{"product_id":"heroes-feast-flavors-of-the-multiverse-dungeons-dragons-isbn-9781984861313","title":"Heroes' Feast Flavors of the Multiverse (Dungeons \u0026 Dragons)","description":"\u003cb\u003eExplore the cuisines of the Dungeons \u0026amp; Dragons multiverse with more than 75 delectable new recipes from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling authors of \u003ci\u003eHeroes’ Feast\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Celebrate with delicious game-inspired recipes to feed your fantasy, fill your hearts, and swell your bellies.”—Todd Stashwick, actor, \u003ci\u003eStar Trek: Picard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNever adventure on an empty stomach! From the D\u0026amp;D experts behind the bestselling \u003ci\u003eHeroes’ Feast\u003c\/i\u003e comes \u003ci\u003eHeroes’ Feast Flavors of the Multiverse\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ea mouthwatering cookbook stuffed with eclectic fare for solo adventurers and party quests alike. This culinary tour presents original recipes inspired by regions and settings from across the Forgotten Realms and beyond. All seventy-six dishes, developed by a professional chef from one of the country’s top test kitchens, are delicious, easy to prepare, and composed of ingredients readily found in our world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe immersive recipes in \u003ci\u003eHeroes’ Feast Flavors of the Multiverse\u003c\/i\u003e are perfect for sharing and entertaining. Dishes are organized by location with options for every occasion—especially game nights!—including\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• otherworldly appetizers such as \u003cb\u003eTalyth \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eGoldenstars\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e• savory main courses such as \u003cb\u003eSteak of the Deep\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eEldeen Banquet\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e• alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages such as \u003cb\u003eElverquist \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eKaeth\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e• and desserts such as \u003cb\u003eGreen Ice Rime\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eVada’s Vanilla Bean Buns\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdventure has never tasted so good!“An immersive and flavorful dining experience for high fantasy adventuring parties, solo-explorers, and everyday people looking to throw a dinner party their guests won’t soon forget.”\u003cb\u003e—Comic Book Resources\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Dungeons and Dragons fans have large imaginations, but this cookbook allows their creative juices to flow in the kitchen, too.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003ePopsugar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Filled with seventy-plus mouth-watering recipes, from apps to desserts to drinks, to level-up your next adventure.”\u003cb\u003e—Yahoo! Entertainment\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“More than seventy-five dishes spread throughout seven different realms gives any home chef the choices they need to create a spectacular evening of companionship, adventure, and great food.”\u003cb\u003e—Geeks of Doom\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It’s the type of cookbook that’ll have your D\u0026amp;D party frothing at the mouth just knowing you’re in possession of it.”\u003cb\u003e—Den of Geek\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A joyous romp through the dishes of the D\u0026amp;D multiverse . . . It’s the perfect mix of delightful fan service and step-by-step culinary exploration, with flavors and textures that are out of this world . . . Regardless of your tabletop role-playing game of choice, \u003ci\u003eHeroes’ Feast: Flavors of the Multiverse\u003c\/i\u003e comes highly recommended.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePolygon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Dungeons \u0026amp; Dragons has always been about fellowship. Gathering around a table with friends to share a story, a meal for the imagination. \u003ci\u003eHeroes’ Feast Flavors of the Multiverse\u003c\/i\u003e takes that joy and levels it up, inviting players for an actual meal. Celebrate with delicious game-inspired recipes to feed your fantasy, fill your hearts, and swell your bellies.”\u003cb\u003e—Todd Stashwick, actor on \u003ci\u003eStar Trek: Picard\u003c\/i\u003e and cocreator of \u003ci\u003eMystic Libations: Critical Cocktails for the Thirsty Adventurer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Once again these gents have accomplished the feat of expressing the fun, spirit, and environment of D\u0026amp;D through food and drink! No matter what plane you’re from or where your adventure takes you, you will have suitable sustenance for the journey. I’m pretty sure they must have hacked the guidance cantrip, but this seems like a Nat 20 of a book! This second volume should be considered a legendary magic item to any player or DM!”