So we’re approaching the holiday season and the long-awaited end of 2020, which has been unlike any other year in recent memory as far as challenges go. The festivities will look a lot different than usual this year, so I thought it would be nice to put up some suggestions of a few recipes that can be made and shared with those you love.
For these lists, I’ve focused on items that can be adapted and shipped. In a different sort of a holiday year, the lists might include things like breads, which could be dropped off locally to friends and coworkers. But, given everything, it seems like shipping might be the way to go.
I also wrote down some thoughts for Titan Books about how we can still use food (specifically the fictional kind) to connect with one another in these weird and trying times. You can read about that here. I think it’s worth a read, but the TL:DR is that we use fictional food to connect with our favorite worlds and characters, so why not with one another as well? Try some virtual potlucks, cocktail hours, and swap recipes with folks. Keeping in touch is more important than ever before, so don’t be strangers!
From the Blog
Fictional:
Historical and Other:
From the Cookbooks
The various fictional spice mixes are especially good for this, as buying in bulk can save you a nice chunk of change, and many of the desserts and drinks can also be adapted by bagging up the dry ingredients and writing out a nice list of instructions for preparation.
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge
- The spices! Nerfsteak Seasoning & Saka Salt
- Kat’s Kettle Corn (how about a bag of popping corn and the Saka Salt together?)
- Sweet-sand Cookies
- Tepasi Taffy
- Bantha Chai mix
Elder Scrolls
- The spice mixes! Nord Spice, Stormcloak Seasoning, Imperial Seasoning
- Mead kits – honey and/or flavorings, brewing airlock, and include directions
- Mulled Wine/Spiced Cider/Spiced Wine kits – bag up the spices and include directions
- Skooma & Snowberry Cordial (don’t forget the lead time!)
- Sweetrolls in a bag – mix up the dry ingredients and include a list of the wet ingredients to add
- Birch Cookies
- Long Taffy Treats
Overwatch
- Roadhog’s Popcorn Snack Mix (So good!)
- Lucio’s Brigadieros (who doesn’t love chocolate?!)
- Bastion’s Wild Bird Treats (for birds)
- Mercy’s Basler Brunsli cookies
- Mei’s Five-Spice cocoa mix
- Hammond’s Hamster Food (for people)
Firefly: Big Damn Cookbook
- Spiced Fruit Leather
- Fruity Oaty Bars
- Molasses Taffy Twists
- Hodgeberry Thumbprint cookies
- Five-spice Caramels (I eat all of these, and am not allowed to make them)
- Almond Cookies
Hearthstone
- flavored simple syrups for cocktails (I especially like the cucumber one for the Jade Brew recipe)
Warcraft
- The spices! Ancient Pandaren Spices, Autumnal Herbs, Holiday Spices, Northern Spices (my fave!)
- Goblin Shortbread
- Chocolate Cookies
Feast of Ice and Fire
- The spices! Poudre Forte, Poudre Douce
- mulled wine spices and fruits (sub 1 Tbs. dried orange peel for southron version)
- Oatcakes
- (modern) Honey Biscuits
- Lemon Cakes
- (Elizabethan) Wintercakes (my fave!)