Breakfast in Braavos
“She broke her fast on sardines, fried crisp in pepper oil and served so hot they burned her fingers. She mopped up the leftover oil with a chunk of bread torn off the end of Umma’s morning loaf and...
View ArticleThe Great Ginger Beer Adventure
Since I’m just crazy about making my own ginger beer after trying the basic recipe I posted a few weeks ago, I’ve got a scheme. It goes like this: I make some ginger beer. YOU all make some ginger...
View ArticleTeff Porridge with honey and dates
“Beneath them, the plain stretched out immense and empty, a vast flat expanse that reached to the distant horizon and beyond. It was a sea, Dany thought. Past here, there were not hills, no mountains,...
View ArticleHot Pie’s Direwolf Scones
Again, Hot Pie brings us another tasty recipe from the HBO series! In season three, he bakes and gives to Arya a small loaf of bread that looks like a direwolf: Well, sort of. But as soon as I saw this...
View ArticleSteak and Kidney Pie
“Winterfell…When last I was inside those walls, your cook served us a steak and kidney pie. Made with ale, I think, best I ever tasted. What was his name, that cook?” “Gage,” Jeyne said at once. “He...
View ArticleHoneycake with Blackberries
“In the Queen’s Ballroom they broke their fast on honeycakes baked with blackberries and nuts, gammon steaks, bacon, fingerfish crisped in breadcrumbs, autumn pears, and a Dornish dish of onions,...
View ArticleBaked Currant Doughnuts
Thoughts: This recipe is based on one from Clear Flour Bakery, near which I used to live. It makes amazing doughnuts, albeit ones that are still a little inferior to those from the bakery itself. You...
View ArticleAcorn Cakes
Thoughts: Now, don’t get too excited by the term “cake”, because these are much more like flapjacks, johnnycakes, or pancakes that a proper fluffy birthday cake sort of a treat. They’re based on a...
View ArticleRoasted Quince
Thoughts: When I recently posted on Facebook about finally snagging some quinces at the grocery store, a number of you chimed in with suggestions, ideas, and thoughts about how best to enjoy these...
View ArticleHighgarden Apple Roses
Thoughts: The people have spoken, and the winner of my recent Twitter poll for the next recipe’s region was overwhelmingly Highgarden. I guess we are all in the mood for some green growing things and...
View ArticleCrazy Historical Poached Eggs
Thoughts: I didn’t have any partridge on hand for this recipe, but I did have some pheasant and chicken left over from a birthday dinner, so I decided to use that instead. It may not look like much...
View ArticleElder Scrolls – Kwama Egg Quiche
You voted, and I cooked! In my (relatively) recent Twitter poll, I asked which of several fictional worlds had recipes that you’d like to make in real life. We got a good response and with many more...
View ArticleNW – Fruit Compote
I don’t know what the weather’s like where you are, but here in New England we are getting some seriously unseasonably chilly, rainy weather. Not. A. Fan. So naturally, I have been craving stews,...
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