\u003cb\u003e—Katherine McNamara, actor, baker, and D\u0026amp;D player\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eHeroes’ Feast Flavors of the Multiverse\u003c\/i\u003e brings enchantment to the dining table with these delicious and lush recipes! The foodie in me wants to just reach into the pages and take a bite out of those vivid images of hearty meals! Beautiful cookbook.”\u003cb\u003e—Ming-na Wen, actress on \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Boba Fett\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Mandalorian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Who doesn’t want to eat like a dwarven king? \u003ci\u003eHeroes’ Feast Flavors of the Multiverse\u003c\/i\u003e boasts all the bounties of an elven table with zero attitude.”\u003cb\u003e—Matthew Lillard, actor and cofounder of Beadle \u0026amp; Grimm’s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDungeons \u0026amp; Dragons \u003c\/b\u003elaunched the great tradition of roleplaying games in 1974 with an unprecedented mix of adventure and strategy, dice-rolling, and storytelling. Wizards of the Coast continues to honor that tradition, bringing to market a diverse range of D\u0026amp;D game and entertainment experiences and influencing numerous writers, directors, and game designers by tapping into an innate human need to gather with friends and tell an exciting story together.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKyle Newman\u003c\/b\u003e is an author and award-winning filmmaker who has directed numerous feature films including the \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e-fueled comedy \u003ci\u003eFanboys,\u003c\/i\u003e A24 Films’ \u003ci\u003eBarely Lethal,\u003c\/i\u003e the e-sports comedy \u003ci\u003e1UP,\u003c\/i\u003e and the upcoming Dungeons \u0026amp; Dragons documentary for Hasbro, Inc. He has directed the music industry’s top artists, and produced films such as \u003ci\u003eRaiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made.\u003c\/i\u003e As an author, he is known for his work on \u003ci\u003eDungeons \u0026amp; Dragons: Art \u0026amp; Arcana,\u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling cookbook \u003ci\u003eHeroes’ Feast,\u003c\/i\u003e and its follow-up, \u003ci\u003eHeroes’ Feast Flavors of the Multiverse.\u003c\/i\u003e An honors graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of Film\/Television and a member of the Directors Guild of America, Newman resides in Los Angeles with his partner, Cynthia, and their three sons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJon Peterson\u003c\/b\u003e is widely recognized as an authority on the history of games, best known as the author of \u003ci\u003ePlaying at the World\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Elusive Shift\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGame Wizards\u003c\/i\u003e. He also co-authored \u003ci\u003eDungeons \u0026amp; Dragons: Art \u0026amp; Arcana\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHeroes’ Feast: The Official Dungeons \u0026amp; Dragons Cookbook\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHeroes’ Feast Flavors of the Multiverse\u003c\/i\u003e. He has contributed to academic anthologies on games, including MIT Press’s \u003ci\u003eZones of Control\u003c\/i\u003e and Routledge’s \u003ci\u003eRole-Playing Game Studies: Transmedia Foundations\u003c\/i\u003e. Jon also has written for various geek culture websites, including \u003ci\u003eWired, Polygon,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBoingBoing,\u003c\/i\u003e as well as maintaining his own blog.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Witwer\u003c\/b\u003e is a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author known for his work on the Hugo-nominated \u003ci\u003eDungeons \u0026amp; Dragons: Art \u0026amp; Arcana,\u003c\/i\u003e the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eEmpire of Imagination: Gary Gygax and the Birth of Dungeons \u0026amp; Dragons,\u003c\/i\u003e and the bestselling \u003ci\u003eHeroes’ Feast: The Official Dungeons \u0026amp; Dragons Cookbook.\u003c\/i\u003e His most recent works include \u003ci\u003eDungeons \u0026amp; Dragons: The Legend of Drizzt Visual Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHeroes’ Feast Flavors of the Multiverse, \u003c\/i\u003eand his debut novel, \u003ci\u003eVivian Van Tassel and the Secret of Midnight Lake\u003c\/i\u003e. He holds degrees from Northwestern University and the University of Chicago and resides in Chicago, Illinois, with his wife, two daughters, and two sons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSam Witwer\u003c\/b\u003e is an American actor and musician, best-known for a series of sci-fi genre roles spanning a twenty-year career. He led the SyFy drama series \u003ci\u003eBeing Human,\u003c\/i\u003e playing down-and-out vampire-gone-straight Aidan Waite (8+3 Hit Dice), and played conflicted Raptor Pilot Crashdown in the Hugo Award-winning series \u003ci\u003eBattlestar Galactica, \u003c\/i\u003eSuperman-killing Doomsday in CW’s \u003ci\u003eSmallville,\u003c\/i\u003e misunderstood Mr. Hyde in ABC’s \u003ci\u003eOnce Upon a Time,\u003c\/i\u003e and antagonist Agent Liberty on WB’s \u003ci\u003eSupergirl.