# 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:** 2
**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, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/21 "2024-07-05T19:39:41Z")
_The Simpsons_’ cookbook really should have been called ‘_How to Cook for Forty Humans_’ ---
**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, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/22 "2024-07-05T19:42:10Z")
Note to self- I am inviisble. I must go fight crime. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/23 "2024-07-05T19:52:40Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > It’s not a cookbook, but a video. Technically, the first step in any “From Scratch” recipe. ---
**Author:** ![Awb78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@Awb78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Awb78)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/24 "2024-07-05T20:29:38Z")
_Back to the Future: The Official Hill Valley Cookbook: Over Sixty-Five Classic Hill Valley Recipes From the Past, Present, and Future!_ > **[Amazon.com: Back to the Future: The Official Hill Valley Cookbook: Over...](https://www.amazon.com/Back-Future-Official-Cookbook-Sixty-Five/dp/168383965X)** > > Amazon.com: Back to the Future: The Official Hill Valley Cookbook: Over Sixty-Five Classic Hill Valley Recipes From the Past, Present, and Future!: 9781683839651: Robicelli, Allison: Books There are “similar items” on that page that are also pretty strange. ---
**Author:** ![Limmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/25 "2024-07-05T20:35:54Z")
I see your “Cooking with Pooh” and raise you “Cooking with Poo.” > **[Cooking with Poo: Diwong, Saiyuud: 9780977507078: Amazon.com: Books](https://www.amazon.com/Cooking-Saiyuud-Diwong-introduction-Barker/dp/0977507076)** > > Cooking with Poo \[Diwong, Saiyuud\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. Cooking with Poo ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/26 "2024-07-05T21:16:08Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > It’s been a while since I’ve looked through my copy, but I seem to remember a recipe for Klingon Onion Pie. I hope it had something with prune juice in it. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/27 "2024-07-05T21:20:38Z")
> [@Limmin](#): > > I see your “Cooking with Pooh” and raise you “Cooking with Poo.” In the back of a paperback recipe book at the Pakistani/Indian grocery store I go to, there was a list of other recipe books by the same publisher, with a lot of badly translated titles. One was “Good Foods From Waste Products”. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/28 "2024-07-05T21:57:04Z")
> **[Can You Take the Heat?: The Official Cookbook of the WWF (WWF Superstars): James...](https://www.amazon.com/Can-You-Take-Heat-Superstars/dp/0007106688)** > > Can You Take the Heat?: The Official Cookbook of the WWF (WWF Superstars) \[James William Ross\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. Can You Take the Heat?: The Official Cookbook of the WWF (WWF Superstars) ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/29 "2024-07-05T22:42:09Z")
I got the Necronomnomnom for a friend, what I liked best about it is that the in-book recipes are all written using “in-world” knowledge - so just reading it causes at least 1d6 SAN loss (yes, there are ‘clean’ versions in the back). I have a Fallout Cookbook, which has lots of amusing “in world” notes, but otherwise is quite pedestrian, but my personal find for WEIRDEST movie/TV/etc tie in came up just two weeks ago! > **[Amazon.com: Star Wars: The Life Day Cookbook: Official Holiday Recipes From a...](https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Cookbook-Official-Christmas/dp/1647224772)** > > Amazon.com: Star Wars: The Life Day Cookbook: Official Holiday Recipes From a Galaxy Far, Far Away (Star Wars Holiday Cookbook, Star Wars Christmas Gift): 9781647224776: Fujikawa, Jenn, Sumerak, Marc: Books By all that is unholy and wrong, someone released a cook book for the Star Wars Holiday Special! My friend and I looked upon it and immediately checked to see if it had [Gormaanda](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Gormaanda)’s favorite recipe. And yes, it does. Although the description mentioned how they had tried to recreate the technique and never succeeded, and wondered if Gormaanda ever had… ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/30 "2024-07-05T23:29:17Z")
