The Geeky Chef Cookbook

Perfect gift for the geeky food lover in your life! This book has a wide range of dishes and snacks inspired or featured in a huge wealth of geek shows, games and literature. The book is highly stylised and includes lots of enticing photographs to accompany the simple recipes. Totally loved this book and can't wait to stretch my culinary skills.

Lots of fun and quirky recipes available within this book. Various cuisines and lots can easily be adapted for gluten free diets etc.

Have tried a couple of dishes this afternoon and they tasted ‘different’ but still very good. Looking forward to trying some more

This is an amazingly fun collection of recipes inspired by some of the best and most influential geeky movies, tv shows, books, and video games. There's Game of Thrones and The Hunger Games and Kingdom Hearts and Star Trek. And then there's some fun less-known references to things like Bioshock and Soylent Green.

The recipes look delicious, and the photographs are wonderful. It's a fun book that's a perfect gift for the geek in your life (or just for yourself).

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an eArc of this cookbook in exchange for an honest review.

This is a fun cookbook with recipes inspired from many different nerdy shows, books and films. Haven't had the the time to try any of the recipes out just yet, but I plan to try out a few of them in the future as they sound delicious. Ingredients used in the recipes seem to be stuff that anyone could find at their local supermarket anywhere in the world.

When it comes to the recipes themselves they are easy to follow (they are numbered), and as an European I'm happy that the degrees and measurements are written out in Celsius and millilitres/grams as this makes cooking so much easier when I don't have to convert it between two different systems.

I also liked the short introduction for each dish, presenting how and why the foods are relevant in their respective medium.

This cookbook is great. It has wonderful photography of a good chunk of the recipes. There are references to soooo many different fandoms. Also such a wide variety of types of cuisine.

After receiving this book, I whizzed through reading it. The recipes were so fun and really appealed to my pop culture side, There was a time I wanted to create recipes like this and I am so happy to find someone who did already. My favorite recipes are Cheese Buns, Cauldron Cakes, Sea-Salt Ice Cream, and Chimicherry Changa. Mot of the recipes are video game themed, but all of them look amazing enough to try!

I am a massive Harry Potter fan and have used the unofficial cookbook many a time. This book just added to the fun by including so many other amazing fandoms! Plus, the Pumpkin Pasties are delicious. A great addition to any geeky chef's shelves.

I loved this. I cannot wait to try some of the recipes. There is a good variety. Since some of them just made me smile reading the recipe, I have a feeling that preparing and eating the food will be a pleasure.

Disclaimer: I am by no means a good cook. I am actually a novice when it comes to cooking.

This cookbook is filled with a bunch of delicious looking recipes from a lot of my favorite video games, movies, and tv shows. (Though, a lot of them seem slightly above my current cooking level.) This would be a great addition for our school library and I look forward to purchasing it!

This is such a fun cookbook! I loved the wide varieties of recipes available and how varied the fandoms were. My interests stretch pretty far and it was great to see a lot of them represented in the book. I especially loved the Harry Potter recipes and I felt like the author did a great job putting them together so that everyone can do them. Most of them are pretty simple and don't include any weird ingredients! Overall I totally recommend checking this one out!

I enjoyed this cute little cookbook that offers a huge assortment of very authentic seeming fantasy recipes for foods from famous movies, TV shows and video games. It was my kids who really loved it, though. My 16 y/o was excited by some of the offerings for his favorites like Zelda, while my 8 y/o was happy with recipes for Minecraft, My Little Pony and others.

There are color photos of each recipe, and the author really went out of her way to make the recipes really match the flavors of whatever the reference recipe was. We will have to heavily modify them in our family (I cook vegetarian and gluten free), but we can do that with many of the recipes. They are pretty heavy on wheat and meat, and some are rather labor intensive. It's great fun, though, and there is a big range of shows, movies and games.

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for the purpose of review.

Finally a cookbook for the deeply geeky among us. I found this both hilarious to read and surprisingly appetizing- no surprise that soylent green is here, but I loved the variety of fandom represented. In no particular order I can't wait to make the (beefless) special bell peppers and beef from Cowboy Bebop, Yeto's Superb (squash) soup, and the Harry Potter cauldron cakes. My son is totally getting a Cake Block (with fondant!) for his 8th birthday next year- he will love the Minecraft theme and I love that it looks really simple to pull off. Many of the recipes are simple in terms of the recipes themselves, but cleverly written and explained. Almost none require strange ingredients- for the win!

