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Violet Beauregarde’s Three Course Dinner | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

#FFDahlicious is a month for tasty eats inspired by Roald Dahl hosted by Katarina @ Pretty Cake Machine. Check the hashtag or the link up for lots of Dahl-inspired dishes. Violet Beauregarde, the gum-smacking, slang-slinging, disobedient daughter of a car salesman, is the second child to meet her demise in...
Halloween•Horror Movies•soups

Celebrate Edgar Allan Poe’s Birthday with a New England Clam Chowder Adapted from Vincent Price

This post originally appeared on Nightmare on Film Street. Edgar Allan Poe, an author synonymous with American gothic horror writing, and Vincent Price, an American horror actor with a velvet voice and looming stage presence, are a match made in hell. Working with filmmaker Roger Corman, Price starred in a...
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Cazuela Blanca | The House of the Spirits

The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende is a poignant and whimsical story of a family, told in beautiful rolling prose. The story unfolds across generations and across Chile, from Santiago to the countryside at the family’s estate, the Trés Marias, where they spend their summers and the daughter,...
Halloween•soups

Turniphead Cawl | Howl’s Moving Castle

Howl’s Moving Castle is a 1986 fantasy novel by Diana Wynne Jones and subsequent 2004 Ghibli movie directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It’s the tale of the young hatmaker Sophie who was cursed with old age, and escapes to Howl’s castle, a steampunk fortress home to several enchanting characters, careening across...
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Poisonous Soup (Matcha Broth) | The Nightmare Before Christmas

Day-in day-out Sally, #nevernotpoisoning, tries to poison the Evil Scientist using ingredients from her quaint little garden of deadly herbs. On this particular night, she uses her deadly nightshade masked by frog’s breath and worm’s wort. My version swaps ingredients for each of these – instead of deadly nightshade, an...
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Scarlet Witch’s Brew

Bam! Pow! It’s #FoodInComics month, Fandom Foodies theme hosted by Diana @ Fiction Food Cafe – check the linkup or search the hashtag for all kinds of comic-inspired dishes! Scarlet Witch has become one of my favorite characters in Marvel movies, and her portrayal by Elizabeth Olsen is a lovely...
Arabian Nights Minty Split Pea Soup
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1001 Arabian Nights | Minty Split Pea Soup

One of my favorite tales spun by Scheherezade in 1001 Arabian Nights is The Prince and the Large and Lonely Tortoise. This story has everything: animal brides, shape shifting, jealous bitches, cooking trickery, and dinner party drama. If, like the sultan you are dying to hear more, and I’m almost...
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Capitol Pumpkin Soup | The Hunger Games

As reality and dystopian fiction become closer to indistinguishable, it’s no surprise that it is #DISHTOPIA Month: Eat Like It’s the End of the World, Fandom Foodies theme hosted by the lovely Catherine at The Gluttonous Geek – check out the linkup for more foodpocalypse! For the Hunger Games, unless...
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Orc Rock Mushroom Soup with Corn and Coconut Cream | Battle Chef Brigade

Better late than never for #BattleChefBuffet, Fandom Foodies theme of the (last) month, hosted by the awesome Victoria at Pixelated Provisions – that’s right it’s Battle Chef Brigade! I haven’t gotten a chance to play the Trinket Studio developed/Adult Swim published game yet, although the kids got a Switch for...
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Roasted Green Pepper Soup

Red peppers get all the love but the humble green pepper is fresh and unexpected. I had posted a green pepper soup recipe here years ago and it was one of my most popular; I’ve tweaked it slightly and taken terribly lit moody new photos. While not as sweet as...
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Gollum Stew | The Hobbit

It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt. It lies behind stars and under hills, And empty holes it fills. It comes first, and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter. In honor of Hobbit Day (September 22), the Fandom Foodies theme of the month is...
Halloween•Horror Movies•soups

Roasted Tomato Soup with Sherry and Cream | The Hunger

You are part of me now, and I cannot let you go. After awhile you will forget what you were, and you will begin to love me as I love you. The 1983 film The Hunger is a spooky chic take of a vampire story. The cast is amazing: French...
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