# Weirdest movie/TV/etc tie-in cookbook **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies, food-cooking\ **Created:** [July 5, 2024, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766 "2024-07-05T10:25:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/1 "2024-07-05T10:25:18Z")
If you’ve ever browsed the cookbook section at a sufficiently large bookstore, you’ve seen examples of this phenomenon: there’s some cultural object with a culinary component, so an associated cookbook is written and released. For example: [![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/7127nyTk8JS._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_FMwebp_.jpg) ](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/7127nyTk8JS._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_FMwebp_.jpg) That one’s official. But they don’t have to be: [![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/8127hSC1FFL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_FMwebp_.jpg) ](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/8127hSC1FFL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_FMwebp_.jpg) Sometimes it makes perfect sense: [![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51Qifx+u8gL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_FMwebp_.jpg) ](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51Qifx+u8gL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_FMwebp_.jpg) And sometimes it makes no sense at all: [![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71L12RZQrgL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_FMwebp_.jpg) ](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71L12RZQrgL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_FMwebp_.jpg) So this is our challenge: what is the strangest, most tenuously justified cookbook published in association with a TV show, movie, game, or other creative property? Here are a couple of pages listing more examples, to get you started: [https://delishably.com/cooking-equipment/28\_Cookbooks\_Inspired\_by\_Popular\_TV\_Shows\_and\_Movies](https://delishably.com/cooking-equipment/28_Cookbooks_Inspired_by_Popular_TV_Shows_and_Movies) [https://delishably.com/cooking-equipment/video-game-cookbooks](https://delishably.com/cooking-equipment/video-game-cookbooks) (Yes, it’s a clickbait site, but they’re still useful lists.) ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/2 "2024-07-05T10:28:07Z")
My contribution: this is not at all tenuous, it makes some sense in the context of the show, but it certainly made me do a hard double-take, and it’s the thing that prompted the thread. [![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81a0LbwbcGL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_FMwebp_.jpg) ](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81a0LbwbcGL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_FMwebp_.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/3 "2024-07-05T10:38:53Z")
(By the way, I’m not talking about something like Binging with Babish, who made a career out of replicating on-screen dishes. He ranged all over various sources for inspiration in his episodes. The prompt here is for cookbooks that are focused on _one specific_ inspirational source.) ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/4 "2024-07-05T10:51:29Z")
> **[Cooking With Friends by Amy Lyles Wilson (1995-11-02): Amy Lyles Wilson:...](https://www.amazon.com/Cooking-Friends-Lyles-Wilson-1995-11-02/dp/B01K16I7YS)** > > Cooking With Friends by Amy Lyles Wilson (1995-11-02) \[Amy Lyles Wilson\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. Cooking With Friends by Amy Lyles Wilson (1995-11-02) This is the version I have. It was a Christmas present from my husband back in 1995. I still have it, but I’ve only made Phoebe’s Oatmeal cookies. Can’t make them too often, of course. My nomination: > **[Doctor Who: The Official Cookbook: 40 Wibbly-Wobbly Timey-Wimey Recipes: Farrow,...](https://www.amazon.com/Doctor-Who-Official-Wibbly-Wobbly-Timey-Wimey/dp/0062455621)** > > Doctor Who: The Official Cookbook: 40 Wibbly-Wobbly Timey-Wimey Recipes \[Farrow, Joanna\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. Doctor Who: The Official Cookbook: 40 Wibbly-Wobbly Timey-Wimey Recipes Food and eating is not a big part of the show, except when the food is poisoned. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/5 "2024-07-05T12:21:18Z")
I don’t know about “weirdest,” but this one is in the running for “most unfortunate title”: > **[Cooking with Pooh : yummy tummy cookie cutter treats : Brown, Marlene : Free...](https://archive.org/details/cookingwithpoohy00brow)** > > Title from cover ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/6 "2024-07-05T12:52:46Z")
It’s not a cookbook, but a video. The Smithsonian Institution once made an instructional video entitled **Julia Child Shows You How to Make Primordial Soup**. And they really did get “The French Chef” Julia Child to star, and she really did show you how to make Primordial Soup. > [@](#): > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHJDQY4mWFg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHJDQY4mWFg) The first time I saw this at the Boston Museum of Science I was amazed. Later it showed up on a VHS collection of weird government videos called _Federal Follies_. I showed it at one of my Bad Film Festivals. Then it dropped out of circulation for years, but now you can find it on YouTube. It’s not really a “folly” or a “Bad Film”, it’s just weird. It’s actually a nifty way to tell people about the concept. The only real problem now is that it’s dated. Thinking about the origins of life have progressed, but public education about it is still stuck in the Julia Child era. Maybe we need an update with Emeril Lagasse (“We kick it up a notch with volcanic vent gases and Bam!”) ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/7 "2024-07-05T15:37:34Z")