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC of this hilarious cookbook full of fandom.

I really liked this book. It seems very easy to follow and I loved many of the references. Some things I didn't understand because I am not familiar with the source material but the recipes still looked good. I only wish that every recipe had a picture to show what it is supposed to look like.

This is a fun cookbook. At first I thought the particular variety of geekiness was too far out of my wheelhouse, some parts resonated with me and I could still appreciate the others. Great balance between the blurbs, the recipes, and the photographs.

If you need ideas for a dinner party with geeky friends, this is the book you need! My personal favourites were the Harry Potter inspired ones, and I can’t wait to try!
The instructions were clear and I was happy their were both the amounts in cups and grams used.

I love the variety in this cookbook, both with the recipes and with all the geeky inspirations! I would have liked a few more pictures, but overall, I can't wait to try some of these recipes.

Inspired by geeky TV shows, films, books and the like The Geeky Chef creates fantastic and beautiful recipes of the foods you’ve always wanted to try. If you want to show off to your Harry Potter loving friends there something for that!. A brilliant collection of recipes.

Unfortunately will not download but look forward to purchasing when out as really my kind of book


Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy for an honest opinion

This book is a fun present idea for any fan of sci-fi and fantasy tv shows, games and movies. There is a mixed collection of different dishes some sensible and some outlandish but what more could you ask for. I can’t wait to make the DragonsBreath Chilli and the cheese buns. There are also some great desert ideas that would make amazing party foods.

Ever wanted to try a dish from your favourite fandom? This is the cookbook for you. Full of whimsical recipes from your favourite fandom with great advice, fun pictures and interesting write ups with each recipe. I'm getting this for my library and am looking forward to nerding out over it.

Loved this stylish collection of drinks taken from all areas of geeky media - film, books, television and video games. Serve up Sea-Salt Ice Cream from Kingdom Hearts, Seed Cake from The Hobbit, Gunslinger Burritos from The Dark Tower, or White Dragon Noodles from Blade Runner.

This is great for planning themed parties, and would make a lovely gift for the geek in your life.
*There is a lovely 'companion' book with drink recipes by the same author - The Geeky Bartender Drinks*

Such perfect timing for this book! Just when I lost inspiration to cook after following a keto diet (helpful, but not for me). The 'geeky' shows along Hunger Games, Serenity, Cowboy Bebop, Bladerunner -- oh man -- got me excited for cooking and Netflix. It's perfect for a theme home cook; after finishing a series, I'll do up a 5 course meal inspired by the show and this is such a great book to have as a resource! Simply laid out, with nice photos, numbered instructions, and best of all -- food that I don't normally prepare (lamb stew with plums, calamari gumbo) -- I'm done reviewing and off to the kitchen!

I admit that I am 100% the audience for this book as I am a self-professed geek/nerd person. However! I will say that not only does this book tap into favorite series, films, and books of mine, but it delivers in the recipe department as well! These recipes, and the perfectly-lengthed descriptions for each, were a delight to read through, and I am excited to prepare several. Also, there is some nod to those of us who pursue plant-based living, and that is appreciated.

The recipes are quite easy and straight forward for my skill level (which is admittedly quite advanced), but I think that they will be suitable for home cooks of any skill and experience level. The author does a good job of breaking down the recipes and giving you the tools needed for success. Additionally, while not all of the recipes have photos, most do. Photos are always a boon to a cookbook, in my opinion. I want to see what the final product should look like, even if I can suss it out for myself. Bonus! The photos are themed for the particular property from which they are taken (delight is in the details).

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I am going to go out and preorder this and make Otik's spiced potatoes while I wait for it to arrive.

I'm not the biggest geek so I think I have a more subdued sense of glee but nevertheless, I enjoyed the concept and was intrigued by the range of foods. Even I got excited (DoubleMeat Medley!) and jumped to cook some things. The results are reasonable, simple, good food. What more can you want than a sense of wonder and good filling food?

If ever a cookbook spoke to me, it would be this one. The title alone had me. But then, seeing the cover sporting images of the Tardis from Doctor Who, and the Vulcan hand salute from Star Trek just to name two (my favorites), I knew I couldn’t turn back.

