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I would LOVE to see at least one episode of you making the meme dishes. That would be HILARIOUS.

The organization part is why I LOVE getting a cookbooks that are binders. Cause you can break them apart and reorganize them as you please

They released the recipe for Percy's Revenge Pasta in advance. I made it, and I have to say, despite the joke of it, its REALLY good

4:00 That’s Pike’s Purple Jewel Cake! From Narrative Telephone! Context: Narrative Telephone is a miniseries CR put out during quarantine in which one cast of Critical Role makes up a story for the rest to retell through memory, Telephone style. In one episode Ashley through Pike’s voice tells the story behind the “Purple Jewel Cake” where a haughty noble got half of a monkey’s paw wish and was turned into a purple gem. Pike never gave the recipe of the actual cake tho, so I’m excited it’s finally time!!!

Does he know the frisbee is a hot pad, something you put hot pans on

Okay, but now I need you to do a cook off to see which region has the best food, like you did with Heroes' Feast.

Loved the review, loved the call out for not having non-alcoholic alternative suggestions. I know a lot people that have the same feelings as you do with alcohol so I agree it would be nice to see suggestions for nonalcoholic alternatives.

I really hope that Pretty's meal is in there. The description said Marquisian street meat so I think it is likely.

You know, I saw the 20 garlic cloves in Percy's Pasta and thought it was weird. I didn't realize that that was the "revenge" until you said something. 😂😂😂 I love Percy.

You can definitely use nonalcoholic beer and things of that nature as a substitute as most of the time when cooking with alcohol the idea is that you cook the alcohol out but leave the flavor.

There is also a 2nd Heroes Feast book releasing on 7th of Nov 23: Heroes' Feast Flavors of the Multiverse

I will absolutely be keeping my eyes out for the next series of cooking videos. Not only was the food amazing to see be made, but you do a great job making cooking into something entertaining to watch.

I really like this review! I am glad you didn't shy away from praise or criticism, and your feedback sounded very fair! I found the perspective about alcohol very interesting, because my spouse dislikes the smell of alcohol and it is good to know when to expect that in a cookbook!

I have to put in a vote for Lord Eshteross’ Maple Ginger Cookies with Turmeric. Great recipe and great Campaign 3 story beat.

The recipe you opened "Scaldseat Salmon" is the first one I tried cooking. It's really good. Following the directions, it turned out really good, but it didn't get much flavor from the marinade. I doubled it and reserved half for a dipping sauce. You're right, it could have used chapter TOCs. I'm ok with the organization by continent though. Yes it's a cookbook, but it's also a story. If it were strictly a cookbook, I would say that it should be laid out like you suggest. But for the story they're telling, this makes more sense. And as a collector of fandom cookbooks, many of them are laid out similarly by theme rather than by dish style for similar reason. Agreed about the non-alcoholic substitutes, that would have been nice.

Duke beside himself with excitement for 10 minutes. 💜💜💜💜💜💜

So excited for the new cooking episodes to come back. My wife and I watched all of them when they came out before bed.

Good review and your organization nitpicks are totally fair, I would also prefer it be organized in the way you proposed. Looking forward to your cooking videos with recipes from this!

I like to use balsamic or rice vinegar in place of alcohol in my cooking, helps deglaze the pan

the de rolos revenge pasta just sounds like my normal pasta recipe.. also if a recipe says 5 cloves of garlic i usually use 10, because most people just don't seem to know how to use garlic and only use a tiny amount. like if you put garlic in you put enough in so you can actually taste it, if you don't put enough in you might as well have saved yourself the trouble of putting any garlic in. this book at least seems to know how it is used.

YAAAAAY new cooking content! I collect these kinds of books, thank you for bringing it to our attention!

I personally always use special 'cooking wine' and leave the bottles with my spices because it's shelf stable. Because I certainly don't have fresh drinking wine around constantly lol.

I'd love to see a cookie video!! I've made Lord Eshteross’ Maple Ginger Cookies with Turmeric and the Gunpowder Green Tea Cookies and WOW they were some of the best I've ever had!!

Love it! I'm excited to see more cooking content in the future!

Me the whole video: That's such a nice and funny "add-on" for cooking loving players!! Me in the alcohol part: Holy sh*t! Are those actual recipes?! 🤯

OMG I didn't know they were doing Caduceus-themed cooking merch! Here for it. Cad is the best! :D Make friends with a grave cleric who can make dinner out of the mushrooms they grow on their enemies :p The book looks great, it can sit next to Nanny Ogg's Cookbook (which is a delightful Discworld themed cookbook with... some recipes in it? I got it 80% for the flavor text (heh) tbh, and it was worth it for that alone. [/tangent]) Would definitely watch a video of you making some of these :)

Another cooking video! Can't wait to watch this in my spare time.

Ooooh! More cooking content?? I'm excited for this~

I have pre-ordered this and am so looking forward to seeing you cook out of it!!!!

