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The next recipe I made to review, and the first from the show, is the Spring Garden Pasta Salad from episode 4 of With Love, Meghan, a lifestyle show hosted by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (nee Markle) on Netflix. I watched its first season on the day of its debut,
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This week, I'm sharing my experience making another Netflix Cookbook recipe for Valentine's Kimchi Jjigae Burritos, inspired by the romantic comedy Always Be My Maybe. Kimchi jjigae, a stew, is cooked by the mother of one of the leads and becomes a nostalgic meal for him,
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After Haengbok Noodles, I sought to make another Stranger Things recipe from The Official Netflix Cookbook, Triple-Decker Waffle Sundaes. Like meatloaf, this is a meal that's consumed on the show, specifically in Chapter 3: The Pollywog of season 2. Hopper makes it for Eleven as a treat,
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Momos are a Nepalese and Tibetan steamed dumpling, often served with an achar (dipping sauce). The wrapper is made with a white flour and water dough and the Momos are filled with chicken, pork, mutton, even yak, or a combination. The Tomb Raider Cookbook's version uses chicken and
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Continuing my quest to make everything in The Official Netflix Cookbook, the next dish that I cooked was its recipe for Haengbok Noodles, from Extraordinary Attorney Woo. This is one of the dishes in the cookbook that is actually made and eaten on the show it comes from, rather than
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Time for dish #7 from The Official Netflix Cookbook! I made its recipe for Strange Tuna Casserole, inspired by Stranger Things. It's the second of five Stranger Things recipes, each one intended to be enjoyed as part of a watch party. Like the meatloaf and mash recipe I
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The next dish I made from The Official Netflix Cookbook was Mini Meat Loaves Topped with Mashed Potatoes, inspired by Stranger Things. This show needs no introduction to the majority of Netflix viewers, or indeed, anyone attuned into popular culture. Meatloaf, albeit a whole one rather than mini ones, is
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The next dish I made from the Netflix Cookbook was Coconut Shrimp with Two Dipping Sauces, inspired by The Sea Beast. This Dreamworks-like movie was released on Netflix after a limited theatrical run, becoming one of the service's most successful original animated films, until KPop Demon Hunters.
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The fourth dish I made from The Official Netflix Cookbook was a Chocolate Chessboard Cake, inspired by The Queen's Gambit. This highly acclaimed, 7-episode miniseries was released in 2020 in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic. Set in the 1960s, it follows Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-
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The third dish I've made from the Netflix Cookbook was Tomato, Corn & Avocado Salad, inspired by Maya and the Three. A 3D animated miniseries with nine episodes, it released in 2021 and chronicles the story of Princess Maya of the Mesoamerican kingdom of Teca. Her coronation is
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The next recipe I made out of The Official Netflix Cookbook was Heartwarming Fish-and-Chips, inspired by the equally heartwarming coming-of-age series Heartstopper. Debuting on Netflix in 2022, it's based on a popular graphic novel series about an English schoolboy, Charlie Spring, who falls in
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Taking a break from the Tomb Raider Cookbook this week, my next recipe is from The Official Netflix Cookbook: 70 Recipes from Your TV to Your Table. It's called Vegan Swedish "Meatballs" with Spaghetti, and it's based on the Netflix show Young Royals, from