Author Cassandra Reeder has brought together fun and out of this word recipes based on the wonderful geeky worlds of Sic-Fi and Fantasy. THE GEEKY CHEF COOKBOOK: Real-Life Recipes For Fantasy Foods covers shows/stories/games that will have fans tying on their favorite show geeky aprons, and heading to the galley/mess hall to get their cook on.

Covering basic recipes – through desserts, there is something for everyone. Each recipe features the name of the geekverse that inspired it. You’ll find . . . Babylon 5: Spoo, Doctor Who: Fish Fingers and Custard, The Hunger Games: Gheese Buns, Star Trek: Plomeek Soup, World of Warcraft: Dragonbreath Chili, Firefly: Wife Soup, Adventure Time: Bacon Pancakes, Outlander: Highland Sandwiches, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Doublemeat Medley, Harry Potter: Cauldron Cakes, Super Mario Bros: 1Up Mushroom Cupcakes, The Hobbit: Seed Cakes, The Chronicles of Narnia: Turkish Delight, My Little Pony - Friendship is Magic: ChimiCherryChanga, The X-Files: Nonfat Tofutti Rice Dreamsicle, and so many more! (I know some sound odd, but all of the recipes are suited to human tastes)

THE GEEKY CHEF COOKBOOK is delightfully out of this world! I had so much fun turning the pages to be surprised by what was next. While there are some references that I, self-proclaimed nerdy geek, didn’t know, I just didn’t care. Each one was so much fun. I admire the author for making these strange, unearthly dishes into something for all of us to enjoy.

My one complaint, as it often is with cookbooks, there weren’t enough photos! I get that the more photos, the more the books costs to make and for us to buy, but I’m bummed that I don’t know what the finished product of some these creations look like. That aside, THE GEEKY CHEF COOKBOOK is a must have for sic-fi/fantasy/gamer/animation fans everywhere!

Ever played a game or watch a film and though, wish i could eat that, well now you can! I adore this book. A brilliant idea extremely well executed. Elder Scrolls sweet rolls, Kiki Deliverys Service Herring and Pumpkin pot pie and the famous Pumpkin Pasties from Harry Potter. Really fun useful book. Also, extra points for including the Big Kahuna Burger from Pulp Fiction. That one was a great surprise.

What fun! I always love it when people cook foods inspired by media they love, so I really enjoyed all these recipes. I'm definitely going to try some of these next time I have friends over.

A fun cookbook with a great variety of recipes from a range of different games, movies and books! The recipes are creative and easy to follow

I absolutely love everything that Cassandra Reeder produces, so naturally I was pumped to learn about her new cookbook. I really appreciate that she includes the movie, book, or game that the recipe is inspired by. She has mastered the perfect combination of literature and culinary arts. We are very excited to be able to make the tasty treats and drinks. Directions are very clear, concise, and easy to follow. If you like anything geeky and enjoy cooking tasty food, do yourself a favor and get this book.

This was such a fun cookbook and it's perfect for the geeks out there, especially if one is into fandom such as The Legend of Zelda, Hannibal, Star Trek, Buffy and so on. There's several recipes I'd love to try, such as Turkish Delight (Narnia) and Pumpkin Pasties (HP).

I thought this was such a great collection of recipes based on different shows, movies, games, and books. I loved looking at all the tasty food to see what I can create myself. They look simple, but fancy at the same time.

I cannot even decide where to begin, so this is going to bounce around a bit. I always answer the "Are the nutritional breakdowns?" question in reviews...and the answer is "no"...but chances are good if you are picking up this book, it has little to do with diets and way more to do with fandoms.

A large number of the "big" fandoms are in here. There were a couple I was surprised weren't...but that leaves awesome chances for a second book in the future (hopefully, that is).

The recipes themselves are easy to follow, they have awesome pictures with each one. There's also a little bit of the "history" of the dishes (what episodes they are in, where the idea came for for them-that kind of information).

Definitely a great gift for the nerd and/or geek in your life. Think of all the fun themed parties and dinners you can do!

This cookbook is so cute, with lots of neat recipes inspired by fantasy games, movies, and TV. The recipes look simple enough for a novice, and would be lots of fun to serve at theme parties or to a friend who loves the genre.

