Fallout: The Vault Dweller's Official Cookbook

by Victoria Rosenthal

Craft your own glass of Nuka-Cola, a bowl of BlamCo Mac & Cheese, and more with the recipes in Fallout: The Official Cookbook.

Based on the irradiated delicacies of the world of Bethesda Entertainment’s Fallout , this Vault-Tec–approved cookbook provides fans of the award-winning series with recipes inspired by their favorite Fallout foods . Whip up tasty versions of the Mirelurk egg omelette, throw some deathclaw meat on the grill, and re-create BlamCo Mac & Cheese with Fallout: The Official Cookbook.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food, Nonfiction, Video Games, Gaming

192 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2018

Reviews

[Kristin · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a cute idea and I appreciate the Fallout humor and scribbled notes scattered throughout the book. However, I'm having a hard time finding anything I actually want to make. A lot of the recipes seem oddly...fancy(?) for being from a nuclear wasteland, I expected more rustic and simplistic recipes.

[Red Colorada · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bought this book as a christmas gift for my son who wanted to learn to cook. Every recipe that we have made from this book has turned out just as pictured and tasted fantastic. He loves the way everything is geared towards one of his favorite games. Visually fun and easy to follow. Even when the recipe is more complex.

[Hannah Lewis · Rating 5 out of 5]

10/10 must have for any of your fallout kitchen needs.

[Rowan Lister · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some good recipes which were a lot of fun but has an overemphasis on sea food and a lot of rare and hard to procure ingredients.

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

Full disclosure: I didn’t actually make any of the recipes in the book, but it was fun to read.

[Popzara Press · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Fans of the game series can finally make Vault-Tec approved post-apocalyptic food found in this fun cookbook."

Read full review at Popzara Press.

[Lynnette · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another really great nerdy cookbook. All the recipes were well written and the ones we tried were easy to follow, delicious, and actually worked. I do not play Fallout, but my husband does and he was delighted by all the anecdotes and felt the cookbook really captured the food in this post-apocalyptic game. Some recipes do have more exotic ingredients so this adventure might not be for everyone. We are excited to try more recipes!

Disclaimer: Sometimes I will review cookbooks we haven't finished or even tried, but it's because we have a system for checking if a cookbook is worth owning or even trying and I want to keep track of the books we've checked out. It started with a Star Wars cookbook my brother-in-law gave us the first Christmas after my husband and I got married. When May 4th rolled around, my husband and I decided to do a whole day of recipes from the Star Wars book and we were hooked. We started cooking our way through the cookbooks we owned and analyzing and rating recipes as we go. We especially love nerdy cookbooks. This is what we look for in a good nerd cookbook:

-Should Taste good
-Hopefully looks appealing
-Not too many exotic foods or unique equipment
-Must fit the theme by delving deeper into the world than just cookies in the shape or characters. It has to make us believe it’s food that characters from that world would actually eat. Typically this looks like taking a known recipe and makes it special to the theme.
-Bonus if it has notes and stories that connect it with the world.
-We have found that official books are typically better than unofficial books.

[Frank · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fallout – The Vault Dweller’s Official Cookbook exceeded my expectations. The book contained more than 70 recipes, many of which have ties to the game itself. The full-page high-quality pictures included with each recipe were absolutely great, better than those I’ve seen in most cookbooks over the years. Some of the ones I’d be most excited to try include, from the mains, the chicken en croute, the sausage manicotti, and the chicken marsala, and, from the desserts, the berry crumble and the matcha cookies.

A plus of the cookbook is the designation of each recipe as easy, medium or hard, along with well-placed estimated prep and cook times, and suggestions about what might pair well with the item. I’d say that the number of recipes were fairly evenly split for each of the three levels of difficulty, ensuring that there should be something for everyone. There are general instructions in the front of the book about how/what to adapt for people with dietary restrictions. The one thing missing that would have made this cookbook even better would have been serving size nutritional information.

The ties to the game make this cookbook fun. Each page has commentary from the Vault Boy, along with a stated number of S.P.E.C.I.A.L. points. I believe people who play the game will love the extra commentary and artwork included.

I won this book in a Goodreads giveaway. Thanks to Goodreads and Insight Editions for the copy. The above opinions are my own.

[Timothy Grubbs · Rating 5 out of 5]

The world may have ended, but it doesn’t mean you can’t have a good meal…

Fallout: The Vault Dweller's Official Cookbook by Laurie Ulster and Victoria Rosenthal is the cookbook every wasteland survivor needs, collecting recipes from vaults and wasteland communities alike.

Sure, you can get by with surviving bottles of Nuka cola, long expired snacks, or even the flesh of a rad rat after you’ve killed it…but the art of cooking is still a thing of beauty!!

Whether is making something from Mirelurk or mole rat meat, or trying to capture the look of an old world pie or cake…or even reproducing a classic Blamco Mac and cheese recipe…all the options are covered.

From appetizers, to sides, to full meals, and deserts, you can have a proper wasteland banquet whether to celebrate or get to know your neighbors.

There’s even plenty of drinks to try if you need a little liquid courage to break bread with a friendly ghoul or super mutant.

