Star Trek Cookbook

Don't let the title fool you. This is actually a very useful, basic cookbook of the "North American Homemaker" variety. You can feed a family on this one, from healthy items like the lentil and mushroom soup recipes, right through to jam filled cookies. The recipe for fudge alone is worth the price of the book. Whereas most cookbooks are arranged around a particular food theme, this one is organized around the favourite recipes of the actors of the series and their fictional characters -- hence the variety. There's a recipe for cat food for Data's cat "Spot", and a recipe for using up leftover potatoes for Chief O'Brien. You never know what you're going to find. The recipes are annotated with humorous and engaging stories about their fictional origins in the Star Trek Universe. You also get plenty of pictures from the series. Roast beef and potatoes never sounded so exciting, and let's face it ... feeding a family day after day can use some excitement. The recipes work well and are easy to do -- with the exception of a Borg dish made of used electronics parts. Skip that one. If you are looking for exotic recipes, you won't get that here. This is classic Americana, with an imaginative presentation. If that's the kind of thing you like, then you'll like this kind of thing.

Deco

Hace mucho que quería comprarlo. Cada receta es de una sola página y aunque aún no pongo a prueba ninguna me parecen muy sencillas de realizar. Buen libro complementario para los fans. Neelix cumplió su deseo. En hora buena.

This book is both an awesome novelty for the hardcore Star Trek fan, as well as a perfectly functional cookbook. Ethan Phillips (as Chef Neelix) provides entertaining descriptions of the various dishes and the characters you have seen enjoying them. There are even personal recipies from the actors themselves, and other cool tidbits from on-set anecdotes to info about the prop dishes used for TV. Not all of the alien dishes are intended to turn out looking exactly like the food props used on the television series, since some of the dishes included inedible (and unpalatable) items. Rather, many are traditional Earth dishes with Star Trek names, while others have been "invented" to simulate the look and live up to the dishes' names given on the different shows. The Star Trek Cookbook even goes the extra mile and includes a recipe for cat food used by Commander Data for his cat Spot! Clearly, much familiarity with the episodes and research was done. However, the recipes for simulating the otherworldly beverages found at Quark's bar are mostly just for looks, rather than taste- they don't even contain alcohol! But there are several real drinks in the book as well. The aesthetic is this cookbook is also well-done. The outer cover is very eye-catching, and the inside nicely combines pinkish-brown monochrome accents with actual b&w photos from the various shows in the Star Trek series, from Captain Kirk to Captain Janeway. The table of contents lists recipes by character and series, starting with Voyager, but otherwise in order. While I have seen some nasty bad reviews of this book on Amazon, those commenters are clearly mean-spirited or mistaken regarding subject matter to which they're referring. As a lifelong Trekkie and avid foodie, I can honestly say that I got a real kick out of this product, and would highly recommend it to, well, just what this review's title says!

Bin sehr zufrieden mit dem Buch 😁😁👍🏻👍🏻