This seems like a great time for cookbooks as we are all probably eating at home more.  This entry has a fun twist.  The author has created recipes around favorite books.  Below are some examples:

Snacks, Appetizers and Sides:


Doctor Who:  fishfingers and custard; The Matrix: Tastee Wheat;Blade Runner: White Dragon Noodles.


Soups and Stews:


The Hunger Games:  Lamb Stew with Plums; Avatar:  Seaweed Noodles; Firefly:  Wife Soup.


Main Dishes:


The Avengers: Shwarma; Breaking Bad: Los Pollos Hermanos Chicken; Buffy: Double meat Medley.


Cakes and Cupcakes:


Harry Potter: Cauldron Cakes; Divergent: Dauntless Chocolate Cake; The Hobbit: Seed Cakes


Other Desserts: The Chronicles of Narnia: Turkish Delight; Harry Potter: Treacle Tarts; My Little Pony: ChimiCherryChanga.


Of course, the above is a sample as the book includes many more.  The recipes are clearly presented and there are beautiful photographs throughout. 


A unique cookbook that I enjoyed.  Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this book in exchange for an honest review.

Ok so choosing to review a cookbook in the middle of a pandemic was probably not my smartest move. This book is filled with all kinds of food ideas inspired by some of my favorite sci fi properties like; Hunger Games, Firefly, TMNT, Avatar the Last Airbender, Buffy, and even Kingdom Hearts. Since all of my local shops are almost entirely out of luxury supplies I haven't been able to try any of the recipes, but I look forward to when I will be able to.

The Geeky Chef Cookbook is an imaginative compilation of recipes from the geek world, taking inspiration from film and from novels. It is almost perfect - it just needs more photos! I am of the belief that every recipe deserves a photo so I can tell how closely my efforts to follow the recipe match the author's effort. There are a few insta-tries for me, such as one from the X-Files.

Every X-Files lover will be ready to try the NonFat Tofutti Rice Dreamsicle recipe. Even if Mulder says the air in his mouth is better, the photo looks pretty tasty.

full of fun and quirky recipes adaptable and easy to understand everything is very clear kinda makes me wish i could have psychical book to in my hands to enyoy

I’m a huge geek, so when I saw this book, I knew I had to read it. I mean, geeky recipes inspired by fantasy works? Sign me up! It’s such a cute book full of fun recipes inspired by a variety of fantasy works. I love that there are dishes inspired by books, movies, games, and television shows.

Each recipe is accompanied by the name of the fantasy that inspired by along with a short description of what inspired it. Most of the recipes include a picture, and many of them are truly mouthwatering. I can’t wait to make some of these! I do wish that all the recipes included a picture of the completed dish, but it’s not a must. I’ve read books that didn’t have a single picture, so I can’t complain much.

I think it’s a great book with a nice variety of fun and tasty sounding foods. I particularly enjoyed the recipes inspired by fantasy works that I’m a fan of. However, I am interested in many of the recipes regardless of how well I know about what inspired them. I’m very excited to try some of these recipes out and have fun making them!

I received an ARC of this from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I love this series of recipes/books. It brings back so many memories and I just geek right out. I’m so excited to try some of these cool, eclectic recipes and you know...the normal ones too, Narnia’s Turkish delight for one. Most of these have great pictures and easy to follow instructions. The explanations behind each recipe are absolute gold. Sometimes they even give you a chuckle like Southpark’s chocolate salty ball recipe.
Love it and looking forward to more.

Thank you NetGalley and publishers for an ARC. All opinions are my own.


Reeder creates a delicious recipe book inspired by today and yesterdays favorite scifi and magic movies and books. It is well thought out and includes little images that correlate with each movie, show, or book it was inspired by. It is seperated by courses and even has some fun desserts. I appreciated the short summary of where each recipe was found on said movie, show, or book. Perfect for parties or movie marathons!

Ha, this was awesome 😆 don't get me wrong, I think there will only be a couple of recipes from this that I will actually try, but top marks for being so inventive!

This book was definitely a delight to receive as an arc from Netgalley and the publishers and I'm very grateful for the opportunity I was given.


From Adventure Time and Marvel to Star Trek and Game of Thrones, this cookbook is packed full of delicious recipes from different geeky franchises.

