Adventure. Feast. Repeat.

Designed for busy home cooks, this book focuses on meals that are practical, affordable, and deeply satisfying—without complicated techniques or hard-to-find ingredients.

Whether you’re feeding your family on a weeknight or preparing a feast for game night, you don’t need a professional kitchen or years of experience. All you need is a desire to bring a little creativity and adventure to your kitchen.

And maybe a sword, just in case. Because you never know what the scent of a pie left to cool on a windowsill might attract.

In addition to 90+ from-scratch recipes, the book includes special sections such as a metric/imperial conversion chart, suggestions for glass decorations and enhancements, and a fantasy charcuterie guide with inspiration for creating a beautiful feast board and decorative table.

Here are the recipe sections and a few of their offerings (every section includes several more recipes):

Breakfast

So good that it’s the first meal, and maybe also the second.

• Hearth-Baked Morning Porridge: Steel-cut oats with flaxseeds, chia, and quinoa baked together with milk and warm spices.
• Honey Buckwheat Griddle Cakes: Buttermilk buckwheat pancakes served with maple syrup.
• Cottage Banana & Pecan Bread: Sweet banana bread with toasted pecans, served warm with butter.
• Dwarven Sausage & Egg Bake: Hearty crumbled breakfast sausage bake with eggs, cream, and cheese.
• Innkeeper’s Puff Pastry Three-Cheese Souffle: Fluffy eggs baked with ricotta, Gruyere, and Parmesan cheese inside buttery puff pastry.
• Plus 4 more breakfast recipes

Soups & Stews

Employ the magic of time for slow-cooked meats and tender vegetables, especially taters.

• Mirkwood Mushroom Soup: Cream of mushroom soup with thyme, enjoyed on its own or as an ingredient in another recipe.
• Meaty Lentil Stew: Hearty green lentil stew with Cajun sausage, chicken, ham, and vegetables.
• Creamy Ham & Potato Pottage: Chunky ham and tender vegetables in a creamy broth.
• Healing Barley & Bone Broth: Similar to classic chicken noodle soup, but healthier with barley and homemade bone broth.
• And a recipe for Crusty Bread Bowls to serve your soups in, plus 4 more soup & stew recipes

Savory Pies & Warm Suppers

Always set out to cool on a windowsill. Be wary of woodland creatures and the sneaky fingers of small children.

• Hearthside Chicken Pot Pie: Classic, homemade pot pie with chicken and vegetables beneath a flaky crust.
• Traveler’s Meat & Root Vegetable Hand Pie: Cornish pasty with beef, potato, rutabaga, and onion nestled in a golden pastry.
• Paprika-Braised Chicken & Pasta: Hungarian-style chicken simmered with sweet paprika and served over buttered noodles.
• Desert-Dweller’s Stuffed Spearhead Peppers: Poblano peppers stuffed with ground turkey, quinoa, and baked with warm spices.
• And a Homemade Pie Dough recipe to make your own from scratch, which can be used in many of the recipes in this section and the Dessert section, plus 2 more savory pie & warm supper recipes

Slow-Cooked & Hearth-Baked Meats

The hunter’s prize, the rancher’s pride. Often devoured by dwarves and man-folk of every creed.

• Bacon-Crowned Feast Turkey: Whole turkey roasted with herbed butter and crisp bacon.
• Juniper & Thyme Slow-Roasted Boar: Fall-apart tender pork with delicate flavors of juniper berries, thyme, and bay leaves.
• River-Caught Salmon: Oven-roasted salmon brightened with garlic, lemon, and fresh herbs.
• And recipes for Butter-Roasted Whole Chicken and Bone Broth Brew, which can be made together, plus 3 more meats

Vegetables & Breads

Colorful fare from the garden and root cellar to brighten any table.

• Swordfight Cheddar Biscuits: Cheesy biscuits with a tender crumb and crisp edges, served fresh and warm. (Prepare to battle over the last one.)
• Artisan Sourdough Rye Loaf: Crusty sourdough bread with rye flour and caraway seed, baked in a Dutch oven.
• Sackville-Bagginses’ Browned Butternut Squash: Butternut squash roasted with brown sugar and cinnamon, perfect for an autumn table.
• Maple Bacon Brussels Sprouts: Roasted Brussels sprouts glazed with maple syrup and nice, crispy bacon.
• Buttery Potato Roses: Thinly-sliced gold potatoes layered into delicate roses and seasoned with butter and rosemary.
• Elven Carrots: Roasted carrots finished with candied pecans and goat cheese.
• Old World Cranberry Sauce: Traditional cranberry sauce elevated with apples, citrus, and warm spices.
• And a Sweet Berry Market Salad and its Apple Cider Vinaigrette, plus 6 more recipes for side dishes

The Adventurer’s Knapsack

Rations for the road or local dungeon. Swamp treks not recommended. Keep away from pets.

• Seedy Lembas Hardtack: A spin on Norwegian crispbread crackers with flax, sunflower, and sesame seeds.
• She-Wolf’s Bacon Jerky: Not as dry as true jerky, but more tender and arguably tastier.
• Parmesan Cheddar Cheese Crisps: Salty, crunchy cheese baked into bubbly chips.
• Angelic Pralines: Not-too-sweet candied pecans roasted in cinnamon, vanilla, and sugar.
• Little Folks’ Tasty Birdseed: Sweet granola with oats, pumpkin seeds, nuts, and optional dried fruit.
• Crunchy Curry-Peas of the Grovekeeper: Spiced chickpeas tossed in oil and roasted until crisp.
• Strawberry Rhubarb Fruit Leather Scrolls: Fruit dehydrated into leather with honey and rolled into chewy snacks.
• Plus 5 more on-the-go snacks

Desserts

Sweet delights and rewards for a meal well finished.

