# Harry Potter Cookbook

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## Post 1 by Daenerys Targaryen (Enjoying Life) on Saturday, 04-Sep-2010 18:30:14

The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook
Bangers and mash with Harry, Ron, and Hermione in the Hogwarts dining hall.
A proper cuppa tea and rock cakes in Hagrid's hut.
Cauldron cakes and pumpkin juice on the Hogwarts Express.
With this cookbook, dining a la Hogwarts is as easy as Banoffi Pie! With more than 150 easy-to-make recipes, tips, and techniques, you can indulge in spellbindingly delicious meals drawn straight from the pages of your favorite Potter stories, such as:
Treacle Tart--Harry's favorite dessert
Molly's Meat Pies--Mrs. Weasley's classic dish
Kreacher's French Onion Soup
Pumpkin Pasties--a staple on the Hogwarts Express cart
With a dash of magic and a drop of creativity, you'll conjure up the entrees, desserts, snacks, and drinks you need to transform ordinary Muggle meals into magical culinary masterpieces, sure to make even Mrs. Weasley proud!
About the Author
Dinah Bucholz taught English before working as a copyeditor for a book publisher. A passionate pie baker known for her fine desserts, Bucholz is now a full-time mother to her four children in Philadelphia, PA. Visit her website at www.unofficialharrypottercookbook.com.

## Post 2 by AgateRain (Believe it or not, everything on me and about me is real!) on Saturday, 04-Sep-2010 18:56:44

This sounds interesting and some of the recipes seem easy too, will have to check it out.

## Post 3 by Harmony (I've now got the silver prolific poster award! wahoo!) on Sunday, 05-Sep-2010 7:18:44

Sounds fun. i'll have to have a look some time.

## Post 4 by Eleni21 (I have proven to myself and the world that I need mental help) on Tuesday, 07-Sep-2010 13:13:30

As someone who adores time in the kitchen and who loves the Harry Potter books (reading them again now actually) I definitely have to check this out! Looks like I'll be getting a new cookbook in my future. I'm actually quite interested to see what some of these things taste like as some of them make me hungry! lol

## Post 5 by kithri (Help me, I'm stuck to my chair!) on Tuesday, 07-Sep-2010 22:05:35

Okay, this looks good and at least there are some recipes on the site as the book is in print, not braille/cassette and its being sold at Borders and Barns and Nobel bookstores; Barns and Nobel soon going out of business due to hugely dropping sales of paper books from the actual store.
Hopefully, National Braille Press will get a copy of this with the author's permision and put in braille. Actually, I think I'll email the author and give her the info for NBP and maybe she can work out a deal with them since she's the true author and not a reseller.

## Post 6 by Eleni21 (I have proven to myself and the world that I need mental help) on Wednesday, 08-Sep-2010 14:01:42

I'd normally say just buy it and scan it, but since it probably has illustrations, it might be best if they had it in a standard text format,, or as was suggested, on cassette or in braille. The problem with braille for a cookbook is that as you're cooking, you might need to look back at the book and it could get dirty. Then again, a nice spiral-bound thurmaform copy is a good thing. I tend to either use the braillewriter or print directly from a text file on the pc to my embosser when working with recipes. In any case, it really sounds like a wonderful book and I can't wait to get it. Is that really true about Barns and Nobel? That's horrible!

## Post 7 by mat the musician (Help me, I'm stuck to my chair!) on Friday, 17-Sep-2010 19:41:01

is this on bookshare or web braile or bard?

## Post 8 by kithri (Help me, I'm stuck to my chair!) on Friday, 17-Sep-2010 21:02:02

It isn't on any of those. This is a print book that the lady has published herself. I did, as I said I was going to do, contact her directly with suggestions for making it available for the blind and I did get a response. She said that she hadn't thought of that, but she mentioned it to her publisher and they're are trying to work something out either by an audio version or through the author directly by paying her through like paypal for a text version like txt or html for us to download. She wasn't sure about braille, but she wasnts to do something. I don't know if she contacted National Braille Press, but I gave her their contact info since they are a smaller braille press and have published all the H.P. books in braille for us to buy and they accept sometimes from new authors that lend or represent content that's sinilar to something they've published in the past. She said she'd keep me updated on the progress, so hopefully, we will get something.

## Post 9 by Eleni21 (I have proven to myself and the world that I need mental help) on Friday, 17-Sep-2010 22:33:36

Wow! This woman sounds amazing! It's rare indeed that an author takes such an interest in making his/her books accessible. I think that when it becomes available, we should either write her a big thank you letter or send individual thank yous. She should know how much we appreciate it.

## Post 10 by Daenerys Targaryen (Enjoying Life) on Saturday, 18-Sep-2010 0:39:11

Yeah getting this book in Braille would be cool.
I didn't know about B&N going out of business. That really sucks bc I love that store.

## Post 11 by kithri (Help me, I'm stuck to my chair!) on Saturday, 18-Sep-2010 12:30:35

Yah, its more likely it might come out in some form of audio, but still, that'd be great too.
As for B and N, not completely official and no actual date, but they're looking at shutting down a bunch of stores first and consolidating because they're loosing money through online downloads/ebooks through like amazon and borders, but they're hoping for regular paper sales from the stores over the holidays. That would suck though, but I know in Minnesota and the general midwest since Borders books moved in the area a few years back, they've been loosing business. I know I order lots of books online, but there's just something about actually going to a bookstore that you can't replace.

## Post 12 by Eleni21 (I have proven to myself and the world that I need mental help) on Saturday, 18-Sep-2010 13:39:14

Well, I loved the coffees, teas and chocolate from Barnes and Noble. But since I can't read the print books unless I have a scannerscanner, seeing a bunch of them on shelves doesn't really do anything for me. It would be marvelous if I could read them in the store but I don't have that option. That said, seeing a bunch of cassettes or vhs tapes would bring me joy, especially if I could sample them before I bought them and I do like to have paper books available to show my sighted guests. That, and it's always faster to buy something in person than tohave it shipped.

## Post 13 by Abbyforth (Veteran Zoner) on Saturday, 18-Sep-2010 23:47:55

Sounds interesting!
I'd really like this in Braille, as I have all the HP books, plus the supplamentals like the text books.
Going to a bookstore doesn't get it for me. I mean, I like going and being in the proxsimity of all those books, but I can't read any of them... Now, if more books were available in Braille/text, I'd really read them!

## Post 14 by Eleni21 (I have proven to myself and the world that I need mental help) on Monday, 20-Sep-2010 12:18:51

I didn't know that there were textbooks etc. out there. Very interesting!

## Post 15 by Abbyforth (Veteran Zoner) on Sunday, 03-Oct-2010 2:14:02

yeah, but to my knowledge they are only available through NBP. Although, now that I think about it, NLS has them in audio at least...