Publication
Random House LCC US (2016), 352 pages
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"Professional chef and founder of OutlanderKitchen.com Theresa Carle-Sanders offers up this extraordinary cuisine for your table. Featuring more than one hundred recipes, "Outlander Kitchen" retells Claire and Jamie's incredible story through the flavors of the Scottish Highlands, the French Revolution, and beyond. Following the high standards for prodigious research and boundless creativity set by Diana Gabaldon herself, Carle-Sanders draws on the events and characters of the novels to deliver delicious and inventive dishes that highlight local ingredients and traditional cooking techniques."--Provided by publisher.
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LibraryThing member azmtns
Beautiful cookbook! Based on the novels, there are tons of recipes for breakfast, appetizers, sides, soups, bread, main course, and even drinks and sweets! Easy to follow instructions with lovely pictures! I'm a sweets lover so I cannot wait to try out the Black Jack Randall's Dark Chocolate
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LibraryThing member Silversi
This companion cookbook has a wide variety of dishes featured in the Outlander stories. Easy to follow recipes, mostly common ingredients and fun titles.
LibraryThing member KarenRinn
I am very happy to have received this cookbook. Having read all of the Outlander books twice, watched the series on Stars, and followed Theresa Carle-Sanders' newsletter on these recipes, this was a must have for me! The recipes are user-friendly and the ingredients will not be hard to find. Pigeon
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is replaced with chicken (does anyone eat pigeon in the modern world?), recipes are introduced with quotes from the novels, and notes following each recipe have interesting information or helpful hints. I think anyone who enjoys cookbooks with historical flavors will enjoy this! Show Less
LibraryThing member mckait
Outlander Kitchen: The Official Outlander Companion Cookbook by Theresa Carle-Sanders is a must have for fans of Diana Gabadon's Outlander books. The first of these books, Outlander, was published June 1, 1991. I first read it about one year later. There are now 8 books in this wonderful series,
This book was created by a fan of the books and professional chef and founder of OutlanderKitchen.com Theresa Carle-Sanders has created this book of recipes that mirror foods mentioned in the books, and other food that is common in Scottish Highlands as well as foods that were found in France, during French Revolution. All recipes following the story and where it takes place. Something that no doubt required plenty of research as well as being faithful to the stories.
The foods are presented in full color, with easy to follow recipes. Even though I rarely use cookbooks, this is an exception. I look forward to trying my hand at C*ck-a-Leekie Soup, Fiona’s Cinnamon Scones and more. I have to go shopping for ingredients. Now.
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all but the most recent, I have read multiple times. This book was created by a fan of the books and professional chef and founder of OutlanderKitchen.com Theresa Carle-Sanders has created this book of recipes that mirror foods mentioned in the books, and other food that is common in Scottish Highlands as well as foods that were found in France, during French Revolution. All recipes following the story and where it takes place. Something that no doubt required plenty of research as well as being faithful to the stories.
The foods are presented in full color, with easy to follow recipes. Even though I rarely use cookbooks, this is an exception. I look forward to trying my hand at C*ck-a-Leekie Soup, Fiona’s Cinnamon Scones and more. I have to go shopping for ingredients. Now.
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LibraryThing member KarenRendall
A nice collection of recipes inspired by the series Outlander. I really appreciated the explanation of the basic cooking skills that would be required to cook the recipes. It helps me feel more confident about my ability to cook the recipes from the book. The inclusion of the parts from the books
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LibraryThing member -Eva-
Carle-Sanders has been running the cooking website Outlander Kitchen for a long time and when the TV-series came to be, it was the right time to publish a book with selected recipes. Some recipes are straight from the Outlander-books, some are inspired by the times and characters, and one is a
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Gabaldon family recipe, which makes for a wonderful mix of foods. The overall theme is Scottish, but there are variations for readers who may like Gabalon's book, but not British fare. I particularly appreciate all the work Carle-Sanders has done to adapt old recipes and make them practical for a modern kitchen. Lots of quotes from the book series accompany the recipes to show where the inspiration came from. Interesting book for cooks and equally interesting for an Outlander-fan, whether prone to cooking or no. Show Less
LibraryThing member karensmiththomas
I did make a couple of the recipes before writing this review.
I say the book is for an advanced home cook. It took me some time to prep and make the yummy tarts on the front cover.
The exerts from the book is awesome. The forward from Diana Gabaldon was good too. I think I will hold on to this book
I made the shepherd pie recipe too. My family loved it!
I say the book is for an advanced home cook. It took me some time to prep and make the yummy tarts on the front cover.