• Joyberry Pie: Classic blackberry pie with a flaky crust—wild dewberries preferred.
• Buried Treasure: Peach cobbler in a cast iron Dutch oven, buried with coals to bake in the ground.
• Butterscotch & Chocolate Oatmeal Skillet: Chewy oatmeal cookie bake with butterscotch, served warm from the skillet.
• Milchreis Pudding: Creamy rice pudding gently simmered with milk and sugar.
• Tapestry Cookies with Amaretto Glaze: Buttery shortbread cookies decorated with colorful yet simple icing.
• Plus 4 more desserts

Apothecary Brews, Beverages, & Firewater

Restorative tonics, curious teas, and tavern spirits.

• Healer’s Fire Cider Tonic: Apple cider vinegar infused with immunity-boosting herbs and spices to ward against illness.
• Choosy Wizard’s Dark Chocolate Brew: Old-fashioned hot chocolate simmered with milk, cocoa, and sugar.
• Summerlands Strawberry Tea: Iced latte with striking layers of muddled strawberries, milk, and matcha.
• Color-Changing Magic Potion: Blue butterfly pea flowers make a blue tea that magically turns purple.
• Award-Winning Wassail: Warm apple cider brewed with citrus and warm spices, perfect for winter gatherings. (Jamie’s great-grandmother’s recipe won her the title of “Schmeckenmeister” at the wassail competition “Schmeckenfest” in 2023.)
• Special section: Glass Decorations, with inspiration and ideas for dressing up any festive drink
• Special section: Tavern Firewater, with 3 recipes for alcoholic cocktails from award-winning mead maiden Rosie Haines (our favorites for a roleplaying game night)
• Plus 3 more non-alcoholic brews

Festivities

Colorful spreads and bites fit for merry feasts, celebrations, and game nights.

• Masquerade Cranberry Puffs: Cranberry sauce, brie, and walnuts tucked into flaky puff pastry bites.
• Sneak-Thief’s Tomato Fondue: Familiar marinara and melted cheese flavors, served with toasted ciabatta bread.
• Mountain Herb Spread: Creamy cheese blended with butter and fresh herbs, spread over warm bread.
• Sweet-Glazed Sausage Skewers: Miniature sausage bites glazed with smoky sauce and sweet grape preserves.
• Orcish Chipotle Jam & Cream Cheese: Sweet and spicy fruit preserves spooned over cream cheese and served with crackers.
• Xec, Ambrosia of the Forgotten Gods: Bright citrus and jicama salad with mint.
• Plus 3 more party-friendly appetizers your guests will delight in

Fantasy Charcuterie

Turn any gathering into a feast fit for the king’s hall, as well as a feast for the eyes.

A special section, The King’s Hall Feast Board, contains a collection of suggested items for a feast board for you to mix and match according to your choosing. Choose from dozens of delicious options including fresh vegetables and fruits, nuts, sweets, meats, cheeses, crackers, and baked goods.

Plus a page with recommendations for making your charcuterie uniquely fantasy, including ideas for story elements to set your own theme. Stab a dagger into a wedge of cheese, light some drippy wax candles or fairy lights, stack antique books for height, and many more fun elements to consider.

FAQs

What makes this a “fantasy” cookbook? Is it real or not?

These are real comfort food recipes inspired by history and fantasy. As a writer and lover of fantasy novels, Jamie wanted recipes that gave a cozy, comforting, or merry aura while cooking, serving, or eating, without being too difficult to cook. This collection is the result.

Inside you’ll find easily approachable modern and historical recipes from countries all over the world, including England (modern and Anglo-Saxon), Ireland, Scotland, Belgium, Germany, France, historic America, India, the ancient Yucatán peninsula, and Hungary (pun intended). Of course there are more, and many recipes are unique and original, or just fun with a fantastical twist. If an edible delight could be spotted in a hobbit hole, a fae court, or a dungeon-delver’s bottomless bag of holding, you might find its recipe in this cookbook.

We have to spend time in the kitchen anyway. So let’s make cooking fun.

Does this cookbook require special equipment or advanced cooking experience?

No. All recipes are designed to be able to be cooked in a standard American home kitchen. Some recipes are more difficult than others, but there are no advanced techniques required, and everything is explained. Minimal cooking experience should suffice.

Do the recipes call for ingredients that are difficult to acquire?

Jamie specifically tried NOT to call for difficult ingredients, but really, it depends on where you live. Regardless, most of the recipes use common ingredients.

If you’re living in the USA, most uncommon ingredients should be available to you with little trouble. The rarest ingredients include buckwheat flour, barley, lentils, juniper berries, chickpeas, and rye flour—all of which Jamie found at her local grocery stores in Texas.

Other ingredients such as vanilla beans, specialty teas, and pearl sugar are available for purchase online. And some ingredients are seasonal or more or less available depending on your location, such as poblano peppers, jicama, rhubarb, and butternut squash.

Some reward tiers include certain cooking ingredients when possible, so they can be shipped to you along with the cookbook.

What units of measurement does this book use?

Freedom units—ounces, pounds, tablespoons, cups, Fahrenheit.

However, there is a chart in the front of the cookbook for easily converting to metric units including milliliters, grams, and Celsius.

Is there any special content in this cookbook, or just recipes?

In addition to 90+ recipes, there are also special sections including:

• inspiration for glass decorations and enhancements for drinks
• a charcuterie section with dozens of suggestions for creating a feast board
• suggestions for arrangements and story elements to give your table a cozy fantasy feel