The next recipe I made from Tomb Raider: The Official Cookbook and Travel Guide was Sledging Biscuits. A very simple recipe, they're intended as a high-calorie, life-sustaining snack/meal for travel in harsh conditions, namely Antarctica. Lara may well have taken some with her for sustenance during her
The next Tomb Raider Cookbook recipe that I made was Lort Cha. A Cambodian stir fried noodle recipe, it is something Lara could very well have eaten during any of her travels there (as seen in the opening of Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation or the climax of Lara Croft:
The next recipe from the Tomb Raider Cookbook that I made was Salmon Jerky. This recipe is inspired by the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, which Lara visits in the Tomb Raider II expansion The Golden Mask. Specifically she goes to the fictional Melnikov Island in search of the titular Golden
The next recipe from Tomb Raider: The Official Cookbook and Travel Guide that I made was another North American dish, Esquites. This is a recipe from Mexico consisting of grilled corn with mayo, Cotija cheese, chili powder, lime juice and other spices. It’s either served on the cob (elotes)
For my next recipe from Tomb Raider: The Official Cookbook and Travel Guide, I selected one of the North American dishes, a T. Rex Rib Eye. Now I know what you’re thinking. Do I really have to go back in time 60 million years to hunt a dinosaur and
The next dish I made from Tomb Raider: The Official Cookbook and Travel Guide was Jollof, a dish of rice and vegetables themed around Ghana, which Lara Croft explores in Tomb Raider: Legend. Although Jollof is not mentioned or consumed in Legend, it’s an important dish in the cuisine
The next dish I made from Tomb Raider: The Official Cookbook and Travel Guide was Tomato Soup. It’s one of two recipes themed around Antarctica, the final location of Tomb Raider III. The antagonist, Dr. Willard, even eats some tomato soup with a piece of toast when Lara confronts
Another of the recipes in Tomb Raider: The Official Cookbook and Travel Guide is for Jaffa Cakes. I knew about them beforehand, having read the Tomb Raider series from Dark Horse Comics that was set between Tomb Raider (2013) and Rise of the Tomb Raider, and introduced more of Lara
One of the most relevant dishes out of Tomb Raider: The Official Cookbook and Travel Guide is Beans on Toast. As a British staple, it was mentioned in Lara Croft’s original biography from 1996 as her favorite food. The irony is, it’s actually a reverse export from America.
Onto my next batch of recipes! Back in 2021, Tomb Raider: The Official Cookbook and Travel Guide was published. As a massive Tomb Raider fan and foodie, I was intrigued, so I preordered it along with the official Alien cookbook (which I'll cook through one day), and both
When I was doing research for the prior blog posts on the recipes from Lessons in Chemistry, I came upon an extra recipe that wasn’t shared on the site: Crown Roast of Lamb. This is a visually striking dish made as part of a montage of meals made on
We come to the end of the Apple TV+ provided recipes from Lessons in Chemistry: Bananas Foster Flambé. This was perhaps the most dangerous recipe from the show, since it involves igniting alcohol and violent flames. According to an interview with Courtney McBroom, it is the show’s homage to
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There is nothing better than a roast chicken. When you sink your teeth into that crispy skin, when the flavorful juices flood your mouth, there is no greater feeling in the world. Of course, it can be tricky to do if you’re inexperienced, and ovens are temperamental, some cooking
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In this post, we come to the final pie made on Lessons in Chemistry, using the A-PIE-ogenesis crust: Chicken Pot Pie. It appears toward the end of episode 4, when Elizabeth Zott is on a tear after discovering one of her daughter’s classmates has been stealing her lunches. Confronting
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Chocolate and peanut butter are one of my food combo weaknesses. I’m not saying I’ve eaten Nutella and peanut butter mixed together on toast, or right out of the jar, after midnight… and I’m not saying I haven’t. These brownies from Lessons in Chemistry have both
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When I began to cook through of the recipes from Lessons in Chemistry, I knew that the one recipe that would be the most complicated to do was Oysters Zott. This is Elizabeth Zott’s take on Oysters Rockefeller, which are fresh oysters on the half-shell that are topped with
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Following on from my previous post about the blackberry pie from Lessons in Chemistry, this post discusses making The Garden Galette from the same show. Of the three pies, it has the smallest role, but it’s still impressive and attractive. I made it as the second dish from Chemistry.
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My first post in this series focused on the lasagna in Lessons in Chemistry. Actually, that was the fifth recipe I’d made from the show. I began my cook-through first by making the pie crust from Chemistry, cleverly called “A-PIE-ogenesis”, then used it in three of the dishes: Block
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In the summer of 2024, while considering ideas for the scope and content of this blog, I watched the Apple TV+ series Lessons in Chemistry with a close friend. The eight episode miniseries is based on a novel of the same name by Bonnie Garmus. It tells the story of
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Welcome, readers. If you're a pop culture nerd, a foodie, or preferably both, then you're in the right place. This blog will be my creative outlet as I experiment in the kitchen. I am not a trained chef, but a home cook who taught myself using
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Spoilers for the ending of Celeste (2018) below. In the summer of 2022, I played through the indie game Celeste at the encouragement of two very dear friends. For the uninitiated, this game is set in Canada and focuses on a young woman named Madeline, and her climb to the
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In late 2023, a very dear friend of mine finally convinced me to watch Doctor Who with him. As a Brit, it was a childhood favorite of his, and I knew he and several other friends loved the many adventures of the man (or at one point, woman) in a