The Necronomnomnom: Recipes and Rites from the Lore of H. P. Lovecraft
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Summary
Reading about the slime- covered， non- Euclidean ruins of the sunken city of R’lyeh or the squamous， tentacled deity who slumbers there would make anyone hungry。 Starting with the puns and working from there， authors Mike Slater and Thomas Roache have summoned forth 50 funny， bizarre， and horrible dishes such as:
• The Deep Fried Deep One
• Nog Sothoth
• Cthus-Koos
• The Great Old Buns
• The Gin and Miskatonic
Like H。 P。 Lovecraft’s Necronomicon， the legendary and forbidden book of the dead that is “alien to all sane and balanced readers，” this cookbook contains many dark （but still delicious） secrets within its pages。 The book comes infested with sanity- melting and mouth- watering illustrations， as well as annotations full of crazed discoveries and desperate warnings about the recipes that brave readers will undertake。
• The Deep Fried Deep One
• Nog Sothoth
• Cthus-Koos
• The Great Old Buns
• The Gin and Miskatonic
Like H。 P。 Lovecraft’s Necronomicon， the legendary and forbidden book of the dead that is “alien to all sane and balanced readers，” this cookbook contains many dark （but still delicious） secrets within its pages。 The book comes infested with sanity- melting and mouth- watering illustrations， as well as annotations full of crazed discoveries and desperate warnings about the recipes that brave readers will undertake。
Reviews
Hannah S
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Enjoyed the look of the recipes and the art work， and that there were plainly written versions at the end as well
Dean
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I do not give this book five stars lightly。 I own many themed cookbooks and often they are fun but badly written。 This one however， was a bold and clear breakaway from the herd。 This book is full of good viable recipes， often yummy and pleasing to the palate。 Good solid writing for the recipes and excellent illustrations that highlight the fun horror aspect of the dishes。If you like puns， this is a pun-a-palooza and I want to say that for many of the cookbooks I own， that are themed， this is the I do not give this book five stars lightly。 I own many themed cookbooks and often they are fun but badly written。 This one however， was a bold and clear breakaway from the herd。 This book is full of good viable recipes， often yummy and pleasing to the palate。 Good solid writing for the recipes and excellent illustrations that highlight the fun horror aspect of the dishes。If you like puns， this is a pun-a-palooza and I want to say that for many of the cookbooks I own， that are themed， this is the best of the bunch。 An A+ effort all the way around。 。。。more
Connie Ciampanelli
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Necronomnomnom: Recipes and Rites From the Lore of H。P。 Lovecraft was a gift to my husband and me， for my love of cooking and baking and my better half's appreciation of H。P。 Lovecraft's writing。 A Providence， Rhode Island native （our lifelong home state）， Lovecraft is famous for his weird stories， strange creatures， and creepy dreams。Printed in sepia tones on high quality glossy paper， this is a visually stunning book， beautifully and artfully illustrated by Kurt Komoda。 The author， Mike Slater Necronomnomnom: Recipes and Rites From the Lore of H。P。 Lovecraft was a gift to my husband and me， for my love of cooking and baking and my better half's appreciation of H。P。 Lovecraft's writing。 A Providence， Rhode Island native （our lifelong home state）， Lovecraft is famous for his weird stories， strange creatures， and creepy dreams。Printed in sepia tones on high quality glossy paper， this is a visually stunning book， beautifully and artfully illustrated by Kurt Komoda。 The author， Mike Slater， a lifelong Lovecraft fan， has created recipes that he writes in Lovecraft's style。 They are legitimate recipes， but the way in which they are written takes some time to decipher。 It's also a lot of fun。 They are hilarious。 Here are a few samples:- 1/4 lb。 slaughtered and pulverized cattle （1/4 lb。 