My wife has this cookbook. Recipes from the Kay Scarpetta series of novels. > **[Amazon.com: Food To Die For: Secrets From Kay Scarpetta's Kitchen:...](https://www.amazon.com/Food-Die-Secrets-Scarpettas-Kitchen/dp/0425193624)** > > Amazon.com: Food To Die For: Secrets From Kay Scarpetta's Kitchen: 9780425193624: Cornwell, Patricia: Books ---
**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, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/31 "2024-07-05T23:55:34Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > hope it had something with prune juice in it. Of course, prune juice cocktail, which is ½ prune juice and ½ grapefruit juice, over ice. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2024, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/32 "2024-07-06T00:27:08Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > 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! How cool! We’ve re-watched some of these episodes 5 or 6 times, and they’re still enjoyable. If you find out if it’s happening for sure, please come back here and let us know! ---
**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 6, 2024, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/33 "2024-07-06T00:33:21Z")
It’s a very nice podcast. Labours of Hercule with Adam & Frankie. Check it out! Even if you don’t do podcasts, their Instagram has a ton of Poirot memes which is cute in and of itself. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2024, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/34 "2024-07-06T00:38:33Z")
Oh, yeah, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2024, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/35 "2024-07-06T01:17:26Z")
There’s a [HALO](https://www.amazon.com/Halo-Official-Cookbook-Victoria-Rosenthal/dp/1647226716/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=2CI0SHQ8PHZPM) cook book which for those who don’t know is a long running sci-fi first person shooter series. The weirdest part about this is that unlike every other example, I don’t think there’s any food in Halo. You shoot things until they die 100% of the time, unlike Fallout or Minecraft where you make food for sustenance or to regain health. Like MAYBE you find a discarded thing of doughnuts or a cake in the background of a level but that’s literally it in terms of actual food. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2024, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/36 "2024-07-06T01:25:17Z")
I got The Nancy Drew Cookbook as a gift one year when I was a kid. I also had a Peanuts (as in, the Charles Schulz comic strip) cookbook. Both were reasonably decent books for teaching children to cook, with recipes named in keeping with the theme - “Mysterious mushroom soup” or “Lucy’s lemon squares.” ---
**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 6, 2024, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/37 "2024-07-06T02:20:48Z")
> [@Asuka](#): > > The weirdest part about this is that unlike every other example, I don’t think there’s any food in Halo. Heh, this made me look and apparently they managed to make an entire chapter [based off this picture](https://www.halopedia.org/World_Cuisine#/media/File:HaloReach_-_World_Cuisine_menu.jpg) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2024, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/38 "2024-07-06T02:23:53Z")
The ST Cookbook I had pre-dated TNG, so the concept of “prune juice - a warrior’s drink” did not yet exist. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2024, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766/39 "2024-07-06T02:28:39Z")
Henry Hill of Goodfellas fame wrote a cookbook/autobiography framed around recipes he learned in the Mafia, in prison, and during his time in the WPP. I found it on sale at the Mob Museum in Vegas and it’s probably the second weirdest cookbook I own. > **[The Wise Guy Cookbook: My Favorite Recipes From My Life as a Goodfella to...](https://www.amazon.com/Wise-Guy-Cookbook-Favorite-Goodfella/dp/0451207068)** > > The Wise Guy Cookbook: My Favorite Recipes From My Life as a Goodfella to Cooking on the Run \[Hill, Henry, Davis, Priscilla, Pileggi, Nicholas\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. The Wise Guy Cookbook: My Favorite Recipes From My... ---
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> **[Mary Ann's Gilligan's Island Cookbook: Dawn Wells, Ken Beck, Jim Clark, Bob...](https://www.amazon.com/Mary-Anns-Gilligans-Island-Cookbook/dp/1558532455)** > > Mary Ann's Gilligan's Island Cookbook \[Dawn Wells, Ken Beck, Jim Clark, Bob Denver\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. Mary Ann's Gilligan's Island Cookbook [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766.md?page=3)