Gaming, tv shows and movies galore there are plenty of recipes; snacks and soups, pot pies, pastries and deserts, I'm honesty drooling as I scroll through these plentiful treats.

I like that they have the measurements in cups and grams so it saves me from trying to figure out how much to use.

I can't wait to try make some during these next few weeks! I already made the divergent cake and it was so amazing!

This is a very fun cookbook, with the recipes based off the pop culture/ tv/movie/gamer works. My favorite was the pizza gyoza for teenage mutant ninja turtle! How perfect. While the recipes as a whole don’t seem all that interesting there are some perfect fits for you next binge session. So make some lemon cakes and pie (no Frey’s harmed in the making)

Cassandra Reeder’s The Geeky Chef Cookbook is a fun collection of unique recipes which are inspired by popular media like Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings, The Hunger Games and The Legend of Zelda. I love Reeder’s writing style and the detailed recipe instructions. I also like the pictures but I would have liked to see all the finished food as well as a more exciting book design.

The book features recipes inspired by various media like books (Harry Potter, The Chronicles of Narnia), movies (The Avengers, The Big Lebowski), TV series (Serenity, The X-Files), and games (World of Warcraft and The Legend of Zelda). This collection features a wide range of foods: there’s recipes for ice cream, pancakes, soups, sandwiches, pies, pastries and more! Eat your way into the world of Breaking Bad with Los Pollos Hermanos Chicken, treat yourself to Harry Potter’s Cauldron Cakes, or have Adventure Time’s Bacon Pancakes for brunch. Or, if you want something a little more complicated or unusual, whip up Mass Effect’s Calamari Gumbo or Earthbound’s Peanut Cheese Bars or maybe even some people-free Soylent Green!

The recipes are clearly detailed and easy-to-follow. I love Reeder’s light and witty humour which gives a lovely touch to an already wonderful cookbook! Each recipe begins with a great brief introduction about the media that inspired it. Most of the dishes are simple and feature common pantry staples. However, for the more adventurous, there are some slightly more complicated dishes with fun specialty ingredients like high energy plankton, herring, and squid!

Many of the recipes are accompanied by lovely full-colour pictures. However, I really would have liked photos of all the finished dishes. I like the themed photos which often subtly reflect the media they are inspired by. But, some pictures are a little generic and I couldn’t immediately figure out the associated media. Also, this book is so quirky that I wish that the layout had been as fun as the unique recipes. The recipes would have been nicely elevated by a more vibrant design.

The Geeky Chef Cookbook is a fantastically fun and unique recipe book. I love Reeder’s other books and this one did not disappoint at all! I can’t wait to pick up a physical copy to add to my cookbook collection!




🥧🥧🥧🥧 ½ pies out of 5!

Super cute and fun cookbook with a ton of useful recipes - none are super difficult, and each one is well put together. Directions are easy to follow, there's a good variety of different geeky interests shown, and the pictures/layout is great. I'd only wish for a few more literary recipes, but other than that, I love it! The Dragonbreath Chili inspired by WoW turned out great. Will be buying a copy of this in the future!

The Geeky Chef Cookbook is one of a pair of fandom based recipe collections by Cassandra Reeder, the Geeky Chef. Originally published in 2015, this second edition, released 14th April 2020 by Quarto on their Race Point imprint, is 160 pages and available in hardcover and ebook formats.

I am really impressed and mildly amazed at the broad array of food from a very broad array of literary and cultural icons as disparate as Babylon5, Discworld, TMNT, Hunger Games, Zelda, HP, Minecraft and so many more.

The recipes themselves are easy to read and understand. They include a header bar along with prep info, yields and a description. Ingredients are listed bullet point in a sidebar. Measurements are given in US standard measures with metric measures in parentheses. Preparation instructions are enumerated step by step. Substitutions and alternative preparation or serving information are given in a footer bar at the end of the recipe.

The book includes a cross referenced index which lists individual ingredients (and authors/literary references). The photography and illustration included in the book are -wonderful-, and the nerdy geeky commentary is amazing. The author is a geek, indeed.

Really really worthwhile effort and a great collection. This would elevate the next D&D or LAN or geeky movie night, or book club (when we're allowed to safely gather again) to the next level for sure.

Five stars.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.

Okay, I had never heard of the Geeky Chef until I read this book, but where the heck has this lady been all my life?!

