As a horror fan that loves books, who happens to live with two amazing cooks (my wife and son), it isn’t uncommon for me to occasionally buy them a cookbook that has some tie to the horror genre. Most of them are pretty generic or tend to be more on the treat side, like for Halloween parties and whatnot. But I recently stumbled across a recently published book that looked interesting, so I ordered it. Once it arrived and we started to page and read through it, we quickly realized the genius within the pages.

The Necronomnomnom was written by Mike Slater and Thomas Roache, published back last month from Countryman Press. It is 208 pages filled with 50 different recipes but with a very Lovecraftian twist to them, such as the Gin and Miskatonic drink, or The Great Old Buns, the Deep Fried Deep One, or some Cthus-Koos! Now we have not yet made any recipes from this… keyword yet, but just reading through it is a real treat and has some pretty interesting things that my son Nick has already expressed an interest in trying.

But the real beauty of this book is the layout and how it is presented. The first part is written like some old forgotten volume of secret lore, with puns o’ plenty. The recipes in the beginning are somewhat vague in their ingredients and construct, but it is written with so much fun and tongue in cheek that even if you’re not planning on doing any actual cooking, it is still entertaining. The illustrations that each page is filled with make it even more like an old volume that Wilbur Whateley would be seeking out. Then in the back, they have the recipes like you’d normally see with straight ingredients and instructions.

So if you’re a Lovecraft fan, and even if you’re not a cook, I think you’d still get a kick out of reading through this. Amazon has it listed for only $15.89, so it’s a great price. But if you are an amateur chef and a follower of the Old Ones, or you know someone that is, then this is the perfect gift for them!