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Nanny Ogg's Cookbook (Discworld Series) Description
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.50207
EAN: 9780552146739
ISBN: 0552146730
Label: Transworld Publishers
Manufacturer: Transworld Publishers
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 176
Publication Date: 2001-11-01
Publisher: Transworld Publishers
Product Release Date: 2002-02-26
Studio: Transworld Publishers
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.50207
EAN: 9780552146739
ISBN: 0552146730
Label: Transworld Publishers
Manufacturer: Transworld Publishers
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 176
Publication Date: 2001-11-01
Publisher: Transworld Publishers
Product Release Date: 2002-02-26
Studio: Transworld Publishers
Editorial Review of Nanny Ogg's Cookbook (Discworld Series)
A useful and improving Almanack of Information, including Astonishing Recipes from Terry Pratchett’s Discworld.
Customer Reviews of Nanny Ogg's Cookbook (Discworld Series)
Customer Rating: 
Review Summary: Tasty Fun
Review: This book is a delight to read, much in the tone of the most humorous of Pratchett's books. (What else would you expect for a book allegedly written by Nanny Ogg?) While I would not necessarily recommend this book just for its recipes (and a few are there mainly for the humor), I did make the "Genuine Howondaland Curry" which turned out to be quite good. The book also includes some essays on Nanny Ogg's views on etiquette, inter-species relationships, and similar issues taken from the irreverent viewpoint of Lancre's most entertaining witch.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Fun in the Kitchen - Ogg style
Review: I would say a "Must Have" for any Discworld fanatic, but unfortunately it's not a "Must Have"... what it is however is a very fun, whimsical cookbook assembled by our favorite dirty minded witch of Lancre - Nanny Ogg. Though this book does contain recipes (and most of them appear fairly legit) the reason to buy this book is for the old fashioned wisdom that used to come in cookbooks. The more of the Discworld books that you have read, the more you will recognize the names and people mentioned in the recipes. Everyone from the Patrician, to Nobby's Mum, to The King of Lancre have contributed their favorites (Even CMOT Dibbler has contributed his "Sausage-inna-bun recipe). There are also a series of "Ethnic" foods from Klatch, Quirm, Lancre, and many other of the Discworld lands including multiple Dwarven recipes which (include the ever popular "Dwarf Bread.")
Throughout the cookbook you will find not only recipes, but also Nanny's quips, and advise, as well as notes from the "editors" who are very concerned about Nanny's tendency towards the vulgar. It is safe to have around the house because the kiddies won't get the references as Nanny always states them with double meaning and a wink. At the end of the book there is a section on life and etiquette which is absolutely hysterical. Having just been married two years ago, the section on weddings nearly had me in tears, specifically the instructional part about how to have the obligatory wedding fight among the guests.
Note to those of you wavering about the purchase of this book. It's cute, it's funny, but it is by no means a novel. If you plan to sit down with it and read it as a book, you will be done in less than an hour and will probably be disappointed. If you are the type who has a few "Discworld junkie" friends, this is the perfect help to any party... you can all get together and make dwarf bread and see who's flies the farthest. This would also make an excellent gift for a Discworld fan. If you are planning to put it in your kitchen with the rest of your cookbooks, I would advise getting the hardcover version.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: read for the fantasy, not the food
Review: I suppose you could call this a cookbook, but it's much more about Nanny Ogg than it is about the recipes. And let's face it--I bought it for the fantasy, not for the food.
There are "recipes" for a lot of the foods you'll find in the Discworld books: dwarf bread, rat onna stick, dried frog pills... You could even quite possibly make some of the recipes in here for a lovely Discworld party and invite some of your savvier friends.
But it's mostly lovely little tidbits about various Discworld characters--primarily Nanny Ogg, but a few other characters get some space here, too.
If you're familiar with the Discworld, you won't find it at all surprising that it's been "heavily edited"--they tried to take out the innuendos, but I think they found that was a losing proposition, and settled for taking out just the blatant stuff.
And if you're not familiar with the Discworld, and happen to find a copy of this at your library, go ahead and pick it up, and see if it doesn't just convince you that the Discworld is a place you'd like to visit.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Awesomely funny read!
Review: This book is a must have for any Terry Pratchett fan! Although I have yet to try any of the recipes, (I don't have the courage...), it's still an incredibly funny read. all the various 'Author notes' and comments from 'the editor' make it seem like a portal opened up from the discworld itself, and this dropped through! Highly recommended!
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Compliation of Nanny Ogg Clips, Suggested Use
Review: If you have read all of Terry Pratchett's Disc World series, particularly those books that deal with Granny Weatherwax and her sometimes sidekick Nanny Ogg, you will not find anything new here. This is due to publishers coming up with new ways to market old material. This is not wrong if they would 'fess up when they do this. However, if you like Nanny Ogg, then you might enjoy this collection of her sayings and recipes which are very humorous.
