Full Description
Craft a spooktacular spread inspired by iconic creepy films and characters, with over 50 deadly delicious food, dessert, and drink recipes.
Gather 'round the haunted table, where every day is Halloween! If you delight in ghoulish frights and movies like The Nightmare Before Christmas, Beetlejuice, and The Evil Dead; then get your goth on with over 50 recipes from Beetle House, the Halloween-inspired restaurant with locations in New York and Los Angeles that honors the legendary director Tim Burton and all his amazing films and creative characters.
The Nightmare Before Dinner includes sauces and dips for the recently deceased, eerie appetizers, sinister sides, cauldron companions like soups and salads, macabre mains, devilish desserts, and dark drinks and creepy cocktails. Indulge in a monstrous menu featuring:
Edward Burger Hands, inspired by Edward Scissorhands - a juicy burger with a Sriracha cream sauce, stuffed with smoked bacon, fried egg, pepper jack cheese, and avocado; with a pair of scissors shoved through it to keep it closed
Silence of the Lamb Chops, inspired by Silence of the Lambs - a tasty lamb dish with a buttery mushroom and apple sauce, made gory with splashes of raspberry glaze
Cheshire Mac and Cheese, inspired by Alice in Wonderland - a sweet-and-spicy take on one of America's beloved comfort foods, served in a teacup
Beetle Pie, inspired by Beetlejuice - a brilliant-green homemade pistachio pudding with a crunchy chocolate crust that evokes the corpse-fed grass and rich soil of a graveyard, and seedy and sweet blackberry jam that mimics the texture of blood and bugs
The Fleet Street Martini, inspired by Sweeney Todd - a bright-red martini featuring Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey; pair with equally gory Love It Pot Pie
The Nightmare Before Dinner features food alternatives and substitutions for vegan and vegetarian diets for every recipe. The cookbook also includes full-color photography that creates a deliciously dark atmosphere and a bonus chapter on how to host goth-themed parties, so you can live the Halloween lifestyle every day of the year.
Also available by Zach Neil: Death for Dinner Cookbook: 60 Gorey-Good, Plant-Based Drinks, Meals, and Munchies Inspired by Your Favorite Horror Films
Contents
INTRODUCTION: THIS IS HALLOWEEN
MUST-HAVE TOOLS AND IN GREDIENTS
VEGANIZE IT! WICKED PLANT-BASED SWAPS
S A U C E S & D I P S
FRIGHTENINGLY GOOD FLAVORS
LOVE IT SAUCE
EDWARD SAUCE
SWEET LIME CREAM SAUCE
DEAD SAUCE
VERUCA SAUCE
HOLLOW SAUCE
BEETLE JAM
SOUL SAUCE
CHESHIRE SAUCE
VEGAN CHESHIRE SAUCE
SWEENEY SAUCE
A P P E T I Z E R S
SCARY SNACKS
BRAINS & CHIPS
THE DEETZ SHRIMP COCKT AIL
GRAVEYARD NOODLES
DIABLO'S ARENAS CROSTINI
HALLOWPEÑO HONEY CHEDDAR CORNBREAD
CHARLIE CORN BUCKET
BEETLE BACON BREAD
S O U P S & S A L A D S
CAULDRON-WORTHY CUISINE
SRIRACHA-ROASTED BUTTERNUT SQUASH DEATH SOUP
FALL SALAD
GIANT PEACH SALAD
BARBAROUS BBQ BEEF RAMEN
THE BUTCHER'S STEW
M A I N S
MACABRE ENTREES
CHESHIRE MAC & CHEESE
EDWARD BURGER HANDS
SWEENEY BEEF
SWEENEY MUSHROOM
THE WILLY BURGER
FROG'S BREATH & NIGHTSHADE RISOTTO
SILENCE OF THE LAMB CHOPS
BIG FISH
LOVE IT POT PIE
SHRIMPY HOLLOW
VICTOR VAN PORK
VICTOR VAN MUSHROOM
EVIL DEAD SHRIMP
D E S S E R T S
ALL TREATS, NO TRICKS
WILLY'S MANGO PANNA COTTA
BLOODBATH COBBLER
BEETLE PIE
RED VELVET MIDNIGHT ESPRESSO CAKE
BLOOD ORANGE CHEESECAKE
BOOZY, BUBBLY MANGO SORBET
D R I N K S
CREEPY COCKTAILS
THE BEETLE'S JUICE
THE GOLDEN TICKET
EDWARD'S LEMONADE
THE FLEET STREET MARTINI
BIG FISH BOWL
THIS IS HALLOWEEN
ALICE'S CUP OF TEA
CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE MARTINI
THE NINE
WE COME IN PEACE
SPARKY'S MINTY MARGARITA
BIO-EXORCISM
THE COCO SKELLINGTON
T H E M E D P A R T I E S
PUT THE FUN BACK IN FUNERAL
WILLY'S CANDY BAR
A BEETLE HALLO WEEN PARTY
EDWARD'S FORMAL DINNER PARTY
A NIGHTMARE CHRISTMAS PARTY
INDEX
ABOUT BEETLE HOUSE
BEETLE HOUSE RECIPE CREDITS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