ground beef）- swine meat of divine glory/Prince of Meats （bacon）- suitable turbulence inducer （beaters）- concave metal transfer implement （spoon）Recipes names are also Lovecraftian: "Gin and Miskatonic" or "New England Damned Chowder" （No explanation needed）， "The Fate of the Elder Things" （stuffed eggplant）， "The Side Dish Not To Be Named" （Creamed Spinach and Pearl Onions with Bok Choy，" and my personal favorite， "Joe Slater's In-Bread Pudding" （New Orleans Style Bread Pudding With Whiskey Sauce）。The listing of ingredients/directions are equally funny: Dramatis Personae/Acts， What Must Be Offered/The Rite， Offerings to Vengeance/Visitation of Wrath， The Call/The Revel。I laughed out loud at the directions:Froth the yolks in a large bowl with a suitable turbulence inducer and unhurriedly add 1/3 cup sugar， mix until completely dissolved。 Set this abomination aside。Imbue the preheated chamber with the strength of 35oth degree F。。。In a dutch oven or other capacious cooking vessel， cook the swine meat of divine glory over medium heat。。。Squander not the juices of the meat， for now shalt thou baptize the onion， celery， and garlic， sauteeing one twelfth hour or until tender。 As for the fate of the potatoes， add them now。。。Boil it！ Boil it all！。Stoke the fire of the oven to the 350th degree。 Anoint the cooked flesh shreds with the powders of the southern tribes。Prepare the black tendrils according to tradition。。。Mindful of errant seed， crush the yellow fruit in thy fist， that its vitae and pulped flesh rain onto the mass of tendrils。Confused？ Not to worry。 Every recipe is "translated" into standard English in the back half of the book。 What a gem。 For those with a love of the kitchen， weird writing， and high humor， not to be missed。Highly recommended。 。。。more
Sanne Blomme
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I accidentally summoned Cthulhu while reading this book。。。
Robin Bonne
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3。5 Stars。 This was a fun cookbook and it gave me a few laughs。 The first half is humorous and the second half contains the translated recipes。 There aren’t any photos of the dishes， but there are creepy drawings that fit the theme of each recipe。
JM
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I liked this one a lot， though to be fair， many of the recipes are pretty basic or don't have much of a twist besides giving it some gimmicky Mythosian name。 The book itself， however， is awesome。 It's designed to look like a Mythosian tome of forbidden knowledge， as its name implies， and its full of awesome artwork and funny or cool bits。 As far as the contents of the recipes goes， it's not as good as some other pop-culture themed cookbooks I own， but Cthulhu-fthagnit if it doesn't look so cool I liked this one a lot， though to be fair， many of the recipes are pretty basic or don't have much of a twist besides giving it some gimmicky Mythosian name。 The book itself， however， is awesome。 It's designed to look like a Mythosian tome of forbidden knowledge， as its name implies， and its full of awesome artwork and funny or cool bits。 As far as the contents of the recipes goes， it's not as good as some other pop-culture themed cookbooks I own， but Cthulhu-fthagnit if it doesn't look so cool that you kind of don't mind。 I just hope it doesn't cause you to go insane the more recipes you read and attempt。 。。。more
Dax
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This is hilarious， gorgeous， and just the right kind of fun。 It is evident on every page the love Mike Slater， Thomas Roache， and Kurt Komoda have for Lovecraft making this a truly great homage to his works with tons of fun thrown in。 Komoda's illustrations are absolutely brilliant and make this book come alive！ This is hilarious， gorgeous， and just the right kind of fun。 It is evident on every page the love Mike Slater， Thomas Roache， and Kurt Komoda have for Lovecraft making this a truly great homage to his works with tons of fun thrown in。 Komoda's illustrations are absolutely brilliant and make this book come alive！ 。。。more
Harris
