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Author: Rachel
Vegan Nanaimo bars paired with Query
Fiction To Sink Your Teeth Into, a feature from author and professional chef Rohan O’Duill! This month, hijacked by Rachel A. Rosen.
Nanaimo bars are a classic Canadian dessert, full of chocolate, coconut, and mint. In Zilla Novikov’s Query, they’re the perfect thing to bring along when you spring your love interest from jail after she’s been arrested at a protest. Typically, they’re made with eggs and dairy, but we’re all about saving the earth so I managed to find a great vegan recipe, which I adapted from Oh She Glows.
A Sad Bastard Movie
The Sad Bastard Cookbook coming soon to the big screen!
This summer…A Film For Sad Bastards! We are excited to announce the upcoming cinematic adaptation of The Sad Bastard Cookbook, featuring culinary genius and TV personality, Gordon Ramsey!
In this heartfelt and inspiring film, Ramsey makes idiot sandwiches of the mopey and brings hope to the dejected. With his signature fiery passion and masterful skills in the kitchen, Ramsey explores the power of food to heal the soul and lift the spirits.
Based on the acclaimed cookbook, this movie is a feast for the senses and a moving tribute to the resilience of the human spirit.
Making a dog’s dinner of it paired with Wolf’s Hunger
Fiction To Sink Your Teeth Into, a feature from author and professional chef Rohan O’Duill!
What better way to impress the werewolf love interest in your life than with a dog’s dinner?
Not a lot of people know that tinned dog food is a cheap and plentiful source of protein and prepared in the right way makes a delicious dinner for everyone.
Caviar Blini and Vodka paired with A Gentleman in Moscow
Fiction To Sink Your Teeth Into, a feature from author and professional chef Rohan O’Duill!
A Gentleman in Moscow tells a story of optimism in hopeless situations. The count shows us we can still appreciate beautiful things in the most difficult of circumstances. So even if things are bad, you can sit back with a book and some delicious food and drink and enjoy that small moment.
Rachel’s talk at the Merril Collection
Check out my talk at the Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Speculative Fiction from Nov. 11, 2022. In it I talk about climate change, doomerism, hopepunk, Canadian politics, and my debut novel, Cascade.
Of course, you can just read the book if you want! Buy Cascade here:
https://mybook.to/cascade | https://bppress.ca/shop/ | https://books2read.com/sleep-of-reason-cascade
Bruschetta paired with ‘The Devil You Know’ by Nicole Northwood
Fiction To Sink Your Teeth Into, a feature from author and professional chef Rohan O’Duill!
Perfect for a snack or starter, or when your demon love interest has eaten all of your tomatoes that you’ve carefully grown, leaving you just enough to make an appetizer.
Red Kibble paired with Nemesis Games
In which Rachel hijacks Rohan’s Fiction to Sink Your Teeth Into column!
“[Naomi] opted for red kibble from a scarred kiosk with adhesive from generations of nightclub flyers caking its sides. It came in a brown pressed-shred container that fit in her left palm with a plastic spatula like a flattened spoon to eat with. The first bite filled her mouth with cumin and her mind with dust-covered memory. For a moment, she was in her bunk on Tio Kriztec’s ship, huddled over the white ceramic bowl she had loved then and forgotten for years, eating quietly while the others sang in the galley” (Nemesis Games, Chapter 9)
“The meal was the heavily spiced and deep-fried balls of bean paste that Belters called red kibble “(Persepolis Rising, Chapter 26).
Red kibble is featured prominently in James S.A. Corey’s Expanse series, particularly Nemesis Games and Persepolis Rising, where Naomi Nagata enjoys it in stark contrast to her crewmates on the Rocinante. It’s a dish favoured by the Belters, the downtrodden civilization raised and adapted to living in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. They frequently must make do with the limited ingredients available, adding interest through spice and texture.
Many Expanse fans have tried their hand at recreating the recipe, which was also featured on the show. I had to give it a try!
Cascade Book Launches & Signing
Rachel A. Rosen hosts the first book signing for her debut novel, Cascade, Friday, July 29th, 2022, 6:00 PM at Glad Day Bookshop in Toronto. Masks absolutely required!
“Rachel A. Rosen is some kind of twisted genius. I wish I had even half her moves.” — Peter Watts, author of Blindsight
Savoury Medu Vada (Tamil doughnuts) paired with Cascade (The Sleep of Reason Book I)
Fiction To Sink Your Teeth Into, a feature from author and professional chef Rohan O’Duill!
This dish was inspired by Sujay, probably my favourite character from Cascade. I can imagine this dish being served up in Sujay’s home and I hope you will enjoy it too.