I love these kind of cookbooks if have fallout, FF14, snoop, DND, Jiblee, Gudetama, and I think another one. Good shelf pieces even if you don’t use them much

I can't wait to see another cooking series!! The heroes feast one was so fun!

The book looks so cool, despite the small flaws I think it'll make for a cool collectible. Will pre-order!

This would be a perfect time to make a cooking video because more new experiences for the different food from your previous cooking video. I love those because of the fantastic food.

Seriously love your cooking content, my man. I can't wait to see more of this!

I'm sooo hyped for your up coming food dishes!!!

Ordered my Cookbook. I totally forgot this was coming out. Thank you!

My sister made the revenge pasta. I didn't even realize it was a meme recipe! It was pretty good!

Had Hero's Feath and I went ahead and ordered off your link and your review. Good review.

I feel like even if they kept things divided by region, they still could've had an actual theme with the food. For example, in the Avatar Cookbook they have Air (vegetarian), Water (seafood), Earth (Misc.), Jasmine Dragon (tea), and Fire (spicy). And in Heroes' Feast, there's Human (normal stuff), Elf (healthy crap), Dwarves (heartier fair), Halflings (comfort food), Uncommon (quirky appetizers and whatnot), and Potions (drinks). Maybe it still has something like that and I just can't see it, but it seems kind dumb to be 100% all over the place.

Thank you for the cookbook review!

Omg I'm gonna have to get this one even though I've never watched Critical Role. I love themed cookbooks. I have some LotR ones, Elder Scrolls, and Hero's Feast too.

just got my copy and i'm excited to try some of the recipes

Love to see some of the dishes be made!

Definitely want to see battle of the breakfasts

Think you for bringing up the alcohol thing, i have a similar preference and become disappointed and slightly panicked when something i was planning on making requires alcohol

Looking forward to seeing your cooking videos in the future! If you wanna try something really fun, "Cooking With Dice: The Acid Test" lets you random-roll aspects of the recipes. Would love to see you random-roll some stuff and then taste-test it!

the point with the alcohol and organisation seems like an excellent and useful critique, especially the alcohol part.

YES PLEASE!!!! I LOVE YOUR COOKING VIDEOS!!! ❤❤❤

that breakfast burger looks FIRE, i agree on your organization points, they made sense :)

Have you tried Lyre's non-alcoholic spirits? I was introduced to them during Dry-July and they are pretty good drink substitutes. Never tried them for cooking so not sure how that'll work out.

I love you Duke your excitement is contagious!

i loved the hero feast videos cant wait for to see what you do with this one

I only just figured out that Percy fought vampires and his revenge pasta has *that* much garlic in it

About the alcohol: It isn't a problem if you boil or fry it since any alcohol will disappear as soon as you heat it up, you want be eating any alcohol that way but a lot of old timey recipes used wine as a flavor. Yeah, you could replace it with none alcoholic wine (or beer for the once using that instead) or you could just use grape juice if you can find any with no added sugar (but I don't really recommend the last, it will taste differently). Etanol boils at a lower temperature then water so with anything over 78 C it will quickly boil away, I guess you might want to avoid inhaling the steam. It is more problematic in things like deserts and ice cream but it isn't that hard to find a none alcoholic variant at your local store. Wine do have a very special taste that goes very well with meat so just omitting it isn't good. You have to consider each dish if the alcohol will boil away or not, you basically need a minute near boiling and it is 100% gone if you want to use a cheap wine (the none alcoholic tends to be more expensive). It is still way easier then if you are vegetarian for instance, getting the right taste and texture of a meat dish without meat is far harder. I don't think they actually needs to add none alcoholic alternatives in every dish but they probably should had included a page on the topic since some people do avoid alcohol and it isn't something rare or unusual.

Just purchased this cookbook, and was so excited that Lord Eshteross's cookie recipe was included!

I agree with the excitement!!!Love the style of the apron and oven mitt. Could anyone share a link to that?

glad you're getting back into cooking😄

I've already watched a few of your videos from the Exquisite Exandria (De Rolos Revenge Pasta is one that I'm personally interested in making for myself, though perhaps with a few modifications), along with your videos about the competition determining which of the races had the best food from Heroes' Feast, and I was wondering if you'd be interested in doing another such competition that would've compared the various foods found within each region described in Exquisite Exandria, and perhaps also do the same with the various foods found within each setting described in Flavors of the Multiverse.

Where can we get the kitchen accessories though? I want a minty green apron with skulls on it!

Absolutely agree with the oranisation problem you talked about, also had similar dificulties when cooking with Heroes Feast. But I guess they put the focus more on bringing the D&D-Lore to non-D&D people through a cookbook, rather than bringing an intersting cookbook to the D&D-communitiy with added lore and stuff for the people who enjoy those things

This does look interesting. As to being an amateur cook - keep making your cooking videos, and you're going to get really good at it. It's always hard at the beginning as a cook, there's a lot of skills to learn, a lot of methods to gain an understanding of. However, once you have those down, most recipes become easy (with the exception of very complex recipes requiring multiple things on the go at once - in those cases, my suspicion is that the recipe was designed for a restaurant kitchen with multiple chefs, not for a home kitchen), and you can really start to play in the kitchen. My big bugbear is poached eggs. I've never managed to do them successfully, despite trying many tips and tricks, but I'm going to keep trying until I get it right.