The Geeky Chef Cookbook is full of appetizers, main dishes and desserts inspired by all your favorite fandoms. Some of the recipes are classics with a twist. Some of them are new creations. All of them sound delicious.

I really enjoyed this book. I will, however, say that I loved her cocktail recipe book just a little more, but this cookbook was still filled with a ton of nostalgia, some new fandoms I’m going to look into and a bunch of great recipes I can’t wait to try.

Now, I know what you’re thinking. “but Mal, do I have to be a geek to enjoy The Geeky cookbook?” To that I say, “Dwight, you ignorant slut!” Even if you’ve never watched an episode of Game of Thrones (seriously?). Even if you’ve never heard of Harry Potter (really?). Even if you have no idea whether you’d join the Imperials or the Stormcloaks (come on?!?). I still think you’d enjoy the recipes that Reeder has created. The pictures are shiny and each recipe is accompanied by a paragraph that explains what fandom the recipe is inspired by and a little context of what and how the food came about.

I honestly cannot wait to make a bunch of these recipes. I’m already imagining the amazing Harry Potter party I could throw with those Pumpkin Pasties (which I’ve always wanted to try) and those Cauldron Cakes. If you’re a food loving fangirl (or boy), you gotta check these recipes out!

Fantasy fans will be excited to pick up the latest cookbook from The Geeky Chef, Cassandra Reeder. Reeder has always been fascinated with the food mentioned in fantasy books, games, and movies, and she has a blog for all the geeks out there who concur. The Geeky Chef Cookbook: Real-Life Recipes for Your Favorite Fantasy Foods is full of fantasy-type recipes that, while they seem a bit weird, are actually good to eat, and take away the guessing for readers who are wondering just what their favorite characters are eating.

There are a lot of fantasy lovers out there, so this cookbook fills a need, and will be one that belongs on the cookbook shelves of anyone who wants to prepare the foods in favorite fantasy books and video games. While there are excellent photographs of a few of the dishes, this cookbook could be improved if it had more. Otherwise, it is well-written, the recipes are easy to follow, and the end results are actually good enough to eat. Reeder has included recipes such as Treacle Tarts and Cauldron Cakes from Harry Potter, as well as Cheese Buns from The Hunger Games. The recipe for Highland Sandwiches from The Outlander is fairly involved (luscious handmade chutney), but well-worth it. Everybody, it seems, loves The Hobbit, and that series is represented in several recipes, including Seed Cakes, Cram, and Lembas. The legend of Zelda, Pokémon, and Super Mario Brothers video games have appealing recipes, and there are also several from Game of Thrones.

All told, this cookbook is a fantasy lover’s dream and will be enjoyed and cooked out of often.

Special thanks to NetGalley for supplying a review copy of this book.

A brilliantly edited collection of themed cuisine. It’s a perfect purchase for the geek in your life, whether it be as a personal gift or to inspire a menu in their honour.

A cookbook that appeals to my daughter is a real winner for me. We're hoping to get several menus inspired by her favourite programmes. I loved it so much I need to buy a paperback copy.

The Geeky Chef Cookbook by Cassandra Reeder is a perfect sidekick to any fan’s kitchen. This cookbook has a wealth of recipes for so many of your favourite T.V. shows, movies, and video games. The instructions are simple and the ingredients are easy to source as well. It is a fun book that has lots of great photos and ideas for so many fandoms.

If you are homebound at the moment, this is a fantastic book of recipes to lift your spirits. The Geeky Chef Cookbook is such a joy to read and the recipes that accompany so many well-loved shows and games will add to your binge-watching or gaming experience. It is impossible to provide an exhaustive list without overwhelming you, but fans of Buffy, Outlander, Harry Potter, and Zelda will not be disappointed with this book. The different types of recipes are as follows:

Basic Prep Recipes
Snacks, Appetizers, and Sides
Soups and Stews
Main Dishes
Cakes and Cupcakes
Other Desserts

❀ LOTS OF GREAT RECIPE IDEAS

I always like to try a few recipes to accompany my reviews and this book is no exception. I have bookmarked quite a few and am excited to give them a try. As most of the ingredients in my home at the moment are pantry items, I was happy to discover that I had the supplies to make Pumm’s Hot Pumpkin Soup from The Legend of Zelda. I have made quite a few variations of pumpkin soup in the past and I enjoyed the spice combination in this recipe.

