The Shire Cookbook

"What about elevenses? Luncheon? Afternoon tea? Dinner? Supper? He knows about them, doesn't he?"

Embark on a culinary journey to the Shire, where hafting cuisine calls for seven meals a day! Scorn and sweet dishes for first and second breakfast, a light elevensies mack, and then a hearty lunch of pork pie and other favorites get them through the first part of the day.

For afternoon tea, halflings refresh themselves with tasty sandwiches or summer cakes. The evening meal is rather modest in comparison, but at night they really dig in. Westfarthing rabbit, front with herb butter, braised lamb shanks, and many more delicacies are on the menu.

Oh, to be a halfling!

For this book, Chelsea Monroe-Cassel bas gathered over 4o recipes from the Shire that evoke all the wonderful aromas, flavors, and culinary hospitality of a halfling cottage.