Fiction To Sink Your Teeth Into, a feature from author and professional chef Rohan O’Duill!
This is my first baking recipe for Night Beats and I have kept it to a very simple sponge cake. However, you really need a stand mixer for this recipe.
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.
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!
Fiction To Sink Your Teeth Into, a feature from author and professional chef Rohan O’Duill!
‘The dining hall was full of noisy conversations and the clanking of dishes. Students carried hot borscht in which floated white commas of sour cream.’ – Vita Nostra
This book has so many beautiful descriptions, I just had to create something from these pages.
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.
Fiction To Sink Your Teeth Into, a feature from author and professional chef Rohan O’Duill!
The sky above the port was the colour of television, tuned to a dead channel.
I really love the atmosphere created by Gibson in this book. The smell and sizzle from the yakitori stalls are a small detail that adds to the masterpiece that is a cyberpunk Chiba.
Snack sized
Fiction To Sink Your Teeth Into, a feature from author and professional chef Rohan O’Duill!
This month I opened up suggestions for recipe pairings to the Twitterverse, and by far the biggest response was for LOTR with mushrooms and taters.
While Tolkien listed off a lot of foods from the Shire, he tended not to get into recipes. I have taken a little liberty with the tomatoes as they were not mentioned, but with land borders to warmer places, I am sure they could have got their hands on them.
Serves 2/3
Welcome to Fiction To Sink Your Teeth Into, a new feature from author and professional chef Rohan O’Duill!
Squash and chickpea tagine paired with Dune by Frank Herbert
Serves 2/3
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