❀ A FANTASTIC EDITION TO ANY FAN’S COLLECTION

The Geeky Chef Cookbook by Cassandra Reeder is a fantastic addition to any fan’s collection. The book is whimsical with wonderful photographs and easy to follow instructions. A must-have for fans who enjoy a little themed snacking.

*received for free from netgalley for honest review* Read this after the geeky bartender and omg I love all the recipes in this book! ive never wanted a cookbook so bad lmao

A fun collection of recipes based of geeky references including books, movies, TV shows and video games. Here's everything from main meals to sides, desserts and snacks. Obviously most fun if you get the references, but the recipes themselves are delicious too.

Such a fun cookbook with fantastic photographs. All of the dishes looked yummy. This would be the perfect gift for any movie lover or geek in your life. Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to take some of these dishes for a spin with this eARC for my honest opinion.

I am both a massive nerd and a lover of food, so I’m a sucker for any cookbooks that feature nerdy recipes. The Geeky Chef cookbook delivers exactly what it promises: lots of delicious-sounding recipes inspired by pop-culture. I especially liked the look of the Soylent Green recipe (sans people), or the Game of Thrones-inspired Bowl of Brown, which sounds far more appetizing than it’s described in the books, and Lembas bread. Mmm. My big dislike though was how the author basically vomited on the whole romance genre in their Outlander-inspired recipe. Let’s not have genre-loving infighting. Romance is a genre. Romance fans and sci-fi/fantasy fans are more often than not fond of the same things. Let’s not be exclusive and crap on other genres. Geekery should be welcoming, not exclusive. Outlander absolutely counts as Geekery. Back to the recipes, though: they sound delicious, though most are pretty complicated and require a lot of ingredients. So if you’re looking for simple geek foods, you won’t find it here, but if you’ve got some time on your hands and want something tasty to accompany your latest TV/video game/movie/book-reading binge, then you’ll want to check this book out.

But please, let’s stop being crappy to the romance genre or fans of romance, or creators of romance…let’s all just enjoy our genres, be nerdy, and have fun.

I enjoyed this cookbook more than the Geeky Chef drinks book and found a lot of recipes that I would make. It would make a good gift for any geeks that also like to cook. Recipes vary in difficulty and I think it would be more suited to someone who has some experience cooking as a lot of recipes are a bit complex. Some ingredients are a little speciality as well but often those ingredients are just optional.
Overall it is a fun book for anyone who's every wanted to cook the food referenced in their favourite movies, TV shows and games.
Thanks to Netgalley.com and Race Point Publishing for supplying me a copy of this book for my honest opinion.

When geeks love, that love spreads through every facet of their life, including the kitchen. So it's no wonder a cookbook like this would exist. I personally got very excited over every single Harry Potter and Lord of the RIngs recipe. You just know I'm going to be making Lembas this weekend! Reeder's tone throughout the recipes are pleasant and she leaves plenty of room for creativity and individual taste, to make sure everyone is satisfied.

I also loved the photos of the finished products, as well as the general look of the cookbook. This is definitely something for every geek in your life.

Thank you to Netgalley for giving me the chance to read and review, "The Geeky Chef Cookbook" by Cassandra Reeder. As a fellow geek, this cookbook was a dream come true. I liked that the recipes had pictures and were easily identifiable from different movies and t.v series. The recipes were not overly complicated. I am eager to try some of them once the world settles down more.

The Geeky Chef Cookbook is a unique concept for a cookbook and perfect for the geek in your life. Unlike the tailored cookbooks this one allows you to get a splash of lots of numerous fandoms across everything. I love how easy it is to recreate the recipes. Such a fun and unique story.

It was so much fun to get through all the recipes from some of my favorite movies, tv shows and video games. This book gave me such a nostalgic feeling. The recipes all look very delicious, they are very creative, understandable and the pictures are well taken. I can't wait to try some of them out. Perfect as a gift for all Geeks out there!

What a fun, geeky Cookbook. Titled properly, these are the recipes from your favorite fantasy films! My favorite? The Hamburger "The Big Kahuna" from the film Pulp fiction!! The author is clever and witty and worked hard to make these dishes as close to the movie dish as possible, with pictures throughout the book so you know what the dish should look like. This is the ultimate book for all us Geeky Chefs and is a must-have in our kitchen!

