Froot Loop Treats & Lemonade | Nightbooks

As Yasmin had promised, there wasn't much of a selection in the cabinet beneath the kitchen sink, just bread, stale crackers, a few cans of tuna fish, and a jar of store-bought peanut butter. After digging behind some cleaning supplies, however, Alex discovered a half-filled box of Froot Loops only slightly past its expiration date.
       "Look at this!" he exclaimed, showing the box to the uninterested cat. "My favorite! If it was Cap'n Crunch or Grape Nuts, I might have given up all hope, but this makes me think that everything might end up okay!" He popped a handful of Froot Loops into his mouth; they were stale but delicious.

– Nightbooks by J. A. White

Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal Raisin Cookies | Nightbooks

"She opened the door all the way, allowing Alex a view of a comfortable-looking couch and a coffee table piled with oatmeal-raisin cookies and pumpkin pie. Across from this cozy setup, a huge TV played the black-and-white images he longed to see: Barbara staggering toward the farmhouse, where she would be trapped for the rest of the movie, with zombies in hot pursuit. Alex took a step forward, entranced."

– Nightbooks by J. A. White

Dragon Berry Jelly Tarts | The Dragon Prince

 

         The Dragon Prince from Wonderstorm is one of the Fall Netflix premiers that I've been greatly anticipating and it's finally arrived (Sept. 14)!! One of the things that got me really excited for the show, aside from the fact that it's an awesome-looking animated fantasy, is that The Dragon Prince has a couple of the creative minds behind "Avatar: The Last Airbender" and promises action, character depth, engaging story, and humor (the voice actor of Sokka is even in it!). Wonderstorm is even working on a video game based in the same world (release TBA)!

"Uhh, jelly tart?"

–Crown Prince Ezran, "The Dragon Prince"

Blackberry Bread Pudding | The Tale of Peter Rabbit

"Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail, who were good little bunnies, went down the lane to gather blackberries..."

"...Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail had bread and milk and blackberries for supper."

– The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

          Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Peter Rabbit might be a relatively short story, but there are so many mentions of food (even rabbit pie, oh no!). the focus and action of the tale is Peter and his escapades in Mr. McGregor's garden (I made savory scones inspired by this), but I like how there is a bit of coming around with the story, the beginning showing mischievous Peter's three sisters being sensible and picking blackberries, and then at the end having them eat the blackberries, along with milk and bread, as a nice treat (while Peter was sent to bed with no dinner for getting into so much trouble!). I knew I wanted to make something simple that included those three ingredients, but what? Blackberry bread pudding, of course!

Red Velvet Cupcakes | The Lunar Chronicles

(This recipe was originally posted July 2015 for Fiction Kitchen Podcast Episode 17: Cinder.)

          These rich little cupcakes are inspired by the main character of Marissa Meyer's young adult, futuristic Cinderella retelling, Cinder, book one in The Lunar Chronicles series. There is a strong red theme throughout the book and series as a whole, so of course I went with red velvet (with chocolate pudding!). Cinder is a mechanic and a partial cyborg so I put special gear and nut (like “nuts & bolts”) sprinkles on top from The Geeky Hostess, but they are sadly no longer available! *In light of this, you could use silver and gold decorating sugar and/or a gear/cog/screw mold (like this one) for fondant or chocolate!