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Necronomnomnom is a collection of recipes developed as an homage to the works of H。P。 Lovecraft， or maybe， less Lovecraft himself and more his works as filtered through the lens of role playing games like Call of Cthulhu。 The main gimmick of the Necronononom is that， like some tome of monstrous lore described in The Dunwich Horror or some other Lovecraft story， the recipes are written in a purposefully obtuse， mystical way， attempting to evoke the formula for some ancient ritual or spell。 For ex Necronomnomnom is a collection of recipes developed as an homage to the works of H。P。 Lovecraft， or maybe， less Lovecraft himself and more his works as filtered through the lens of role playing games like Call of Cthulhu。 The main gimmick of the Necronononom is that， like some tome of monstrous lore described in The Dunwich Horror or some other Lovecraft story， the recipes are written in a purposefully obtuse， mystical way， attempting to evoke the formula for some ancient ritual or spell。 For example， if a recipe were to call for olive oil， the book would say “the oil of virgin… olives，” or that the first step for making a Byakhee gyro includes a whistle， the Elder Sign， the sure Blades of a Processor of Food， etc。 Puns abound， including such dishes as the Grape Old Wons （some sort of wonton involving grapes） or the Muesli of Erich Zann。 In fact， that might just be the most horror inducing aspect of the book。 A more conventional version of the recipes can be found in the back of the book， in case attempting to make sense of these recipes starts to grate on your sanity。 The fact that all of the recipes are illustrated rather than photographed makes attempting to replicate them a little more difficult than the silly puns。 That being said， the illustrations， full of cool details and scrawls， are some of the better artistic renderings of Cthulhu Mythos stuff I’ve seen。 Extra star for the art。More than anything else， the recipes included brought to my mind this book I owned as a kid， “Gross Grub，” a collection purposefully unappealing recipes replicating a kitty litter box （sausage in rice casserole） or a spit wad sandwich （peanut butter with marshmallow lumps） that a kid might find fun， especially around Halloween。 It's more or less the same thing here， basic recipes spruced up with a little weirdness， like making a little mi-go out of a blackberry， a cashew， and some sprigs of thyme and dill。 Not sure if those flavors go that great together， particularly when melted onto a slice of cheddar on top of portobello sandwich。 Could be fun for a Halloween party， but nothing I would really choose to make at any other time。 I did make one of the very boozy cocktails， the martini; shaken， not Hastur。 At least a halved version。 I write about some other fun pop culture tie in cookbooks in in the Pop Culture Cooking entry of Harris' Tome Corner！ 。。。more
Melanie
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Absolutely hilarious
Raquel Fontão
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Um livro de culinária excepcional， metade repleto de receitas lovecraftianas e a outra metade recheada de receitas originais e deliciosas。As ilustrações são fenomenais e os apontamentos que as acompanham descrevem o terror do mundo de Lovecraft。Um livro único。
Adam Gutschenritter
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Given this by a friend and I LOVED the culty， Lovecraftian descriptions of the ingredients and the recipies。 The artwork was spot on to the theme and I found myself getting sucked into the images and comments just as much as the writing。 Plus recipe for Egg Nog！
Horror DNA
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Readers of H。P。 Lovecraft are undoubtedly familiar with the legends of The Great Old Ones， the divinity of the all-powerful cosmic gods Cthulu and Yog-Sothoth and the forbidden pages of the mad Arab’s Necronomicon。 We shudder at the thought of the haunting misadventures of such luminaries as Charles Dexter Ward， Abigail Primm， Dr。 Henry Armitage and the infamous Herbert West。 Lovecraft’s densely written narratives summon a world long forgotten， one filled with an inescapable dread of the unknown Readers of H。P。 Lovecraft are undoubtedly familiar with the legends of The Great Old Ones， the divinity of the all-powerful cosmic gods Cthulu and Yog-Sothoth and the forbidden pages of the mad Arab’s Necronomicon。 We shudder at the thought of the haunting misadventures of such luminaries as Charles Dexter Ward， Abigail Primm， Dr。 Henry Armitage and the infamous Herbert West。 Lovecraft’s densely written narratives summon a world long forgotten， one filled with an inescapable dread of the unknown and inescapable madness。 If you dare enter this realm and assume the long journey toward enlightenment， you will need proper sustenance。 It was on one of my many trips to the library at Miskatonic University in Arkham， Massachusetts， where I stumbled upon the very book I required for my quest; The Necronomnomnom: Recipes and Rites from the Lore of H。P。 Lovecraft， by Mike Slater。You can read ZigZag's full review at Horror DNA by clicking here。 。。。more