What a clever conceit for a cookbook. You often see themed cookbooks based on one fandom or another (Star Trek, Lord of the Rings), but here's a volume for the enthusiast who loves many different franchises. There's a little something for everyone, whether you like Star Wars or Doctor Who or Redwall. Lots of variety in recipe types, very approachable, and most don't call for super obscure ingredients. I could have used a few more pictures (I like a one-to-one ratio for recipes and photos), but otherwise this is a fun and inventive book.

***Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Expected release date May 5, 2020.***

★★★★

Nice cookbook for the fun-loving chef who happens to be a member of ANY fandom. The recipes seem to be easy to follow with nice pictures to go along with most.

I loved The Geeky Chef and this cookbook collects great recipes that are so fun for those who love all nerdy and geeky stuff. This book includes drinks, snacks, entrees and desserts based on your favorite fandoms such as Game of Thrones, Cowboy Bebop, Star Trek and so many more.
The recipes are easy to follow and I can't wait to make Soylent Green!

I would recommend this cookbook, (almost) every recipe is original and interesting !
I like the layout of everything, as well as the designs.
I like that the author didn't just raplicate recipes from series/video games etc. but (re)invented them. Like the "Fish Fingers and Custard" from Doctor Who that are, here, fish fingers and mustard (but more elaborate and with more interesting flavors, I don't want to describe it to not give it away :)). Plus the author also includes a text that mention the real-life version of the recipe, used bu the producers of Doctor Who (coconut cake and custard), so you have 2 versions to try ! Great Lambas recipe too !
Some recipes are not so interesting though, like the "Los Pollos Hermanos chicken" one, that is litterally just fried chicken, but other are defenitely worth the read (and try !).
I would have liked pictures for every recipe and maybe an index with the recipes sorted by fandom like on the blog ?
Also, some pictures are photoshopped ? Like the fruity oaty bars are photoshopped to be multiculored. So the recipe tells you to put food coloring but then proceeds to not show you how ridiculous it looks when you use food coloring and instead photoshop the thing ? I don't know what that is about !

In general I would recommend this cookbook, (almost) every recipe is original and interesting !

Listen. I am a nerd. I am a huge, capital 'N' Nerd and I love all things bookish, tv-series-ish, film-ish or anything else geeky-ish. That obviously includes the food. I mean, what is Harry Potter without the constant mention of treacle tart, really? Or the twelfth Doctor without his fishfingers and custards?
Which means that I could not be more excited that there is a book for people like me. To re-make, re-live and be part of their favourite fantasy world through the fabulousness that is good food.

And holy guacamoly is Cassandra doing a good job. If anyone here is not familar with her blog, why not? Please check it out right after this review. And after you've ordered this cook book.

First off, this book is just lovely to look at. It is designed in a simple style but makes my nerdy heart sing whenever there is a colourful silhouette of a snitch. Secondly, Cassandra is doing an absolute wonderful job reeling the reader/chef into the recipes by starting them off with relatable anecdotes. I honestly grinned to myself more than once, thinking "yep, that's it!"

Now, I am an absolute noob in the kitchen, but most of the recipes are so simple and great that even I can do them and they look AMAZING (my personal favourite are the Pumpkin Pasties, SO GOOD!), which means that you definitely have no excuse not trying these out. The pictures along want to make you be really good at cooking, I promise you.

Lastly, I have seen that Cassandra does have tips on making the dishes veggie or even vegan (at least some of them) - at least on her blog, which I highly appreciate.

If I had to say something negative at all, then it would be that there are no iZombie recipes in this book. But that is not negative after all because this can be taken as my appeal to Cassandra to maybe create a whole iZombie cookbook! Every episode starts off with Liv cooking, after all (pretty, pretty, pretty please?)

So all that's left to say is: get your cosplays and aprons ready and COOK!

I absolutely love this cookbook! I'm a multi-fandom nerd, so I already have fandom-specific cookbooks for Game of Thrones, The Hunger Games, and so on. But it's great to have a cookbook that features so many fandoms in one place! I can't wait to make Soylent Green and Lembas! And I just bought the ingredients for the Dauntless Chocolate Cake from the Divergent series!