The exerts from the book is awesome. The forward from Diana Gabaldon was good too. I think I will hold on to this book
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as a treasure for a very long time.I made the shepherd pie recipe too. My family loved it!
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LibraryThing member Quinnlee
I received this book as an early reviewer.
I love this cookbook! Not only are the recipes easy to follow, they are also accompanied with excerpts from the books in the Outlander series.
A must have for all Outlander fans
I love this cookbook! Not only are the recipes easy to follow, they are also accompanied with excerpts from the books in the Outlander series.
A must have for all Outlander fans
LibraryThing member Christiana5
This is a heavy (weight), gorgeous book, with beautiful photography, and lovely, thick, glossy pages. Normally, I wouldn't comment on these aspects in a review, but they really make an excellent impression. I was stunned to receive such a gorgeous, hardbound, first edition as an Early Reviewer, and
While the recipes are inspired from the series (and there are book excerpts included on many of them), they have been interpreted for a modern audience. There is a nice introductory section that reviews terminology, and includes some notes on possible substitutes, and also goes over various techniques and tools. That said, while there are complex options, most of the recipes are fairly simple, and the instructions are (perhaps, as I've not actually made any yet, I should say "appear to be") easy to follow. This is NOT an intimidating cookbook at all! Plus, for the legions of Outlander fans, this is one more way to spend time immersed in the series while we wait impatiently for Diana's next book, or the next Starz season to start! A lovely cookbook! Not to mention, there's a humorous introduction written by Diana Herself!
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it will get a place of honor on my Outlander shelf!While the recipes are inspired from the series (and there are book excerpts included on many of them), they have been interpreted for a modern audience. There is a nice introductory section that reviews terminology, and includes some notes on possible substitutes, and also goes over various techniques and tools. That said, while there are complex options, most of the recipes are fairly simple, and the instructions are (perhaps, as I've not actually made any yet, I should say "appear to be") easy to follow. This is NOT an intimidating cookbook at all! Plus, for the legions of Outlander fans, this is one more way to spend time immersed in the series while we wait impatiently for Diana's next book, or the next Starz season to start! A lovely cookbook! Not to mention, there's a humorous introduction written by Diana Herself!
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LibraryThing member philae_02
First I would like to express my sincere gratitude for having received this book as part of the Early Reviewer program: Thank You!
Now, on to the review. This cookbook is visually pleasing. The photographs of the dishes are bright and beautiful. Sometimes I would be looking at a cookbook, and there
Lamb Shepherd’s Pie: This main dish did take some time to prepare it properly – but any shepherd’s pie worth its salt would. (It’s namely the preparation of the potatoes). The spice combinations with the lamb and the vegetables was absolutely delicious and created such an aromatic fragrance in the kitchen, I was almost tempted to eat the filling straight out of the pan.
Scones: On this version of the scones, I took the liberty to play around with the flavors. I took the advice of the savory scone, and added cheese and rosemary to mine. With rosemary, a little goes a long way. The scones were absolutely delightful. Now, I did not have any heavy cream to make the clotted cream, but they were still very delicious.
Chocolate Biscuits: This recipe is my favorite so far. The biscuits were crispy, and I was surprised that the chocolate glaze did set as well as it did. For those who are familiar with McVitie’s chocolate biscuits, this recipe reminded me of them. The only downside is that they only last 3 days in an air-tight container, so I put some of mine in the freezer to last longer.
Now, on to the review. This cookbook is visually pleasing. The photographs of the dishes are bright and beautiful. Sometimes I would be looking at a cookbook, and there
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will only be a few photographs scattered between the pages of recipes, but it is not the case with Outlander Kitchen. There is even a wonderful forward written by Diana, and a recipe of her favorite enchiladas that I can’t wait to try. But in the meantime, I had chosen a few to try first. Lamb Shepherd’s Pie: This main dish did take some time to prepare it properly – but any shepherd’s pie worth its salt would. (It’s namely the preparation of the potatoes). The spice combinations with the lamb and the vegetables was absolutely delicious and created such an aromatic fragrance in the kitchen, I was almost tempted to eat the filling straight out of the pan.
Scones: On this version of the scones, I took the liberty to play around with the flavors. I took the advice of the savory scone, and added cheese and rosemary to mine. With rosemary, a little goes a long way. The scones were absolutely delightful. Now, I did not have any heavy cream to make the clotted cream, but they were still very delicious.
Chocolate Biscuits: This recipe is my favorite so far. The biscuits were crispy, and I was surprised that the chocolate glaze did set as well as it did. For those who are familiar with McVitie’s chocolate biscuits, this recipe reminded me of them. The only downside is that they only last 3 days in an air-tight container, so I put some of mine in the freezer to last longer.
