Nanny Ogg's Cookbook (original 1999; edition 2002)

All recipes (should) come with a health warning and should be taken with a pinch of salt (to taste). ( )

I really didn't expect there to be any useful recipes in this, but a lot of them look very good. I will be skipping the banana soup though. I love the little notes from the "publisher" Goatburger to the "overseer" Thos. Cropper, and the rules of etiquette suit me just fine. A lovely light read and possible source of some nice English recipes. ( )

Nanny Ogg's cookbook is cute, good for reading in short bursts while waiting for the next Discworld installment to hit the shelves. ( )

I suppose you could call this a cookbook, but it's much more about Nanny Ogg than it is about the recipes. And let's face it--I bought it for the fantasy, not for the food.

There are "recipes" for a lot of the foods you'll find in the Discworld books: dwarf bread, rat onna stick, dried frog pills... You could even quite possibly make some of the recipes in here for a lovely Discworld party and invite some of your savvier friends.

But it's mostly lovely little tidbits about various Discworld characters--primarily Nanny Ogg, but a few other characters get some space here, too.

If you're familiar with the Discworld, you won't find it at all surprising that it's been heavily edited--they tried to take out the innuendos, but I think they found that was a losing proposition, and settled for taking out just the blatant stuff.

And if you're not familiar with the Discworld, and happen to find a copy of this at your library, go ahead and pick it up, and see if it doesn't just convince you that the Discworld is a place you'd like to visit. ( )

LOVE it! It's one of my favorite books and not just because I wish I could live on Discworld (although, I do). It's full of fun, interesting (and most are actually edible) recipes and lots of pithy sayings from inhabitants of Discworld. I used the recipe for Sheeps Eyeball's at a Halloween Party with great success. :D ( )