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Cookbook Project, Book #203
"The Star Wars Cookbook: Wookie Cookies And Other Galactic Recipes," Robin Davis
The only thing I can say in defense of this book is that I did not buy it for myself. It was a gift from a former acquaintance who used to play in our Star Wars tabletop roleplaying game; moreover, said acquaintance had a diet that consisted entirely of baked chicken marinated in bottled Italian dressing, cheeseburgers, bread, and candy. Hence, he had no way of knowing that it was not actually any kind of useful.
It's a decent enough kids' book, and the pictures, with cute little action figures posing with the food, are fun. But it doesn't really include actual recipes - Yoda Soda, Han-Burgers, and Death Star Popcorn Balls, while cute, aren't really... cooking.
I wound up making Mos Eisley Morsels on the grounds that it was the closest thing I could find to a real recipe in the book. They looked like a kind of variant banana bread, baked in a square pan instead of a loaf pan. And they looked decent enough; there were actually a decent handful of spices in there. And it's hard to wrong with banana bread, right?
You'd be amazed.
In retrospect, I should have realized that there was no sugar or dairy in the recipe. The end result was the driest, blandest banana brick I have ever had. It wasn't terrible, especially served warm with peanut butter, but it was... blah. Dull. If it's possible for something to be extravagantly dull, this was.
If I have any friends with kids who like to play in the kitchen and like Star Wars, I'm happy to hand this book off to you....
The only thing I can say in defense of this book is that I did not buy it for myself. It was a gift from a former acquaintance who used to play in our Star Wars tabletop roleplaying game; moreover, said acquaintance had a diet that consisted entirely of baked chicken marinated in bottled Italian dressing, cheeseburgers, bread, and candy. Hence, he had no way of knowing that it was not actually any kind of useful.
It's a decent enough kids' book, and the pictures, with cute little action figures posing with the food, are fun. But it doesn't really include actual recipes - Yoda Soda, Han-Burgers, and Death Star Popcorn Balls, while cute, aren't really... cooking.
I wound up making Mos Eisley Morsels on the grounds that it was the closest thing I could find to a real recipe in the book. They looked like a kind of variant banana bread, baked in a square pan instead of a loaf pan. And they looked decent enough; there were actually a decent handful of spices in there. And it's hard to wrong with banana bread, right?
You'd be amazed.
In retrospect, I should have realized that there was no sugar or dairy in the recipe. The end result was the driest, blandest banana brick I have ever had. It wasn't terrible, especially served warm with peanut butter, but it was... blah. Dull. If it's possible for something to be extravagantly dull, this was.
If I have any friends with kids who like to play in the kitchen and like Star Wars, I'm happy to hand this book off to you....