Grab your friends and get cooking in the land of Ooo with Adventure The Official Cookbook , featuring recipes from all your favorite characters and kingdoms.
In the Founders’ Island Library, Finn discovered the remains of an old cookbook filled with dishes such as “lasagna” and “boiled eggs.” And he was pretty sure that the cookbook had belonged to his mom at some point. Weird.
But a lot of the pages had been lost to the cruel sands of time. So Finn took it upon himself to fill up the book with as many crazy delicious food ideas as he could. And since that only filled around six pages, he recruited Jake, Marceline, Princess Bubblegum, and the other citizens of Ooo to help complete the cookbook. There was pouring! There was mixing! There was a pasta-related Wizard Battle!
Are you ready to feast your eyes and prepare your stomach for the most awesome, most delixious meals this side of the Candy Kingdom? Grab your friends and start cooking, Ooo-style, with Adventure The Official Cookbook.
Oh. Look. Into the distance. It's Miranda Reads with YET ANOTHER themed cookbook. She's going to run out of bookshelves soon.
In other words, I am an addict and I refuse to accept help.
The long and short of it: I adored this Adventure Time Cookbook.
I just finished the series for the first time a few weeks ago and am pretty devastated that the cartoon is over (...you think I'd be satisified with 274 total episodes but...)
The premise behind this cookbook is that Finn the Human (after meeting his
decides to "borrow" her cookbook.
Back in the land of Ooo, he begins to adjust and add to the book - first Jake's recipes then the rest of the gang jumps in to help.
There's recipes from Marceline, Ice King, Princess Bubblegum - even a few from special "guests" Fionna, Cake and other folks from Aaa.
It's showcased of a scrapbook of sorts. With the "original" text hidden by post-it notes, doodles and text written by the various characters.
This had a very cute style and lots of great references - this book was CLEARLY made by a fan of the series.
The recipes were about 95% appetizing (no shade to Lady Rainicorn's soy-human) and all were ones that I wanted to try.
Jake's bacon pancakes and his fancy sandwich were among my top ones (even though that sandwich sounds like it'll take all day to make!).
I'm really excited about this book and I can't wait to watch Adventure Time: Distant Lands!!
This book is so perfect for fans who love this series. The first recipe in the book is the bacon pancakes!!! I thought this is so awesome!!! Some of the recipe pages were weird because they were black and white? In a whole this book was so much fun!!
The only recipes I am interested in trying out! (As a picky eater!): - Bacon Pancakes by Jake - Banana Guard Banana Bread - Cinnamon Bun by Cinnamon Bun - Most Elegant Ambrosia Salad by Prince Gumball - Flame Kingdom Wings by Flame Princess - Whitewater Mac N Cheese - Magic Barbecue Ribs by Magic Man - Soy People Tofu by Lady Rainicorn - Baked Salmon Fish Sticks - Anti Demon Fried Rice by Jermaine - Eight Layer Lasagna - Chicken Pot Pie - Wizard Battle Tortellini by Grand Master Wizard - Multiverse Pickles by Prismo - Marceline’s Fries - Royal Tart by Peppermint Butler - Ooo Famous Apple Pie by Tree Trunks
Overall there were very many recipes that I would try step by step and a few others where I would leave out a few Ingredients simply based off preference. Super cute illustrations and I am excited to try out these recipes!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Adventure Time The Official Cookbook belongs in every kid’s library! The recipes, directions, pictures, illustrations are great! I’m purchasing a copy for my grandson and a copy for me.
In spite of featuring a lot of promising and iconic treats and even a focus on cookery throughout its whimsical and comedic episodes, I didn’t find the Official Adventure Time Cookbook that inspiring. While capturing the voice of the show through character introductions to the recipes, and also discussing some events of later seasons, sadly, none of the recipes appealed to me. I’m just not a bacon fan!
Dishes based on such memorable scenes in the show as Marceline’s fries, Jake’s Everything Burrito, or Tree Trunks’ apple pie are included along such bizarre offerings as the Lich’s jalapeno poppers or Ice King’s “Yeeargh” (some sort of marmite-esque spread). At best, they seemed unremarkable but also a little anticlimactic- I mean, can you ever really recreate an “everything burrito” in the non-cartoon world? Also, the recipes can be a little complicated for the show’s young fans to try, so maybe its intended for parents or adult fans? In any case, for a pop culture cookbook, the Harry Potter one seemed better, with more interesting and evocative dishes.
Check out more AT ephemera I've been going through at Reading Rainstorm.
If you are thinking about purchasing this book then I assume you are an AT fan. Do it.
Get the book and start making things. It's lots of fun, the book is beautiful, and the recipes taste great because they were designed by real chefs (not just Jake on a midnight snack train).
I got this as a birthday present and I was very VERY pleased.
I'm a big fan of de-fictionalized food and they certainly have plenty of options, both featured and inspired by the show. And I mean...they knew what we wanted, look at the cover