Pen Name:
Astrid Tuttle Winegar
Genre:
Cookbooks
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Bio
Astrid Tuttle Winegar is the award-winning author of the delightfully quirky Cooking for Halflings & Monsters cookbook series. She is a nerd and a geek, but only in the most positive senses of the words. She loves Star things, both Trek and Wars. She loves J. R. R. Tolkien. She cooks and bakes too much, reads too much, watches television shows and movies way too much, then she writes about all of these activities in comfy, cozy cookbooks. Ms. Winegar has worked as a dressmaker, a Latin teacher, and has worked countless volunteer hours with the public school system in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she currently resides. Her BA is in English with a minor in Latin (2002) and her MA is in Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies (2008); both are from the University of New Mexico. For more information, go to astridwinegar.com.
All of her cookbooks are available through widespread distribution in paperback, ebook, and digital formats (through Etsy); Kindle links are listed below, with each book.
Books
Title: Cooking for Halflings & Monsters: 111 Comfy, Cozy Recipes for Fantasy-Loving Souls
Publisher: Multitudes Press (October 31, 2017)
Genre: Cookbooks: general
In Cooking for Halflings & Monsters: 111 Comfy, Cozy Recipes for Fantasy-Loving Souls, Tolkien scholar Astrid Tuttle Winegar has created ‘eleventy-one’ original recipes to inspire you. Lovingly illustrated and written with dry humor throughout, this charming cookbook is sure to delight you and your family, friends, and any other lucky halflings (or monsters) who show up in your kitchen. So crack open a beer, rustle up some “Gündürnüb’s Grüb,” and come along on this epic culinary journey. Your quest for delicious recipes is complete!
The eight chapters of this cookbook each imagines a restaurant (inn, café, or bistro) which caters to particular archetypal characters in the fantasy genre and presents a delicious meal for them. But don’t worry—you don’t have to be a gourmet monster chef! You simply need to love comfort food to enjoy all the recipes within.
Available for Sale
Title: A Year of Comfy, Cozy Soups, Stews, and Chilis: Cooking for Halflings & Monsters, Volume 2
Publisher: Multitudes Press (October 31, 2019)
Genre: Cookbooks: general
A Culinary Haiku:
Potatoes, onions,
carrots, celery, cream, and more—
do you dream of soup?
Astrid Tuttle Winegar apparently does, and she has spent years concocting mouth-watering versions of old classics and inventing completely new ones. Here, she has compiled a year’s worth of comfy, cozy favorites into a delicious collection. A variety of lovely baked goods is included to keep your soups, stews, and chilis company. So grab a big pot and start doing some fantastic cooking!
Cooking for Halflings & Monsters, Volume 2: A Year of Comfy, Cozy Soups, Stews, and Chilis is a delightfully quirky and slightly geeky cookbook devoted to lovers of all wonderfully warm nutrition in a bowl.
Available for Sale
Title: Celebrating Comfy, Cozy Foods from North America: Cooking for Halflings & Monsters, Volume 3
Publisher: Multitudes Press (October 31, 2024)
Genre: Cookbooks: general
SPICE up your life with these fantastic North American recipes! Astrid Tuttle Winegar visits her continental homeland for her third volume of comfy, cozy cooking. There are over 175 recipes, with a variety of smaller items in between; over 75 full-color photographs accompany the text. While many of the recipes are Southwestern in influence, a few gems have been inspired by Galaxies Far, Far Away, and Final Frontiers, as well as Middle-earth and other imaginary and culturally popping lands.
Cooking for Halflings & Monsters, Volume 3: Celebrating Comfy, Cozy Foods from North America is an often humorous culinary ride through a year not only of holidays but also of everyday life. Beginning to intermediate cooks will find many new favorites within these colorful pages; you’ll find items you can whip up in five minutes, as well as a few more complex dishes you may want to delve into during a leisurely weekend or holiday. Release your Kitchen Kraken!