I broke down over the weekend and bought the Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook by Dinah Bucholz after sitting at the bookstore thumbing through it for 45 minutes. I'd been avoiding this purchase for some time, and it turns out that was just silly of me.My assumption was that this cookbook was going to be the something in the vein of the Star Wars Cook Book, which is to say: all gimmick and little substance.
That assumption was totally wrong!
Here is a book written by a true Potter fan who also likes to cook; it's just loaded with recipes to accompany every explicit food reference in all 7 stories! There are explanations about why she chose each recipe along with factoids on the food-stuff in question. What it lacks in pictures (which, incidentally, there is a page for on the website) it more than makes up for in thoroughness.
Are the recipes any good? That I'm not sure yet. So far they look heavily researched, so I'm going to assume it's full of solid and tasty starting points, but not seared with true foodie panache. The book was worth it to me if for nothing but it's thoroughness.
Expect some Pottery treats, posted soon to a blog near you!
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