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LibraryThing member ladycato
I received this cookbook through the LibraryThing Early Reviewers Program.
This is a cookbook that can be enjoyed on multiple levels. First of all, it's a cookbook with a diverse selection of recipes for food and drink, and many of them are period recipes written in a way to be accessible to the
I'm not a big Outlander fan; I have only read the first book. I don't mind spoilers in the slightest, though, and I quite enjoyed the excerpts with the recipes. They really showed Gabaldon's skill in scant paragraphs. I can imagine that hardcore fans will get a lot out of this book--it could well provoke a series re-read--and it would certainly be fun to host viewing parties for the TV show while dining on recipes from this book.
I have only had time to test one recipe so far, but it was wonderful. Ginger-Nut Biscuits, on page 274-275, ended up just as depicted in the picture: broad, cakey cookies with a lovely sugar-crackle top and a fresh ginger flavor within. This one is definitely worth making again! I made note of 10 recipes I want to try, including Crowdie cheese, millionaire shortbread, and two for scones.
The one complaint I have is the font used for the page numbers. The font is very curly. I kept confusing 1 and 4. This is a small issue, true, but an aggravation when you're trying to write down recipes by page number only to find out later that several are incorrect.
This is a cookbook that can be enjoyed on multiple levels. First of all, it's a cookbook with a diverse selection of recipes for food and drink, and many of them are period recipes written in a way to be accessible to the
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21st century cook. For example, Drunken Mock-Turtle Soup uses oxtail along with a bottle of sherry. Baking soda and powder, 19th century inventions, are in bread recipes to allow for a good rise. Excerpts from the series accompany most of the recipes; an exception being Diana Gabaldon's personal recipe for Cheese Enchiladas. Most recipes feature a photograph, and the shots are quite well done.I'm not a big Outlander fan; I have only read the first book. I don't mind spoilers in the slightest, though, and I quite enjoyed the excerpts with the recipes. They really showed Gabaldon's skill in scant paragraphs. I can imagine that hardcore fans will get a lot out of this book--it could well provoke a series re-read--and it would certainly be fun to host viewing parties for the TV show while dining on recipes from this book.
I have only had time to test one recipe so far, but it was wonderful. Ginger-Nut Biscuits, on page 274-275, ended up just as depicted in the picture: broad, cakey cookies with a lovely sugar-crackle top and a fresh ginger flavor within. This one is definitely worth making again! I made note of 10 recipes I want to try, including Crowdie cheese, millionaire shortbread, and two for scones.
The one complaint I have is the font used for the page numbers. The font is very curly. I kept confusing 1 and 4. This is a small issue, true, but an aggravation when you're trying to write down recipes by page number only to find out later that several are incorrect.
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LibraryThing member StefanieGeeks
Absolutely GORGEOUS cookbook! Lots of tasty recipes combined with beautiful photographs and references to the Outlander series. There is a nice balance between recipes with simple ingredients and instructions and more challenging historical foods. The baked goods are especially intriguing to me and
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I can't wait to start testing them. You don't have to be a fan of the historical time travel romance series to enjoy this cookbook. You need only to be interested in period Scottish or English cuisine. I will update this review once I have tried a few of the recipes. Show Less
LibraryThing member Cariola
Overall, this is a fun cookbook with a number of recipes that I plan to try. Many of the recipes are pretty basic, and if you have a cookbook or two, you probably already have recipes for them (Beef Stock, a salad dressing that is a basic vinaigrette, Puffed Pastry, Roast Beef, Roast Chicken,
Many of the recipes are named for characters and places in the Outlander novels, and each is prefaced by a brief excerpt that connects to the recipe to follow. Initially I thought I might give this book to my sister-in-law, but I'm tempted to keep it myself. (She loves the series but isn't really into cooking.) It would make a nice gift for Gabaldon fans OR for cookbook collectors.
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Buttermilk Biscuits, Whiskey Sour, Sweet Potato Pie, etc.). But there are plenty of easy-to-follow recipes here that sound appealing, even if they aren't all traditionally Scottish (a chapter on Pizza and Pasta?). A few, like Jenny's Hare Pie, Pheasant and Greens, or Rolls with Pigeon and Truffles, require items that might not be too easy to get here in the US (but don't expect a recipe for haggis!). I'm especially drawn to the recipes for scones (Oatmeal, Cinnamon) and other breads (Pumpkin Seed and Herb Oatcakes, Raisin Muffins), side dishes (Auld Ian's Buttered Leeks, Fergus's Roasted Tatties), and desserts (The MacKenzies' Millionaire's Shortbread, Lord John's Upside-Down Plum Cake, Banoffee Trifle).Many of the recipes are named for characters and places in the Outlander novels, and each is prefaced by a brief excerpt that connects to the recipe to follow. Initially I thought I might give this book to my sister-in-law, but I'm tempted to keep it myself. (She loves the series but isn't really into cooking.) It would make a nice gift for Gabaldon fans OR for cookbook collectors.
