This time of year, nothing says, “I love you” more than spending 10 minutes in the kitchen reassembling canned goods to look a fancy pie. Or like the quivering muscles of a freshly skinned angel. Look, Dean, the Men of Letters didn’t leave much for Castiel to work with. If […]
Tag: Holiday
Make Your Hobbit Hole Smell Like Christmas with Small Adventure Sized Mincemeat Pies
If you enjoy the hundreds of free recipes here at Kitchen Overlord, help me keep the lights on by picking up a cookbook or two. As a historian who grew up reading Tolkien, An Unexpected Cookbook: The Unofficial Book of Hobbit Cookery is one of my favorites. (You know you’re […]
Steampunk Eggnog for Degenerate Time Travelers
Grab your nerf gun and goggles, kids, because we’ve got a vintage version of your favorite excuse for December Day Drinking – Eggnog! The Victorians may have enjoyed ether sniffing parties, making wreaths from dead people’s hair, and grinding up Egyptian mummies to use in makeup, but even they found […]
Kitchen Overlord has a heart on for you this V-Day, so we made it from Red Velvet and stuffed it with Nutella
Greetings, Minions! Valentine’s Day is coming, so by law, I am required to give you something heart shaped or else the goons at Hallmark will use my dough hook to gouge out my kneecaps. Since the internet loves Nutella almost as much as it does bacon, I’ve conjured a recipe […]
Hobbit Week: Easy Shire Porter Cake
Don’t be intimidated by the list of ingredients. This isn’t fancy Elven baking chemistry. Like most Shire foods, this is good, solid stuff that can handle a lot of improvisation depending on what you happen to have in your pantry. All you really need is some butter, sugar, flour, eggs, […]
Hobbit Week: Small Adventure Sized Mincemeat Pies
These pies are a great snack for small adventures taken just outside the borders of the Shire. A hunk of bread, a little cheese, and 2-3 of these make a perfectly portable elevenses, just the right size to tide you over until a civilized lunch back in the comfort of […]