Cookbooks Full of Your Favorite Literary Recipes

What book-lover wouldn't want to have a literary-themed feast? Heat up your ovens and get ready to indulge in some recipes based on your favorite books because we have a list for you of literary cookbooks and novels containing recipes. From butterbeer for Potterheads to teatime for Janeites, there is a world of cookbooks for every literature-lover.

General literary-themed cookbooks. These cookbooks cover a range of literature and recipes:

• Literary Feasts: Inspired Eating from Classic Fiction by Sean Brand
• Eat This Poem: A Literary Feast of Recipes Inspired by Poetry by Nicole Gulotta
• Cooking with the Muse by Myra Kornfield and Stephen Massimilla
• A Literary Feast: Recipes and Writings by American Women Authors from History by Yvonne Schofer
• Literary Feasts: Recipes from the Classics of Literature by Barbara Scrafford
• The Book Lover's Cookbook: Recipes Inspired by Celebrated Works of Literature, and the Passages that Feature Them by Shaunda Kennedy Wenger and Janet Kay Jensen
• A Literary Feast: Recipes Inspired by Novels, Poems and Plays by Jennifer Barclay

These recipes are not for Muggles. Harry Potter fans have always wanted to sip on butterbeer—now that's an option with these recipes:

• The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook: From Cauldron Cakes to Knickerbocker Glory—More than 150 Magical Recipes for Wizards and Non-Wizards Alike by Dinah Bucholz
• Cooking for Muggles – The Harry Potter Cookbook: Harry Potter Recipes with Desserts, Snack and Drinks Inspired by Harry Potter Food by Martha Stephenson
• The Potterhead's Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook: The Best Recipes from Harry Potter – Harry Potter Recipe Book for All Ages by Martha Stone

Jane Austen-themed feasts for your next dinner party with Mr. Darcy or Mr. Bingley:

• The Jane Austen Cookbook by Maggie Black and Deirdre La Faye
• Dinner with Mr. Darcy: Recipes Inspired by the Novels of Jane Austen by Pen Vogler
• Tea with Jane Austen: Recipes Inspired by Her Novels and Letters by Pen Vogler

A Christian-themed book series that includes recipes in the story:

• Jan Karon's Mitford Cookbook and Kitchen Reader by Jan Karon

If you're a fan of the Outlander series, there's a cookbook for you:

• Outlander Kitchen: The Official Outlander Companion Cookbook by Theresa Carle-Sanders

Fantastical feasts:

• The Wizard's Cookbook: Magical Recipes Inspired by Harry Potter, Merlin, The Wizard of Oz, and More by Aurelia Beaupommier
• Fairy Tale Feasts: A Literary Cookbook for Young Readers and Eaters by Jane Yolen and Heidi E. Y. Stemple

Ready for tea parties with Alice and the Mad Hatter in Wonderland?

• The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher
• Alice Eats: A Wonderland Cookbook by Julie Van Rosendaal and Pierre A. Lamielle
• Forever Hatter: Mad Tea Party Cookbook by Buffy Naillon and Wonderland Cafe

Fan of the Little House on the Prairie? There are recipes for that:

• The Little House Cookbook: Frontier Foods from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Classic Stories by Barbara M. Walker

With titles like James and the Giant Peach, who wouldn't want a Roald Dahl-themed meal?

• Roald Dahl's Revolting Recipes by Roald Dahl

Drink literary-Inspired cocktails to help you unwind:

• Shakespeare, Not Stirred: Cocktails for Your Everyday Dramas by Caroline Bicks and Michelle Ephraim
• Tequila Mockingbird: Cocktails with a Literary Twist by Tim Federale
• Mixed Up: Cocktail Recipes (and Flash Fiction) for the Discerning Drinker (and Reader) by Nick Mamatas and Molly Tanzer

If you want to eat like the Good Fellas:

• The Sopranos Family Cookbook by Artie Bucco,‎ Allen Rucker,‎ Michele Scicolone,‎ and David Chase

About the Author: Megara Sanderson was a late-blooming bibliomaniac. As a young girl, it was pulling teeth to get her to read. By the time she landed her first job working in a library, however, she was stealthily reading books during math class and reading any books that her parents forbade. These days Megara is a treasure hunter, also known as a Vintage Book Receiver, for ThriftBooks. She lives in Connecticut. Megara loves foreign languages, that old book smell, and long walks on the beach.

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