'showstopping' shrimp cocktail, these recipes are definitely for the strange and unusual. There are 75 tasty dishes to try, all inspired by the world of Tim Burton." --The Hollywood Reporter "Start your day with a Post-Bio-Exorcism Smoothie. Sip on Shrunken Head Cider. Delight your sweet tooth with a Harry Belafonte-themed Banana Boat Milkshake. Each of these strange and unusual recipes is sure to please." --Book Riot "Through its 75 delightfully dark recipes, the cookbook...aims to capture the flavor and feel of Beetlejuice, with inspirations from other [Tim] Burton projects sprinkled in." --PopHorror.com "A fun cookbook to dive into for both casual and hardcore fans of the diabolical poltergeist. The recipes give enough wiggle room to add your own twist to them. Featuring gorgeously staged photographs of each recipe, it's a cookbook I recommend for almost all ages." --Nightmarish Conjurings "Gorgeous, with tantalizing photos." --The Fandomentals "The Unofficial Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Cookbook almost give the film 'a life of its own, ' he said, or a 'new lease on life.' The cookbook features recipes like a Post-Bio-Exorcism smoothie, a Showstopper Shrimp Cocktail as an ode to Delia's dinner party in the movie, and the Shrunken Head Cider after the Harry the Hunter character... these inspired treats can bring a new layer of excitement to a yearly tradition." -- Toledo Blade Publisher Marketing: The Unofficial Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Cookbook is a one-of-a-kind cookbook that captures the flavor and feel of the hit movie Beetlejuice, with 75 delightfully dark recipes, from Deetz dinner party shrimp cocktail to delicious Harry Belafonte-themed "banana boat" milkshakes. Drawing inspiration from the deceptively sunny home of the Maitlands and the gloomy bureaucracy of the afterlife, to the fantasy world of Beetlejuice himself and the sandworms of Titan, this cookbook finds inspiration in every corner, with recipes inspired by the creatures, characters, locations and plot points of the film and other sources. Each recipe will be paired with an attractive full color photo and a humorous introductory note, plus fun bits Beetlejuice trivia, behind the scenes facts and more.
Contributor Bio:James, Thea |
Author: James, Thea
Publisher: Media Lab Books
Binding: Hardcover
Pub Date: 2023-08-15
BISAC: Cooking|Celebrities & Media Tie-In|Cooking|Entertaining|General
Weight: 1.6 lbs
ISBN: 9781956403299
ASIN: -
SKU: SP-9781956403299