I have this one: > **[The Necronomnomnom: Recipes and Rites from the Lore of H. P. Lovecraft: Slater,...](https://www.amazon.com/Necronomnomnom-Recipes-Rites-Lore-Lovecraft/dp/1682684385)** > > The Necronomnomnom: Recipes and Rites from the Lore of H. P. Lovecraft \[Slater, Mike, Red Duke Games, LLC\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. The Necronomnomnom: Recipes and Rites from the Lore of H. P. Lovecraft ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/8 "2024-07-05T15:50:41Z")
Kinda weird that it HASN’T been made yet - a podcast I listen to that recaps episodes of the David Suchet version of _Poirot_ has been working on a Poirot cookbook. There’s food and drink in almost every episode/story, from the fancy stuff Poirot eats and cooks, to the stuff he’s subject to when Japp and Hastings are in charge of meals. Should be interesting! ---
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/9 "2024-07-05T15:51:28Z")
I’m only putting ones I can see on the shelf from where I’m sitting. There may be more on other shelves. If you want a picture, ISBN, or sample recipes, let me know. - _Star Wars Wookiee Cookies Cookbook_ - _Star Wars Cookbook II Darth Malt and more Galactic Recipes_ - _Nanny Ogg’s Cookbook_ (Terry Pratchett’s Discworld) - _The Mother Goose Cookbook_ - _Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook_ - _The Jane Austen Cookbook_ - _The Northern Exposure Cookbook_ - _Star Trek Cookbook_ I don’t recall ever cooking anything from any of these, but I’m pretty sure my marriage vows had some line about allowing her to buy odd cookbooks from thrift stores. That is also only the ones with media tie ins. There are others. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/10 "2024-07-05T16:07:43Z")
I have aan autographed copy of that one and the cocktail sequel. I also own an autographed copy of Karl Wurf’s To Serve Man- a cookbook for people. ---
**Author:** ![Topologist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/topologist/32/3208_2.png) [@Topologist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Topologist)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/11 "2024-07-05T16:15:28Z")
> [@echoreply](#): > > The Northern Exposure Cookbook We have this one and it’s actually very good, and not so weird. Food played a big part in the show. The recipe for Maggie’s potato salad became our standard (and, yes, it’s safe to eat). ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/12 "2024-07-05T16:26:48Z")
I ought to mention a logical cookbook tie-in – _The Nero Wolfe Cookbook_. It features some recipes referred to in the series (including Wolfe’s way of making scrambled eggs, referred to in _The Mother Hunt_, and which Stout doesn’t recommend), and was written by Rex Stout himself, after testing the recipes. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/13 "2024-07-05T16:42:58Z")
Please tell me that _Star Trek_ book has got Klingon stuff in it! ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/14 "2024-07-05T16:49:13Z")
It’s been a while since I’ve looked through my copy, but I seem to remember a recipe for Klingon Onion Pie. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/15 "2024-07-05T16:52:08Z")
Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home had recipes for the foods described in the Dragonlance novels (Otik’s spiced potatoes). There have been multiple Star Trek cookbooks both licensed and unofficial. There’s also the very famous Kannamit cookbook: To Serve Man. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/16 "2024-07-05T16:54:04Z")
We have the Iron Chef book that the OP references. If memory serves (I haven’t looked at it in years), it’s not really a cookbook; it’s more a compendium on the show itself (the original Japanese iteration) – the chefs, the competitions, etc. ---
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/17 "2024-07-05T16:58:28Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > that _Star Trek_ book has got Klingon stuff in it This is the Neelix cookbook. It has lots of Klingon stuff, including Gagh (udon noodles), heart of targ (veal hearts), Rokeg blood pie (cherry pie), another Rokeg blood pie (kidney pie), and some kind of organ meat stew. The recipes seem to bounce between completely normal stuff from the human crew, simulated stuff from the aliens (udon in sesame dressing), and alien stuff heavy on the organ meat. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/18 "2024-07-05T16:59:20Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home had recipes for the foods described in the Dragonlance novels (Otik’s spiced potatoes). There’s also the more recent _Hero’s Feast_ D&D cookbook which is kind of weird in that there’s not enough notable “lore” foods like Otik’s Spiced Potatoes to fill out a book and they don’t attempt to lean into anything silly-fantasical like “Owlbear Cutlets (pssst, it’s really pork, wink wink)”. So you just wind up with mundane recipes like “Elf Trail Mix” which is just trail mix with the word elf in front and “Halfling Peach Cobbler” which… you know. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/19 "2024-07-05T18:53:53Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > it’s not really a cookbook There’s eight or ten recipes sprinkled throughout, as I recall, so I’ma say it squeaks in. Plus it makes a perfect example for the throughline. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/20 "2024-07-05T19:32:58Z")
Someone should come out with _To Serve Man_ some day. Hey, it would qualify! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766.md?page=2)