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The Troll Cookbook
Don't Feed the Trolls--Let the Trolls Feed You!
Food dominates today's popular culture, and often with a heavy hand. A quick spin through the television listings reveals a veritable army of celebrity chefs who, when not barking top-down instruction to home cooks, duke it out in fierce competition with each other. But when the confectioner's sugar settles, all the glamor and bombast can leave us hungry for real substance. Blowhard chefs may tempt our taste buds, but they rarely find a way to our hearts.
The Troll Cookbook is here to turn the tables, using the wisdom of another breed of larger-than-life cook. Trolls are folkloric creatures found in many lands, and in these pages they offer us enchanting and personal ways to savor good food every day. Far from mere fantasy, the world of the trolls is really just a few steps from our own. It's a place where ancient nourishing practices live on, and where time-honored simplicity makes cooking understandable, delicious, and fun.
Created by the imaginative, award-winning duo of Karima Cammell and Clint Marsh, The Troll Cookbook sets you on the cyclical path of the culinary year. You'll learn creative ways to prepare and share meals using simple, seasonal foods and classic techniques. Food lore breaks down basic ingredients such as grains, beans, root vegetables, and eggs, and shows how to turn them into mouthwatering meals using more than 180 rapturous recipes and techniques. Whimsical paintings pepper the pages, showing trolls delighting in the food they've made.
Stirring together hearty helpings of myth with hands-on methods you can try in a bare-bones kitchen, The Troll Cookbook is here to put the heart and soul back into cooking. Following troll cooking traditions you'll learn how to:
- start making your own yogurt
- capture airborne yeast to create sourdough bread
- make mock capers from nasturtium flowers
- throw a stone-soup party and turn "nothing" into something delicious
- preserve seasonal foods for enjoying later
- and much, much more.
Food dominates today's popular culture, and often with a heavy hand. A quick spin through the television listings reveals a veritable army of celebrity chefs who, when not barking top-down instruction to home cooks, duke it out in fierce competition with each other. But when the confectioner's sugar settles, all the glamor and bombast can leave us hungry for real substance. Blowhard chefs may tempt our taste buds, but they rarely find a way to our hearts.
The Troll Cookbook is here to turn the tables, using the wisdom of another breed of larger-than-life cook. Trolls are folkloric creatures found in many lands, and in these pages they offer us enchanting and personal ways to savor good food every day. Far from mere fantasy, the world of the trolls is really just a few steps from our own. It's a place where ancient nourishing practices live on, and where time-honored simplicity makes cooking understandable, delicious, and fun.
Created by the imaginative, award-winning duo of Karima Cammell and Clint Marsh, The Troll Cookbook sets you on the cyclical path of the culinary year. You'll learn creative ways to prepare and share meals using simple, seasonal foods and classic techniques. Food lore breaks down basic ingredients such as grains, beans, root vegetables, and eggs, and shows how to turn them into mouthwatering meals using more than 180 rapturous recipes and techniques. Whimsical paintings pepper the pages, showing trolls delighting in the food they've made.
Stirring together hearty helpings of myth with hands-on methods you can try in a bare-bones kitchen, The Troll Cookbook is here to put the heart and soul back into cooking. Following troll cooking traditions you'll learn how to:
- start making your own yogurt
- capture airborne yeast to create sourdough bread
- make mock capers from nasturtium flowers
- throw a stone-soup party and turn "nothing" into something delicious
- preserve seasonal foods for enjoying later
- and much, much more.
304 pages, Hardcover
Published February 14, 2016
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June 1, 2024
I've never seen a cookbook quite like this and doubt I ever will again! Strange and charming, with good, basic information on cooking from scratch cloaked in the whimsy of trolls.
December 18, 2016
Reviewed by Susan Violante for Reader Views (12/16)
Many years ago, I was a troll hunter and my brother was a collector, so imagine my excitement when I came across “The Troll Cookbook” by Karima Cammell and Clint Marsh! Let me begin by saying that modesty aside, I am an awesome cook, and have been cooking since I was 10 years old as a child of an Italian family filled with restaurateurs. Anyway, although I was captivated by this unique idea, I was actually very interested in exploring what of kind of cooking trolls would do.
The book looks elegant in a rustic troll-y kind of way. I loved that it is a hard cover book and that the pages are thick enough to withstand a lot of use in the kitchen. The book begins by introducing the reader into troll culture, before exploring the different recipes presented for each season. The beautiful troll art included throughout the book creates the perfect ambiance for the succulent and simple troll cooking. I did find surprising how natural and simple most of the recipes were. I tried few of them such as the Egg Noodles and Noodle Soup, the Roast Leg of Lamb, and the Lentil Soup. I must say these felt Mediterranean, yet there are many others, which I will try next that I have not heard of before, like the Coffee Can Cake.
Cammell and Marsh did a wonderful job creating the ultimate conversation piece by the fusion of troll culture and cuisine. From the wonderful art, awesome tales, stories and troll history, to creative dish names and yummy recipes, this well written and creatively designed cookbook entertains, informs, and creates a unique experience with each recipe.
Overall, “The Troll Cookbook” by Karima Cammell and Clint Marsh is for sure my favorite book this year; one that I will keep, cherish, and revisit on many different occasions. Five Stars for Good Old Troll Cooking!
Many years ago, I was a troll hunter and my brother was a collector, so imagine my excitement when I came across “The Troll Cookbook” by Karima Cammell and Clint Marsh! Let me begin by saying that modesty aside, I am an awesome cook, and have been cooking since I was 10 years old as a child of an Italian family filled with restaurateurs. Anyway, although I was captivated by this unique idea, I was actually very interested in exploring what of kind of cooking trolls would do.
The book looks elegant in a rustic troll-y kind of way. I loved that it is a hard cover book and that the pages are thick enough to withstand a lot of use in the kitchen. The book begins by introducing the reader into troll culture, before exploring the different recipes presented for each season. The beautiful troll art included throughout the book creates the perfect ambiance for the succulent and simple troll cooking. I did find surprising how natural and simple most of the recipes were. I tried few of them such as the Egg Noodles and Noodle Soup, the Roast Leg of Lamb, and the Lentil Soup. I must say these felt Mediterranean, yet there are many others, which I will try next that I have not heard of before, like the Coffee Can Cake.
Cammell and Marsh did a wonderful job creating the ultimate conversation piece by the fusion of troll culture and cuisine. From the wonderful art, awesome tales, stories and troll history, to creative dish names and yummy recipes, this well written and creatively designed cookbook entertains, informs, and creates a unique experience with each recipe.
Overall, “The Troll Cookbook” by Karima Cammell and Clint Marsh is for sure my favorite book this year; one that I will keep, cherish, and revisit on many different occasions. Five Stars for Good Old Troll Cooking!
July 19, 2016
A beautiful book, bursting with information about trolls, humans, fire, seasonal ingredients and recipes. It even contains information on how to make your own spoon out of wood. The delightful pictures (depicting rather more trolls than food) entice the reader to linger and add richness to an already sumptuous feast. It’s a pleasure to handle and offers a new, original approach to both books and cookery.
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