Meanwhile, every single one of these recipes is SPECIAL!!! Or should I say S.P.E.C.I.A.L., since each grant a temporary bonus after consuming….

A wonderful book that is definitely not sanctioned by Vault-tec, but helps you get into the mind set of a fallout protagonist or one of their many followers…

[Jess Big Cat · Rating 2 out of 5]

The Fallout cookbook is a great concept but besides the clever renaming of foods, and just a few recipes, It's an average cookbook with the Fallout name slapped on the cover.

The whole idea is that this is a pre-war cookbook that was found by a wasteland scavenger who adds their own 'modern' annotations; ingredients like salmon get crossed out and replaced with mirelurk belly, or the vegetarian meatloaf recipe is relabeled as baked bloatfly.
Unfortunately, these annotations are just tacked on with an arrow or the old name is neatly crossed out, which is extremely boring, they could have done so much more with the writing aesthetics but this is a cookbook so it should be legible (I guess).

Other than the Nuka Cola recipes and maybe one or two others nothing stood out to me as a must-try because beneath the creative name is just an average recipe I could have found on the back of a McCormick seasoning packet.

[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Okay I never have high hopes for fandom based cook books, but this one highly amused me.

And surprisingly there are a few recipes I do actually want to try.

And seeing the Mississippi Quantum Pie actually made me realize I've not had a Mississippi Mud Pie in so so so many years. Honestly cannot remember the last time. I think my kids would love it though. Kind of tempted to make it.

And I've been craving cinnamon rolls, so seeing Old Lady Palmer's Sweetroll definitely has not helped curb that craving. Might have to plan that for next weekend.

And reading this was perfect timing since the show is about to come out. So absolutely has gotten me in the mood for some Fallout viewing.

[S. Wilson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Received as a Christmas present, this is a great gift for the video-game-loving chef in your household. Taking inspiration from the increased importance in the Fallout franchise of obtaining nourishment through creative cooking of the nuclear wasteland's mutated vegetation and wildlife, this cookbook attempts to recreate (to a reasonable extent - No Rad-X required) many of the dishes to be found in the popular video and computer game series. From Yum Yum Deviled Eggs to Nuka Cola, you'll find plenty of Fallout favorites to craft for yourself as well as your fellow vault dwellers.

[Haley · Rating 3 out of 5]

I made almost every recipe in this book that I could find the ingredients for. A lot of them called for weird items that are hard to find in America, and there were a lot of errors in the recipes. They would say you needed an ingredient in the list of things you need, but then wouldn’t say to actually use it anywhere in the recipe. The food also called for WAY too much seasoning or not enough. Cute for the novelty not the practicality. I did have fun though!

[Rachelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

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Very interesting recipes. I mostly picked this one up because my partner really likes Fallout. I had him look through the recipes with me and he pointed out a lot of interesting tidbits from the lore of the game also. I read through the book and decided that this one is one I may just have to purchase.

[Lacey]

When you have a teenage boy who became obsessed with the Fallout Universe, it is only fitting that you get him the Fallout Cookbook so he can make his own Captain's Feast with Blamco Mac and Cheese on the side with a cold bottle of Nuka Cola to wash it all down.

The Captain's Feast is a staple in our house for birthdays and Christmas dinner.

[Jason V. Snowten · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has lots of great recipes, however, some of the recipes are far more convoluted than necessary. This works for mystique but is rather redundant on some recipes. Overall, it's awesome but it seems like some could have been better thought out.

[Timothy Alexander · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good cook book, with lots of interesting recipies. My one complaint is while they had several Nuka Cola recipies, there was not one for sunset sarsaparilla, which is a drink I would love to try. Still good recipies though.

[Kaitlin Jundt · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've played the games, watched the Amazon series, and tried some recipes from this book. So I guess you could say I'm a Fallout fan! Nuka Cola Barbecue Sauce and Molerat Meat Dip were hits! The cookbook had some great game references. The art was probably the best part!

[Amparito Kolontai · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me parece un libro súper divertido si conoces el universo fallout. Cocina del yermo con ingredientes de andar por casa. Su lectura además es amable y cuenta una historia, con anotaciones y tachones, una edición muy cuidada. Guapísimo.

[Kayla · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Fallout, I enjoy baking/cooking. My rating might be slightly biased.

[Aketzia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Who knew? Deathclaw can be delicious!

[David Colenutt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great recipes, I have only tried a few so far

[M. · Rating 5 out of 5]

so cool!

[Brita · Rating 2 out of 5]

The recipes are very plain, nothing particularly interesting or outstanding from regular meals. However, I liked the Fallout-themed humor in this cookbook and therefore my rating of 2 stars.

[Justin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love how they have to substitute ingredients because mirelurks, brahamin and deathclaws don't exist.

[Corey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun cookbook with delightful bits of lore built in

[سومى · Rating 5 out of 5]

the recipes are so good ohmy gof i love the chocolate chip cookies !!

[Coastal Reader]

I have the version with the blue and yellow cover.

[Brenno Araujo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice recipes but hard to do

[Conkerous conkerous · Rating 5 out of 5]

i added bottle caps to my cereal, keeping you updated!

update: I have a disease