Nerd food

Today's world of "Avatar" food is sizzle crisps; a popular Fire Nation snack often eaten at festivals and events, like the circus, such as the one in "Appa's Lost Days" (ATLA s.2, ep.16). It's said that the taste of sizzle crisps is distinctly bacon-like with the typical Fire Nation hotness. So I decided to make this snack out of for realsies bacon. And then made it like candy. And then added the hotness. So here you go! Fire Nation sizzle crisps, AKA sugared baked bacon, powdered with…

These iced rolls from Brave are fluffy, sweet, and topped with honey frosting and glacé cherries—perfect for stealing for the triplets!

Every healthy Hobbit meal has to include potatoes! Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew... or fry them up into these delicious tater cakes!

(image from Anime Food Gifs) Food plays a major role in the Studio Ghibli animated film "Spirited Away", not only by adding to the richness of the Japanese spirit culture depicted in the film, but also by adding layers of meaningful storytelling through food symbolism. Lin is a tough-cookie bathhouse worker (and a weasel spirit going by what The Art of Miyazaki's Spirited Away says) who begrudgingly sneaks the main character, Chihiro, through the levels of the bathhouse to meet the boss…

This past weekend, I put together a Tavern-style menu for some back-to-back Dungeons and Dragons campaigns we were running. And while I've put together Tavern-style feasts or medieval-themed snacks before, this time I wanted to go all out. I prepared a full Tavern's menu, with food and drink choices for the players, and acted

The BBC America staff recently had some fun with a Doctor Who-themed Bake Day in their New York offices. We're jealous we didn't get to attend and dunk some of these Lady Cassandra sugar cookies into a cup of tea and laugh heartily. Previously in Doctor Who

This week, we enjoyed a themed dinner menu featuring dishes inspired by our favorite characters from The Mandalorian!