Greg
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I never review cook books， but this one is just done so well！ They really put together a wonderful book， very “in universe” and on theme。 The illustrations， too， are fantastically grotesque。 The font can be a bit difficult to read sometimes though， which is important for following recipes。
Eric Winter
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Basically a manual to summon eldritch horrors from common foodstuffs。 Very funny， and spot-on use of Lovecraftian prose。 Packed with great illustrations that reward careful study。 Will be trying some of these recipes when the stars are right。
Kat McCorkle
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This is an absolutely delightful piece of art and Lovecraftian lore。 I can tell that a huge amount of love and thought went into the book - it's filled with hilarious puns， creepy sketches and weird notations in the margins that all contribute to a sense of impending culinary doom。 That being said， the recipes themselves aren't terribly creative and are designed more for presentation than for flavor。 It's also very fish focused， with not many vegetarian options （more of a personal quibble than a This is an absolutely delightful piece of art and Lovecraftian lore。 I can tell that a huge amount of love and thought went into the book - it's filled with hilarious puns， creepy sketches and weird notations in the margins that all contribute to a sense of impending culinary doom。 That being said， the recipes themselves aren't terribly creative and are designed more for presentation than for flavor。 It's also very fish focused， with not many vegetarian options （more of a personal quibble than anything else， the seafood slant certainly makes sense from a lore perspective。。。Deep Fried Deep Ones， anyone？）。 At the end of the Dagon， though， I'm enough of a Lovecraft nerd and lover of puns to be quite happy to have the book， and I'll certainly continue to try the recipes and rites contained therein。 。。。more
Demonika
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Originally a wildly successful Kickstarter by Red Duke Games， which ran in 2018。 Now picked up and delivered to the masses just in time for that Lovecraft devotee on your Christmas list。 A crowning novelty cookbook if ever one existed。 Beautifully done in large hardback this book contains no finished recipes photographs but set with eldritch artwork by Kurt Komoda making even the most elementary dish look sinister。 Feast your eyes on occult symbols， frightful instructions， puns， and witticism su Originally a wildly successful Kickstarter by Red Duke Games， which ran in 2018。 Now picked up and delivered to the masses just in time for that Lovecraft devotee on your Christmas list。 A crowning novelty cookbook if ever one existed。 Beautifully done in large hardback this book contains no finished recipes photographs but set with eldritch artwork by Kurt Komoda making even the most elementary dish look sinister。 Feast your eyes on occult symbols， frightful instructions， puns， and witticism sure to tickle any age adorer。 Upon the first flip through， it begs the question， are these recipes even real？ and what the hell is a 'flame of Tabas Koh' and where would one find one？ Each edification is a spun tale of despair and catastrophe “Hearken to my tale of woe and salvation。 Our instruments were crazed， reading longitude 450 degrees F， and hot as an oven it was that night。” But fear not， they are 100% real and if you don't fancy yourself a Lovecraft antiquarian， the recipes are listed in the back in plain English。 Oh it's just Tabasco。。。 But what fun is that？！Once you come to grips with each incantation you realize this cookbook really has it all， from main dishes， drinks， side dishes， deserts and more。 'Tsathogguambalaja' is simply seafood jambalaya and unlike the real Necronomicon， these rites only conjure up pleased guests at your next dinner party。 A treasure for any collector and I'm betting this book will be in the Lovecraft section of their bookshelf rather than their kitchen。 。。。more
Julia
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