The good news is I’m making steady progress on Dining With the Doctor: Regenerated; the 2nd edition Whovian Cookbook. The bad news is that’s keeping me so busy I haven’t had time to post much to Kitchen Overlord.
At nearly 150 recipes, the second edition of my Doctor Who Cookbook is a brick. Honestly, at this point, it’s darn near a whole new book. The 1st chapter alone has 10 new recipes.
I’m pretty darn pleased with the quality upgrade between the 1st and 2nd editions. If you already own the 1st edition, check this out.
For example, S1E4: Aliens of London has gone from this:
To this:
Ouch. You can really tell Dining With the Doctor was my first cookbook. Five cookbooks later, I’m bringing some skills to the table as well as love.
Check under Cassandra’s thin crust pizza to see all the differences in the new Series One/1st Chapter table of contents versus the 1st edition.
To make them easier to find, I’ve put all three of the recipes appearing in both cookbooks in italics.
Second edition recipes that are vegan, vegetarian, gluten free, or paleo friendly are marked in parenthesis. (Don’t worry – like all my cookbooks, there’ll be a special index at the back of the book where you can look up recipes by your own dietary needs.)
Dining With the Doctor: Regenerated – the 2nd Edition Whovian Cookbook
Chapter 1 Table of Contents
S1E1: Rose
Summer Squash TARTis
(vegetarian, gluten free, dairy friendly paleo)
S1E2: The End of the World
Cassandra White Chicken Pizza
S1E3: The Unquiet Dead
Victorian Lavender Seance Cookies
(vegetarian)
S1E4: Aliens of London
Slitheen Pretzel Buns (recommended to be served with sentient ham mermaid meat)
(vegetarian)
S1E5: World War III
Lattice Pear Pastry Slitheens
(vegan)
S1E6: Dalek
Dalek Thai Summer Rolls
(vegan, gluten free)
S1E7: The Long Game
Satellite 5 Mystery Takeout Noodles*
(vegan, gluten free)
S1E8: Father’s Day
Working Class Wedding Canapes
S1E9-10: The Empty Child/the Doctor Dances
Wartime Cheese & Potato Dumplings with Fried Spam Slices*
(vegetarian, gluten free – except for the Spam, of course!)
S1E11: Boom Town
Slitheen Eggs* (+ seasoned buckwheat noodles to serve on, adding to the original recipe)
(vegetarian, gluten free)
S1E12: Bad Wolf
Bad Wolf Cheese Crackers
(vegetarian)
S1E13: The Parting of the Ways
Dalek Crustless Quiche
(vegetarian, gluten free, dairy friendly paleo)
vs
Dining With the Doctor: The Unauthorized Whovian Cookbook, 1st Edition
Chapter 1 Table of Contents
S1E1: Rose
Nestene Consciousness [Now in the Cocktails Chapter]
S1E2: The End of the World
The Last Human Fruit Leather
S1E3: The Unquiet Dead
Charles Dickens Own Christmas Punch [Now in the Cocktails Chapter]
S1E4: Aliens of London
Slitheen Killing Beans on Toast
S1E5: World War III
Slitheen Skin Suits
S1E6: Dalek
Banana Dalek
S1E7: The Long Game
Satellite 5 Mystery Takeout Noodles*
S1E8: Father’s Day
Pete Tyler’s Health Tonic
S1E9-10: The Empty Child/the Doctor Dances
Wartime Cheese & Potato Dumplings with Fried Spam Slices*
S1E11: Boom Town
Slitheen Eggs*
S1E12: Bad Wolf
Big Brother House Bad Wolf Brand Human Chow Cookies
S1E13: The Parting of the Ways
The Mad Dalek Emperor’s All Seeing Eye
As you can see, two of the original cookbook’s recipes have been moved to the Cocktails chapter and replaced in the episode-by-episode narrative with new recipes. Of the rest, everything but the Satellite 5 Mystery Takeout Noodles and Wartime Cheese & Potato Dumplings with Fried Spam Slices has been replaced with a new recipe.
If you own An Unexpected Cookbook: The Unofficial Book of Hobbit Cookery, you can no doubt tell I’m using the same marathon strategy of having an entire chapter photographed together. This is actually more of a hassle than photographing everything dish by dish, but I really like the seasonal continuity you get, for instance, by having a hint of the Summer Squash Pear TARTis and Moisturized Mozzarella Cassandra Pizza in the background of the Dalek Crustless Quiche. When you see Cassandra, a Slitheen, and a Dalek all in the same photo, you know you’re in Eccleston’s episodes.
