Cooking With Lovecraft: Supernatural Horror In The Kitchen

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TL;DR : Get this book and prepare to be deliciously horrified.

The book of which S.T. Joshi wrote "As a contribution to Lovecraftian humour, it ranks very high... a delightful compilation."; and that W.H. Pugmyr described as "... a real treat, deliciously delightful."

Cooking With Lovecraft is a collection of short gastronomical stories, that will tickle your weird bone but also give you directions to make real, tested, delicious dishes. Sometimes the recipe will be just an excuse for the story, sometimes the other way around, and occasionally there won't be no recipe at all. Most of the stories are tongue-in-cheek, even outright silly, as an affectionate tribute to Lovecraft and the Mythos; but a couple of tales are a bit different.

And this is not your typical "Lovecraftian cookbook" full of inedible witches' potions. All recipes here are real food, tested and tasted by friends and family, and fairly easy to make.

You will find treats like "Bratwurst mit Sauerkraut" ; "Anziques Kebab"; "Gulab Jamun"; extra-crispy "Fried Honey-Garlic Chicken of Tindalos"; the Jermyn family recipe for "Banana Bread"; and Theodorus Philetas' Necronomicon "Spanakopita."

There is also a spine-chilling take on Robert Bloch ; an alternate-history riff ; straight-out retellings of Lovecraft classics ; a Kafka/Zappa pastiche ; and much, much more for your literary and culinary pleasures.