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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
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Vada Pav is an Indian dish created in Mumbai and now sold as a street food across India. What it consists of is a deep-fried mashed potato dumpling inside a pav (bread bun) with two chutneys and a green chili pepper. They're also called Bombay burgers since
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Pelmeni are Russian dumplings that can be best compared to a Russian version of tortellini. They're wrapped in an unleavened dough, filled with meat and onions and boiled, then served with butter and sour cream or smetana, which is a Russian type of sour cream. The Tomb Raider
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Tanghulu is a Chinese snack of candied fruit served on a bamboo skewer. It's a popular street food in China, made by dipping fruit into a sugar syrup and allowing it to solidify into a hard shell. While traditionally you would use hawthorns and/or hollow them out
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'Otai is a Polynesian drink made from coconut milk and water, and a combination of tropical fruit. The Tomb Raider Cookbook's version uses watermelon, crushed pineapple and the juice from a lime. Somewhere in there is a missed opportunity for Lara Croft to dance around a kitchen
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Plantain Chips are a snack enjoyed in tropical regions where plantains or bananas grow. They can be a power snack and marginally healthier than potato chips, depending on how they're cooked. The Tomb Raider Cookbook's recipe for these has you fry them, and afterwards season them
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Lomo Saltado is a Peruvian stir fry influenced by Chinese cuisine, combining local flavors with Cantonese cooking techniques. Traditionally, it contains strips of steak with red onions, tomatoes, spices, French fries and soy sauce. The Tomb Raider Cookbook's recipe for this dish is so good, it's
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Ta'amiya, better known as falafel, are fritters of ground up fava beans (more commonly chickpeas), garlic, herbs and spices that are ground up, formed into balls and deep fried. This next recipe from the Tomb Raider Cookbook was inspired by Lara Croft's multiple travels to Egypt