annieb123's Review of Creepy Kitchen

by Brian Kall

Make Halloween obsessions a yearlong affair with these 60 ghoulish and frightening recipes.

The Creepy Kitchen gives step-by-step instructions on how to recreate recipes ranging from cute and sweet for the kiddos to gruesome for the more daring. Spice up any event, all year long with appetizers, main dishes, desserts, drinks, sides, Creepy Christmas (or Creepmas) recipes, and Valentine's dishes. Filled with fun and scary facts and tips, you'll be making these delectable recipes in your kitchen in no time. The recipes in this cookbook will be beautifully illustrated, making each horrifying recipe pop out of the pages. The delightfully freakish foods include:

Sausage Biscuit Brains, a beefy appetizer filled with peppers, onions, cheese, and more, meant to scare and delight any guest
Vain Vanessa's Vampire Bites, hauntingly delightful snacks made of crimson-skinned apples, velvety white marshmallows, chewy black raisins, and pointy slivered almonds, and nut butter
All Souls Potatoes, a perfectly creepy side dish made of carved potatoes, tomatoes, garlic, onions, and more
Merv Mummy’s Posthumous Pizza, a main dish that will add a twist to your favorite pizza
Banana Split Personality Popsicles, a darker, sweeter, and more delicious take on a banana split
Krampus Cracker Cookies, a tasty Creepmas cookie recipe for anyone who misbehaves during the holidays
And more!

These strange recipes are perfect for Halloween parties and every other occasion that calls for a fright throughout the year. Don’t wait for October to show off your passion for all things creepy!

Originally posted on my blog Nonstop Reader.

Creepy Kitchen is a nice collection of spooky dishes with recipes by Kim Kindelsperger. Due out 6th Aug 2024 from Quarto on their Rock Point imprint, it's 160 pages and will be available in hardcover and ebook formats.

This is an adorable illustrated collection with "creepy" whimsically themed recipes. They're grouped in chapters: starters, sides, mains, sweets & desserts, several holiday themed chapters (Christmas, Valentines, notably no Hallowe'en specific ones), and tutorials and how-to.

Recipes include an intro (with media tie-in information), bullet list of tools and supplies as well as ingredients, and step by step directions. Ingredients are given in imperial (American) measurements, with metric measures in parentheses (yay!). Ingredients will be easily obtainable from any moderately well stocked grocery store in North America.

The book has no photography. It's charmingly illustrated in color throughout by Kitty Willow Wilson.

Four stars. These are appealing and tasty recipes, with a cute schtick. It's a niche book, but fun and well done. The recipes are basic; none are overly complex. It would be nicefor a movie-night tie in gathering with friends, or a casual party. This might also be a nice choice for folks who spend time with youngsters (child minders, grandparents, older siblings, etc) to have some fun in the kitchen, and then eat the results.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.

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Reading updates

19 July, 2024: Started reading

19 July, 2024: Finished reading

19 July, 2024: Reviewed