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LibraryThing member fyrefly98
Summary: This cookbook (which started as a recipe blog) is a companion to the Outlander series of books. Specifically, this book presents recipes for food that is mentioned in one of the Outlander novels, along with the relevant quote and some history and commentary, if relevant.
Review: As I read
The recipes themselves run the gamut from being traditional recipes that have been adapted for the modern kitchen to more modern fare. There are fewer traditional Scottish recipes than I was expecting, which in retrospect shouldn't be that surprising, given the series's scope (although the classics - parritch, oatcakes, scotch eggs, etc. - are all present as well). This was somewhat disappointing as I was reading it, though, as I was hoping for more along the lines of the other literary cookbook I've read, Lobscouse & Spotted Dog, which made a point of locating authentic period recipes and then making them the original way, before interpreting them for a modern audience. I do get that that wasn't the particular goal of Carle-Sanders, though, and even when she uses historical sources for her recipes, the vast majority of the recipes seem to be reasonable for a modern cook, with minimal use of exotic or hard-to-find ingredients (although I still am probably going to continue to buy my puff pastry rather than make it by hand!) I haven't yet held an Outlander dinner party based on recipes from this book, but it's on my list to plan one, and there are also a number of recipes I'd like to try out just for their own sake. 4 out of 5 stars.
Recommendation: If you like the Outlander books and like to cook or bake, then this book is a fun addition to your cookbook shelf. If you only like one or the other of those things, then this book might still be of interest, but probably not particularly essential.
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(and re-read) the Outlander series, the food was not something that particularly stood out to me. Gabaldon's writing is descriptive but food is only very rarely the focus of a scene; mostly it exists as set dressing. What this means for this cookbook, though, is that in some places the recipes are pretty loose interpretations based on only a word or two in the book ("fried chicken" in the book morphs into a decidedly un-historical recipe for chicken that is brined in sweet tea before being fried, for example). The far extreme of this are places where the connection to the books is metaphorical at best - there's a quote from Dragonfly in Amber about Ian guarding Jamie's weaker side to preface a recipe for buttered leeks, which, while they sound tasty, and not out of keeping with a general Scottish-themed cuisine, are in here because they are "guarding the side" of your main dish. Actually, the *far* extreme of this is "Black Jack Randall's Dark Chocolate Lavender Fudge," which a) damn that's reaching, and b) I don't think I'll ever be making this, because c) fudge? for Black Jack Randall? Really?? Ew. The recipes themselves run the gamut from being traditional recipes that have been adapted for the modern kitchen to more modern fare. There are fewer traditional Scottish recipes than I was expecting, which in retrospect shouldn't be that surprising, given the series's scope (although the classics - parritch, oatcakes, scotch eggs, etc. - are all present as well). This was somewhat disappointing as I was reading it, though, as I was hoping for more along the lines of the other literary cookbook I've read, Lobscouse & Spotted Dog, which made a point of locating authentic period recipes and then making them the original way, before interpreting them for a modern audience. I do get that that wasn't the particular goal of Carle-Sanders, though, and even when she uses historical sources for her recipes, the vast majority of the recipes seem to be reasonable for a modern cook, with minimal use of exotic or hard-to-find ingredients (although I still am probably going to continue to buy my puff pastry rather than make it by hand!) I haven't yet held an Outlander dinner party based on recipes from this book, but it's on my list to plan one, and there are also a number of recipes I'd like to try out just for their own sake. 4 out of 5 stars.
Recommendation: If you like the Outlander books and like to cook or bake, then this book is a fun addition to your cookbook shelf. If you only like one or the other of those things, then this book might still be of interest, but probably not particularly essential.
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LibraryThing member ashleyk44
I love all things Outlander, and somehow didn't know the Outlander Kitchen blog existed before I saw this listed on Early Reviewers! So I was excited to find that, and doubly so to win a copy of the cookbook. I love that she uses recipes mention in the books, altered with ingredients (ahem, chicken
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instead of pigeon) that are easily obtainable at a grocery store. But the recipes still have that homey feel, and remind you of simpler (well, maybe) times. Definitely one that I will open when I'm looking for a new recipe to try. Show Less
ISBN
1101967579 / 9781101967577