CD PROJEKT RED, in collaboration with Nerds’ Kitchen Creations and Penguin Random House, has announced that The Witcher Official Cookbook is now available for purchase in hardcover and ebook formats.
Written by Anita Sarna and Karolina Krupecka, authors of the popular Nerds’ Kitchen and Witcher Kitchen blogs, The Witcher Official Cookbook is a new book that includes 80 recipes for dishes inspired by the games from CD PROJEKT RED and novels from Andrzej Sapkowski, as well as illustrations and tales within its 256 pages.
Readers can also expect to find a foreword written by Sapkowski, who launched The Witcher series back in 1986.
Here’s what CDPR has to say about the The Witcher Official Cookbook, which carries an MSRP of US $35:
The Witcher Official Cookbook: Provisions, Fare, and Culinary Tales From Travels Around the Continent offers a brand-new lens through which readers can explore the lands that Geralt of Rivia visited throughout his adventures as a witcher. Featuring eighty beautifully photographed recipes, rich illustrations, and a foreword from the author of The Witcher book series Andrzej Sapkowski, the cookbook is a stunningly in-depth exploration of the many unique regions that make up this dark fantasy world.
Apart from recipes, the book’s 256 pages contain passages of a fictional narrator’s travels and discoveries of regional cuisine — from the hearty fare of Skellige to the delicacies of sun-soaked Toussaint, all bound in a beautiful hardback. Writers Anita Sarna and Karolina Krupecka, the creators of fan-favorite blogs Nerds’ Kitchen and Witcher Kitchen, have spent years publishing recipes for pop culture phenomena, including Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Cyberpunk 2077, and the aforementioned Witcher video game series.
And here’s Penguin echoing some of that in its own description:
Eighty mouthwatering and restorative recipes inspired by the bestselling video game series The Witcher, from hearty tavern fare and fortifying drinks to lavish banquets for feasts with friends—featuring a foreword by Andrzej Sapkowski, author and creator of The Witcher.
Take a culinary journey through the fantastical world of The Witcher with thoughtfully imagined, flavorful recipes inspired by The Witcher‘s expansive settings, characters, and lore. In this beautifully photographed cookbook, Anita Sarna and Karolina Krupecka, the creators of fan-favorite food blogs Nerds’ Kitchen and Witcher Kitchen, share their meticulously-researched, immersive recipes that give fans a taste of the distinct flavors a witcher might sample as he travels the countryside in search of monsters to slay and coin to earn.
These dishes celebrate local and seasonal ingredients while adding unique twists that form a culinary map of the Continent and beyond. Warm up over a bowl of fragrant stew or juicy baked fruit from the namesake trees of White Orchard; end a hard journey to Velen with a hearty, rustic meal at the local tavern; enjoy an aromatic snack as you stroll the markets of Oxenfurt; sample dishes from near and far in the diverse port city of Novigrad; dine on freshly-caught fish and mulled drinks on the islands of Skellige; feast on rich dishes in the sun-drenched climates of Toussaint and Beauclair; or forage on the perilous road to Kaer Morhen to learn the edible secrets of the witcher’s keep. Transport your kitchen to another world with the tempting scents and flavors in The Witcher Official Cookbook.
The Witcher Official Cookbook is published by Ten Speed Press.
