The Elder Scrolls: The Official Cookbook

This was a fun gift for my son. We made the sweet rolls and they were delicious!

I ordered this for my boyfriend and he absolutely loves it. I reviewed the book before giving it to him and the attention to detail is amazing. There’s a wide variety of food options and types of meals, as well as gluten free options. Once I gifted it to him he’s been very excited to make meals he’s enjoyed in the real game. He absolutely loves cooking so I think this is a great gift for anyone who loves the game/fantasy and wants to get more into cooking because it’s a great place to start. All the instructions are very clear which makes this easy for beginner chefs. Plus all the meals and drinks are very unique which makes it even more fun.

Perfect gift for my sister, she uses it all the time and the recipes are genuinely good!

I am a longtime fan of The Elder Scrolls and this cookbook is awesome. The recipes are really good, well researched and lore accurate. It even has some pages of just lore, not recipes, for example there is a page with all the playable races and it describes what kind of cuisine they eat. I think the different cultural foods of the different races are awesome, and I thought the Bosmer foods were especially creative because obviously there is no way to legally acquire human meat for the food they would actually eat lol. If you like TES or know someone who does, this is a great buy.

So fun! I love the pictures and detailed recipes. The little bits of story that they add to every page makes it so fun to read through! I absolutely love it. The few recipes that I've tried so far have come out amazing:)

If you like food and the Elder Scrolls, this book will give you nommy nerd-gasms. Gorgeous photos, illustrations, and recipe descriptions. You don't have to know how to cook (or own a stove) to enjoy that aspect of the book. It's got the "food porn" angle covered When it comes to the recipes themselves, I think the book is worth having, but there are some issues. I have yet to make every recipe, so I'll update this review as I do. THINGS TO KNOW: #1 - Think the book is pricy? Wait until you get a load of the ingredients. Many are hard to find and the cost adds up quick. If you order them online, between alcohol, herbs, spices, and dried fruits (are juniper berries fruit?!) expect to spend at least $400. That doesn't include the venison, lamb, cheeses, or the gallons of honey you'll need. #2 - The old hippie lady at your local herb store is about to become your new best friend. Why? Every time you try a new dish, you'll be in there trying to chase down burdock root or dried currants or something. She is the key to you getting all the herbs you've never heard of for less than the cost of a college education. I went to my local herb shop and picked up 8 ingredients for $8. The herb store is your friend, not Amazon. #3 - When you try these weird spices/fruits/tree bits, you'll recognize a lot of them from your favorite international restaurants and want to put them in everything, so buy a little extra. The three basic spice mixes are delicious and fun to experiment with. Grains of paradise are now a pantry staple at my house. #4 - Making the Long Taffy Treat will make you cry. If you follow the directions, that is. It took me 3 tries to get my first batch of chewy candy ropes. Stir it constantly as it cooks, and bring it up to 280-290 degrees F. The recipe makes no mention of stirring and the proscribed 255 F will get you soupy puddles. So far I've made: Nord spices (I was like wtf until I got it wet) Stormcloak seasoning (put it on ur meat!) Imperial seasoning (makes green things kid-edible) Garlic bread (good, but it's basic) Long Taffy Treat (see above, great in mint flavor) Water of Life (kinda like tan, dill-y Jager) Skooma (omg I want more but I'm too drunk to stand up) Canis root tea (eewwwww!) Spiced Warm Milk with Honey (as in "honey, can you make me some before bed?" "Again!?") Nut & Seed Loaf (gross! Needs honey and spices!) Next on my list? Juniper lamb chops, Horker Loaf, or maybe Lavender and Honey Bread. UPDATE: Meade - do your own research and buy actual brewing equipment, unless you want bottles exploding in your kitchen. My fiance got it figured out and made, we strained it, put it in our fridge and now, a few months later, it's amazing. Great on beef roast, too. Horker loaf - meh Parmesan leeks - yummy

I got this book to make the sweet rolls and ended up trying mead making, savory dishes, and other baked goods. I would recommend not using as much rye as it says to, use half. The seasoning blends are amazing, you will need a lot of stormcloak seasoning, so start making that in bulk. I loved everything I baked or cooked. The sweet rolls alone are worth the buy. I found 2 of my new favorite recipes, the horker loaf and the goatherds pie. I loved this cookbook.

All those years of playing The Elder Scrolls. All the pilfering of homes and castles to find food items to keep our characters alive. Now arrived in a beautifully illustrated cookbook. The book came just in time as I recently committed to revisiting The Elder Scrolls from its first installment to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim as the world awaits the next TES installment. That's thousands of hours of game play and game food-brought-to-life could not make a more perfect pairing for a gamer. This review is going to be a living review, and will be updated as I make each recipe. Each recipe review will be short and given asterisks to show my like or dislike of the dish. The max rating will be four asterisks. All recipes will be made according to the book instruction, with no deviation. Future attempts at some recipes that contain a deviation will be noted. Let's get right to it. May 2, 2020 Prepare Nord, Stormcloak, and Imperial Seasonings. Attempt the Horker Loaf and Imperial Mushroom Sauce. When reading through the recipes, I noticed that only a teaspoon (or less) is applied to the dish. I wondered how the dish flavor would turn out with so little seasoning given. Well, wonder no more, the seasonings are strong. Never in my life have I tried Marjoram or Savory. Surprisingly, I had these seasonings in the back of my spice cupboard, sealed and unopened. Good thing I didn't throw them away 10 years ago. Once prepared, the seasoning mixes put salt and pepper to shame. Horker Loaf (***). Before preparing this dish, I watched several YouTube videos and read several reviews. The reviews were mixed. Some tasters hated the dish on account of the grease and the oysters, and some tasters loved it. The recipe is generally a meatloaf recipe so I was not concerned about the grease, just the taste of the smoked oysters. My loaf came out perfectly, the garlic cloves did not burn on top and my bacon was wonderful. My husband and I ate this with the Imperial Mushroom Sauce and we both really liked the pairing. It was a heavy dish and I immediately went down for a nap after. For dinner, we tried another slice, although I kept the serving small because it is so rich. The oysters do lend an almost overpowering smokiness. I think more than 5 pieces of bacon would help, and next time around, I will use only half the can of oysters. Imperial Mushroom Sauce (****) The sauce was very easy to make, and it thickened up too quick so, as much as I did not wish to, I had to water it down with a bit more stock so that the sauce would be saucy. I started the sauce as the loaf was half way through cooking, so the two dishes came to a finish at the same time. The Imperial Seasoning is rich and flavorful. Very good. Next up, Snowberry Crostata!