Six months ago, I cooked up a multi-course Hobbit feast to accompany a viewing party of the extended-cut Lord of the Rings trilogy. So it seemed fitting to close out the year by traveling to Hobbiton in New Zealand, the idyllic setting of the Shire where Peter Jackson filmed his movies. After the immersive tour, we stopped at the Green Dragon Inn for a dinner … Continue reading A Magical Hobbit Banquet
“We’ve had one, yes. But what about second breakfast?”
If you’re going to have a Lord of the Rings marathon with the extended versions of the movies, you need to figure out what to eat for an entire day (11 hours and 36 minutes, to be exact). With the help of a few friends, I planned, prepped, and cooked an all-day feast to accompany this gathering.
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The first Ottolenghi dinner in June was such a success that we decided to host another feast to showcase more recipes by the renowned chef. Even though the dishes we chose were all from different cuisines and cookbooks, the flavors all worked together to create another memorable dinner party.
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Yotam Ottolenghi is a chef, restaurateur, and food writer who is a regular contributor to The New York Times Magazine. He has authored nine bestselling cookbooks, including Plenty (2010) and Simple (2018). With the exception of Simple, many of his original recipes are quite involved, although they are all incredibly delicious. My friends and I are no strangers to combining efforts to make and eat elaborate feasts together – like our Greek Feast in 2019 or the Christmas Quarantine BBQ of 2020. So it’s not surprising that a group of similarly food-obsessed friends got together and pooled our various Ottolenghi cookbooks together.
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Louisa Gaylord 