\u003c\/i\u003e Sam is also well-known for his continuing work for the \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e saga, bringing various characters to life in video games, film, and television, including Starkiller in \u003ci\u003eStar Wars: The Force Unleashed,\u003c\/i\u003e and a multi-year, Emmy-nominated run voicing the villainous ex-Sith lord Darth Maul. Recently, Sam served as the main character in Sony’s \u003ci\u003eDays Gone\u003c\/i\u003e videogame. He is a longtime fan of science fiction and fantasy, and an avid player of both electronic games and pen-and-paper role-playing games.\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCan you name a tabletop activity that is highly social, builds community, and has infinite possibilities? If you said dining with friends, you’re right. If you said Dungeons \u0026amp; Dragons, you’re also right! Today, some fifty million people have played the game; D\u0026amp;Dinspired shows and movies top the charts; licensed D\u0026amp;D products fill retail shelves (ahem); and video games based on D\u0026amp;D’s concepts rule the screens. In short, D\u0026amp;D is everywhere—including the kitchen! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInitially published in 1974, Dungeons \u0026amp; Dragons was the world’s first role-playing game and would go on to revolutionize all aspects of the gaming industry and pop culture alongside it. It introduced an array of now-pervasive gaming concepts, from leveling up to gamified role assumption, but it notably held on to some aspects of its war-gaming past. Born out of a gaming culture that prized realistic simulation, the notion of needing food was inherent in the earliest versions of the game, usually represented in the simple tracking of weekly rations. To have any hope of surviving a protracted excursion in the dungeon underworld, you needed to stay fed. Simply put, in D\u0026amp;D, you must eat to live. But adventurers also needed a place to meet, carouse, and gather information, and what better venues to place in front of them than taverns, public houses, and other places of food and drink? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the game developed through different communities, food became a key part of the game’s narrative experience. In many of the early modules, it was not uncommon for taverns to have long lists of food and drink from which adventurers could choose. For example, in the iconic \u003ci\u003eKeep on the Borderlands\u003c\/i\u003e, adventurers have the option of no less than five drinks and eight dishes, from honey mead and bark tea to pudding and roast joint. By the time the \u003ci\u003eForgotten Realms\u003c\/i\u003e campaign world was in full force, there were entire books devoted to rating and discussing inns and dining establishments (thanks, Volo!). More cosmopolitan venues in the multiverse boasted restaurants that might seem worthy of a Michelin star or two. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy so many options for an element of realism that could just as simply check the box? Perhaps it’s because early designers realized that food could provide new avenues for the narrative experience. Would a haughty aristocrat be content with iron rations? How well can that halfling hold her drink and what does she do when she doesn’t? This is to say, the unexpected, memorable, and hilarious moments of any given D\u0026amp;D session are as likely to come up over an in-game tankard of Neverwinter Nectar (page 30) as they are while battling a feisty gaggle of kobolds. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the first book, \u003ci\u003eHeroes’ Feast: The Official D\u0026amp;D Cookbook\u003c\/i\u003e, we posed the question, “How can food elevate and enhance the D\u0026amp;D experience?” In \u003ci\u003eHeroes’ Feast Flavors of the Multiverse\u003c\/i\u003e, we ask, “How can cooking and dining play an essential part of the communal gaming experience?” The book that you are holding is both a guide to D\u0026amp;D food and a culinary companion to your game nights. It includes more than seventy-five delicious recipes, which you can enjoy alongside your in-game character. We’ve even created some food-loving characters of our own (once nameless adventurers taken straight from the cover of the first \u003ci\u003eHeroes’ Feast\u003c\/i\u003e) whose madcap, multiversal adventures provide the locational basis for the dishes herein. Our hope is that this book not only adds a visceral and delicious element to your games but also becomes another avenue to connect with fellow gamers. So, in the immortal words of the original Player’s Handbook, “enjoy, and may the dice be good to you.”","brand":"Ten Speed Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305227800805,"sku":"NP9781984861313","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781984861313.jpg?v=1767728984","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/heroes-feast-flavors-of-the-multiverse-dungeons-dragons-isbn-9781984861313","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}