The Unofficial Game of Thrones Cookbook: From Direwolf Ale to Auroch Stew - More Than 150 Recipes from Westeros and Beyond (Unofficial Cookbook) (37 page)

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Knowing where recipes likely originated can help identify flavors that might play well off of each other, even though characters in A Song of Ice and Fire may have enjoyed them nearly a world away. Ser Barristan may have feasted on
Barristan the Bold’s Wild Boar Ribs with Dragon Pepper
in King’s Landing, but it’s the heat of Dornish dragon peppers that make the dish unique. Some recipes are too commonly eaten to truly pinpoint and have been given a more general area of origin — like
Westerosian Barley Bread
. Other recipes owe their flavors to more than one region, including
Ten Towers Cold Beef and Oldtown Mustard
with origins in the Iron Islands and the Reach. Finally, there will always be foods mentioned very generally in A Song of Ice and Fire that have more specific ties to locations here; in those cases, the recipes are always listed in the regions that inspired the particular twist this book gives them.

Combine your experience with the characters, references to chapters from A Song of Ice and Fire, and this appendix to craft menus inspired by your favorite characters and settings in Westeros and beyond.

Westeros

Westerosian Fried Breakfast

Desperate Travelers’ Acorn Paste

Westerosian Barley Bread

Common Pease Porridge

Everyman’s Skewered Pigeon and Capon

The North

Crab of the North

Northern Roast Elk

Winterfell

Last Bite of Summer Blackberry Preserves

Northmen’s Soft-Boiled Eggs and Bacon

Northern Harvest Oat Biscuits

Winterfell Cold Fruit Soup

Benjen’s Roasted Onions Dipped in Gravy

Bolton Savory Stuffed Winter Squash

Winterfell Black Bread

Northern Harvest Auroch Stew

Winterfell Meats

Bran Stark’s Pigeon Pie

Stark Rib Roast

Baratheon Boar Ribs with Apple

Winterfell Mutton Chops in Honey and Cloves

Bran’s Auroch Joints Roasted with Leeks

Bran’s Venison Burger

Stark Stuffed Quail

Lordlings’ Goose-in-Berries

Arya’s Lemon Cakes

Rickon’s Apple Cake

Stark Spiced Wine

Direwolf Ale

The Wall

Black Brothers’ Blood Sausage Breakfast

Direwolf Beef and Bacon Pie

Back at the Wall Thick Cream of Wheat

Night’s Watch Breakfast Loaf

Blackbird Salt Cod Toast

The Lord Commander’s Turnips Soaked in Butter

Black Brothers’ Oat Bread

Night’s Watch Onion Soup

Three-Finger Hobb’s Best Mutton

Three-Finger Hobb’s Infamous Three-Meat Stew

Bitter Green Salad

Wun Weg Wun Dar Wun’s Giant Salad

Bran Stark’s Pigeon Pie

Ghost’s Chicken

Dolorous Edd’s Pruned Hen

Castle Black Rack of Lamb

Old Bear’s Ham Steak

White Harbor

Bolton Wedding Cod Cakes

The Dead Man’s Roasted Vegetables

Merman’s Court Venison with Roasted Chestnut

White Harbor Hippocras

Merman’s Black Stout

Manderly Autumn Ale

Greywater Watch

Crannogmen’s Poison

Dreadfort

Bolton Bastard’s Pale Ale

The Riverlands

Tywin Lannister’s Garlic Sausage

Road to Riverrun Apple Chips

Inn at the Crossroads 7-Grain Loaf

Trident Flax and Fennel Hardbread

Inn of the Kneeling Man’s Rabbit Stew

Harrenhal

Weasel’s Oatcakes

Harrenhal Vegetable Stew

Riverrun

Jeyne’s Stewed Onions and Leeks

Riverrun Turnip Greens and Red Fennel Salad

Brynden Tully’s Blackened Trout with Dornish Gremolata

The Twins

Late Lord Frey’s Leek Soup

Lord Walder’s Green Bean Salad

The Vale
The Eyrie

Mord’s Boiled Beans

The Vale Summer Berries and Cream Tart

Gates of the Moon

Lord Nestor Royce’s Wild Mushroom Ragout

Sweetrobin’s Stewed Goat

The Three Sisters

Sister’s Stew

The Fingers

Littlefinger’s Lamprey Pie

The Iron Islands
Harlaw

Ten Towers Cold Beef and Oldtown Mustard

Pyke

Pyke Onion Pie

The Westerlands
Casterly Rock

Golden Lions’ Spiced Squash

Tyrion’s Leg of Lamb

Lannister Beef with Horseradish

Lannister Gold IPA

The Reach

The Hedge Knight’s Salt Beef Salami

Oldtown

Grand Maester Pycelle’s Prized Pomegranate Grapefruit Bars

Ten Towers Cold Beef and Oldtown Mustard

The Arbor

Redwyne Brown Stock

Bitterbridge

Lord Caswell’s Venison and Barley Stew

Bitterbridge Blackberry Tart

Horn Hill

Samwell’s Blueberry Ricotta Tart

The Crownlands

Arya’s Sweetcorn Eaten on the Cob

Eastern Fire Crab

King’s Landing

Sansa’s Buttermilk Biscuits

Septa Mordane’s Porridge

Hard-as-Cersei Boiled Eggs, Bread, and Honey

King’s Landing Snails in Garlic

Robert’s Fried Golden Goose Eggs

Sandor Clegane’s Pickled Pigs’ Feet

Lannister Red Fennel Delight

Cersei’s Buttered Beets

The Hand’s Daughter’s Pumpkin Soup

Hand of the King’s Oxtail Soup

Cersei’s Creamy Chestnut Soup

Queen’s White Bean Soup

Lannister Cream Stews

Southron Spinach and Plum Salad

Cersei’s Greens Dressed with Apples and Pine Nuts

Sansa Stark’s Fairytale Trout Baked in Clay

Battle of Blackwater Mutton Roast

Buttered Quails of King’s Landing

Cersei’s Roast Swan

Hearty Blandissory

Tyrion’s Spiced Brawn

Sansa Stark’s Boar’s Rib

Lannister Herb-Crusted Pike

King’s Landing Blood Melon Sorbet