The table of contents is at the end of the book

Where can i find cadeusus' kitchen oven mit and apron!!??!! I NEED tthese in my life!

Ok. I NEED to get this. I’ve wanted to get into cooking and this seems perfect.

So...anyone else want to see Duke do a collab with MisoHungrie when doing some of the recipes from this cookbook, or is that just me?

Is Percy's revenge pasta best served cold?

New cooking episode, yes please!

You should do a video where you cook something from the book, and review how it tastes.

Read the tag from the mits... My wild guess is that rubber can handle the high heats. I have a bigger one for my smoker

So I live alone and thus cook a week or so worth of lunches and dinners every Sunday so I can save on time elsewhere in the working week. If this can help me get on a variety cycle where each week I cook 6 serves of something and freeze 5 so that each week I end out with a selection of different meals to heat and go, I’m super excited. I will probably have to modify things to boost macros wherever possible but I would love to try turning this into meal preps

Love the excitement and it made me hungry talking about food

I love the idea of a comparison series with Hero's Feast

Is there a link to the cadeuces's kitchen merch? I cant find it and Ive been wanting a cadeuces apron for a WHILE

Woo hoo! New cooking vid!

Didnt even know they were coming out with one lol now I know what to ask for when Christmas comes around

I cant wait for the cooking series, the last one was amazing.

For personal note, just strap name notes on each recipe beginning page.

Looks like we need more d&d cooking videos

I also don't cook with alcohol. A couple of suggestions for alternatives (at least for wine don't it shows up the most). If it is a savory dish calling for red wine use beef stock. If it is a sweet dish calling for red wine use grape juice. If it is a savory dish calling for white wine use chicken or vegetable stock. If it is a sweet dish calling for white wine use white grape juice. Other types of alcohol I typically look up substitues online (or leave it out and roll the dice on the dish not working). If the type of alcohol is the main flavor (eg. rum cake) I just don't make it.

20 garlic cloves…clearly not enough

- 1st things 1st - I know this is CR, but as a D20 junkie, I love the BLeeM shoutout, & it's hilarious to me that A) YES HOLY CRAP that character looks like him, hair flip & all, and B) said character is eating/about to eat. 😂😂😂 - Having said that... honestly excellent first review Duke! I fully agree with your notes for the book, particularly about the table of contents and alcohol options/alternatives. It would also be great to have a glossary that listed all recipes that contain no alcohol (and/or ones where it's optional). - One minor suggestion I have for your future reviews (if you're interested, it's really minor) is that I'd love to hear more in your conclusion; the rating is good, but I'd be interested in more of your thoughts. I won't go into more detail 'cause I don't want a page-long comment 😅, but I can be more specific if asked.

When he was talking about the meme dishes I was really hoping the Eldermancy would be in it.

You can do an internet search and find suitable cooking alcohol substitutes. The main question is what is the alcohol being used for. If it is used as a meat tenderizer or marinade try soda, sparkling juice, an acidic fruit juice or vinegar. If it is used to flavor the food there's a whole list of possibilities depending on the kind of alcohol. If it is used as yeast content, in an alcoholic beverage, or to make flambé your best bet is to find another recipe.

“Meme dishes with 20 cloves of garlic” What, like that’s a lot? 🤔

YEAAAAH new Cooking Videos

Right off the bat I’m thinking a contest between the realms, like you had between the races last time

The flimsy frisby is for putting on the table before you put a hot thing on it so you don’t burn the stove. I always just use them as a dangerous oven mitt.

Percy's Revenge Pasta: A dish best served cold.

KZfaq is so broken. I was commenting on a YT short with this video on the background of my app and it keeps posting the YT short comment here. Had to switch to desktop.

I'll say its not nit-picky with the table of contents. Its incredibly helpful in any book, ESPECIALY a cookbook. I also agree about non-alcoholic recipes. I don't usually cook with alcohol either, nor do my hubby any I drink alot... and above all, I usually make these dishes for my whole family. I know that alcohol burns off and leaves the flavor, but I'd rather not cook with alcohol in the first place, especially to feed to my kids.

I too try to avoid alcohol, So I agree when you were talking about possible substitutes. Oh well. We feel the pain.

Most of the dishes have alcohol in the due to it being dnd, alcohol is life for the common person in both exadria and the forgotten realms

I think your concerns are valid and not overly "nitpicky" and I hope you have fun cooking them.

Is the Eldermancy Cocktail in there?

For breakfeast in hero’s feast i think it was just the orc’s orange bacon?

Are you going to review Quincy's cookbook too?

is there a recipe for "Flat" Bread pizza?

Duke missed the opportunity to bring out your chef puppet

1:43: I would love to see the Critical Role cast's reaction to this. Especially Sam Riegel.