One suggested use for this book is to keep it in the kitchen next to the real cookbooks and the next time you have a guest bothering you while you are trying to cook you can pretend to be using this cookbook. Note down some arcane ingredient and then ask them to get it from the grocery store on the other side of town. By the time they have given up, you can have the real dinner ready.
Review Summary: Tasty Fun
Review: This book is a delight to read, much in the tone of the most humorous of Pratchett's books. (What else would you expect for a book allegedly written by Nanny Ogg?) While I would not necessarily recommend this book just for its recipes (and a few are there mainly for the humor), I did make the "Genuine Howondaland Curry" which turned out to be quite good. The book also includes some essays on Nanny Ogg's views on etiquette, inter-species relationships, and similar issues taken from the irreverent viewpoint of Lancre's most entertaining witch.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Fun in the Kitchen - Ogg style
Review: I would say a "Must Have" for any Discworld fanatic, but unfortunately it's not a "Must Have"... what it is however is a very fun, whimsical cookbook assembled by our favorite dirty minded witch of Lancre - Nanny Ogg. Though this book does contain recipes (and most of them appear fairly legit) the reason to buy this book is for the old fashioned wisdom that used to come in cookbooks. The more of the Discworld books that you have read, the more you will recognize the names and people mentioned in the recipes. Everyone from the Patrician, to Nobby's Mum, to The King of Lancre have contributed their favorites (Even CMOT Dibbler has contributed his "Sausage-inna-bun recipe). There are also a series of "Ethnic" foods from Klatch, Quirm, Lancre, and many other of the Discworld lands including multiple Dwarven recipes which (include the ever popular "Dwarf Bread.")
Throughout the cookbook you will find not only recipes, but also Nanny's quips, and advise, as well as notes from the "editors" who are very concerned about Nanny's tendency towards the vulgar. It is safe to have around the house because the kiddies won't get the references as Nanny always states them with double meaning and a wink. At the end of the book there is a section on life and etiquette which is absolutely hysterical. Having just been married two years ago, the section on weddings nearly had me in tears, specifically the instructional part about how to have the obligatory wedding fight among the guests.
Note to those of you wavering about the purchase of this book. It's cute, it's funny, but it is by no means a novel. If you plan to sit down with it and read it as a book, you will be done in less than an hour and will probably be disappointed. If you are the type who has a few "Discworld junkie" friends, this is the perfect help to any party... you can all get together and make dwarf bread and see who's flies the farthest. This would also make an excellent gift for a Discworld fan. If you are planning to put it in your kitchen with the rest of your cookbooks, I would advise getting the hardcover version.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: read for the fantasy, not the food
Review: I suppose you could call this a cookbook, but it's much more about Nanny Ogg than it is about the recipes. And let's face it--I bought it for the fantasy, not for the food.
There are "recipes" for a lot of the foods you'll find in the Discworld books: dwarf bread, rat onna stick, dried frog pills... You could even quite possibly make some of the recipes in here for a lovely Discworld party and invite some of your savvier friends.
But it's mostly lovely little tidbits about various Discworld characters--primarily Nanny Ogg, but a few other characters get some space here, too.
If you're familiar with the Discworld, you won't find it at all surprising that it's been "heavily edited"--they tried to take out the innuendos, but I think they found that was a losing proposition, and settled for taking out just the blatant stuff.
And if you're not familiar with the Discworld, and happen to find a copy of this at your library, go ahead and pick it up, and see if it doesn't just convince you that the Discworld is a place you'd like to visit.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Awesomely funny read!
Review: This book is a must have for any Terry Pratchett fan! Although I have yet to try any of the recipes, (I don't have the courage...), it's still an incredibly funny read. all the various 'Author notes' and comments from 'the editor' make it seem like a portal opened up from the discworld itself, and this dropped through! Highly recommended!
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Compliation of Nanny Ogg Clips, Suggested Use
Review: If you have read all of Terry Pratchett's Disc World series, particularly those books that deal with Granny Weatherwax and her sometimes sidekick Nanny Ogg, you will not find anything new here. This is due to publishers coming up with new ways to market old material. This is not wrong if they would 'fess up when they do this. However, if you like Nanny Ogg, then you might enjoy this collection of her sayings and recipes which are very humorous.
One suggested use for this book is to keep it in the kitchen next to the real cookbooks and the next time you have a guest bothering you while you are trying to cook you can pretend to be using this cookbook. Note down some arcane ingredient and then ask them to get it from the grocery store on the other side of town. By the time they have given up, you can have the real dinner ready.