Arya’s Apricot Crumb Tart

Sansa’s Strawberry Chiffon Pie

Tommen’s Baked Apple Cheese Tart

Celebratory Peaches in Lavender Honey

Ballroom Blackberry Honeycake

Cersei’s Plum Wine

Pyromancers’ Wildfire

Blackwater Schwarzbier

Targaryen Dragon Mead

Dragonstone

Dragonstone Meat and Mash

King Stannis’s Fish Stew

The Stormlands
Storm’s End

Stag Strongwine Snifter

Dorne

Fiery Dornish Frittata

Red Keep Blood Orange Sampler

Doran’s Favorite Chickpea Paste

Dornish Cheese Flight of Fancy

Fiery Vengeance Stuffed Peppers of Dorne

The Queenmaker’s Stuffed Dates

Brynden Tully’s Blackened Trout with Dornish Gremolata

Barristan the Bold’s Wild Boar Ribs with Dragon Pepper

Dornish Whiskerfish

Manticore Venom

Beyond the Wall

Ranging Soup of Roots

Leaf’s Blood Stew

Across the Narrow Sea

Soft Flatbread from Across the Narrow Sea

Free Cities
Braavos

The Blind Girl’s Piping Hot Fish and Pepper Breakfast

Braavosian Frog Legs

Umma’s Morning Loaf

House of Black and White’s Golden Coin

Pentos

Illyrio’s Goose Liver Drowned in Wine

The Cheesemonger’s Candied Onions

Pentoshi Stinky Cheese Plate

Pentoshi Mushrooms in Butter and Garlic

Illyrio’s Buttered Parsnip Purée

Dothraki Duck

Pentoshi Crisp Fingerfish

Volantis

Volantene Honey Sausages

Volantene Cold Beet Soup

Bittersweet Volantene Stout

Lys

Saan’s Minced Lamb with Pepper

Tears of Lys

The Strangler

Dothraki Sea

Khaleesi’s Heart

Slaver’s Bay

Balerion Fish Roe Dip

Ghiscar

Ghiscari Spiced Honeyed Locusts

Meereen

Queen of Meereen’s Persimmon Crumble Ice Cream

Acknowledgments

First, I would like to thank my parents and brother Kevin, Jr., for helping during tough times, and my grandparents Alan and Marie Kistler for pushing me so much when I was younger. Second, Lisa McMullan must be thanked for her constant support and for putting up with my no doubt tiresome need for quiet and solitude during the process of researching and writing this book — when I know she would have preferred that I spend more time having fun with her instead.

Amy Ratcliffe, the biggest fan of A Song of Ice and Fire I know, proved invaluable in pointing me in the right directions here and there when I first began this book and was the first to speak to me about the series with such passion that I decided to finally see what all the fuss was about.

Kat Slayton and Jennifer Ewing were both very helpful friends, making sure to remind me to “get back to work” at odd hours of the day and night. I would be hard-pressed to find greater taskmasters who are able to scold so sweetly.

Brandi Bowles’s efficiency and resourcefulness as an agent cannot be exaggerated and I am very lucky that she wound up coming into my life soon before this project took shape.

The contributions of Victoria Sandbrook are too numerous to explain and it is not hyperbole to say that without her trust in me and her thorough work, this volume would not exist at all.

Thanks to Adri Cowan, who took a chance and was kind enough to mention my name when she realized this was a project in need of an author.

And finally, thanks to George R. R. Martin for being one of those writers who builds a world so completely that even details such as the dishes served become essential parts of the story rather than mere background.

About the Author

Alan Kistler
is a Peruvian-Irish American who was born in Washington D.C., has lived in New York City for over a decade, and has been known by the nickname of “Sizzler” for even longer. Alan is an actor who usually makes a living writing from his laptop (oftentimes while he’s sitting in a bar). His weekly column “Agent of S.T.Y.L.E.” is featured on
Newsarama.com
and focuses on the evolution of superheroes and villains. He is the creator and a co-host of the weekly podcast
Crazy Sexy Geeks
, which discusses popular geek culture, deals out dating advice, and has filmed several online videos under the same label.

Alan has been recognized as a comic book historian by major media and news outlets. Through his articles and convention appearances, he has earned a reputation for a deep knowledge of many science fiction and fantasy sagas, as well as different mythologies. He has appeared in comic book documentaries for Warner Bros. Home Video and has spoken at the Paley Center on multiple occasions concerning Star Trek, the history of science fiction television, time travel stories, and vampire fiction. He has also spoken and written often concerning the need for a stronger portrayal of women in films and television. Alan has inspired the creation of a fictional counterpart in Star Trek novels by David A. Mack, “Protection Agent Alan Kistler.”

He regularly links his newest projects and articles to his site,
AlanKistler.com
, and enjoys communicating with fans through his Twitter account:
@SizzlerKistler
. He knows far too much about superheroes, Doctor Who, vampires, the Rat Pack, and British comedies. Alan believes Isaac Asimov should be required reading in schools.

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