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  • About the FACOTMK project
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    • Arlen
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Some universes...
 
Steldene Wild Boar in Rowan-Berry Jelly
...are worth visiting...
 
Darthene-Style Oat Platebreads
...just for the food.
 
Herbed Leek and "Green Cheese" Roll In Butter Pastry
Welcome to the Middle Kingdoms.
 
Twice-Cooked Duck in Sourthorn
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Click here for the list of projected recipes for the project and dishes that have already been made

General information about unique foods of the Middle Kingdoms and the food cultures of the Four Realms

Links to the providers of  our cooking and food-photography infrastructure and the specialty foods we use in this project

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Creamy parsnip puree with spiced butter

Parsnip Mash with Cream and Spiced Butter

September 10, 2025

A flavorsome approach to one of the favorite staple vegetables of the Four Realms

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Simple green cheese tart

Simple Green Cheese Tart

November 10, 2024

An ancestor of modern cheesecakes in both the Four Realms’ universe and ours

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Quince and Golden Plum Tart (individual serving)

Quince and Golden Plum Tart

October 21, 2024

A choice autumnal sweet based on two favorite North Arlene fruits

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Roasted cabbage

Roasted Cabbage

September 30, 2024

High heat, flavored oils and lively spicery elevate the apparently lowly cabbage into something special

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Wine-pickled Venison Roast

Northern Darthene Wine-Cured Venison

September 26, 2024

A classic Brightwood recipe for the Autumn-feast period: roast venison marinated in vinegar, red wine and seasonal vegetables and spices

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Steak pie in the Steldene manner

Steak Pie in the Steldene Manner

May 21, 2024

A hearty and substantial beef and vegetable pie starring traditional Steldene spicery

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Oatcakes "griddle-baked and "risen", in a bowl, with a plate containing both kinds and featuring crumbled country hard cheese and buttered cakes with hot smoked salmon.

Common Oatcakes

February 27, 2024

Possibly the Kingdoms’ favorite bread: a simple pan-regional accompaniment to all kinds of meals and snacks

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Sweet and hot pickled oranges

Sweet and Hot Pickled Orange Slices

February 12, 2024

A favorite addition to cold-meat and snack platters all over the Four Realms

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Roasted parsnip chips

Arlene Roasted Parsnip Chips

February 12, 2024

A favorite regional approach to an everyday staple

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Silver and Gold

Silver and Gold (Brayed Sallet of Pewter Prawn and Pike Caviar)

April 22, 2023

From country to city: a rural fisherman’s dish reworked as a high-table delicacy

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Aggressively Garlicked Lamb

Aggressively Garlicked Lamb

April 20, 2023

Tavern-style “fast food” from southeastern Darthen

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Eggs Devilled with Pepper and Marigold

Eggs Devilled with Pepper and Marigold

March 6, 2023

A seasonal starter popular all over the Kingdoms. Simple seasonings, elegantly used…

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Coney (rabbit) baked in white wine and cream

Pot-Baked Coney in Wine and Cream

February 18, 2023

Also known as “Gardener’s Revenge:” a tasty aftermath to rural pest control

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Wilted Bitterleaf with Beef Bacon and Black Barley Pudding

Wilted Bitterleaf with Beef Bacon and Black Barley Sausage

January 22, 2023

An early-season salad with dark savory reminders of the autumn just past

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Winter Apples in Cream

Winter Apples in Cream

December 10, 2022

A dessert option in the Darthene style for out-of-season or slightly tired apples

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Baby turnips in berry-pepper butter: the finished dish

Baby Turnips in Berry-Pepper Butter

November 6, 2022

A much-loved late-spring and early-summer side dish

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Brightwood Vintners' Chicken

Brightwood Vintners’ Chicken

October 24, 2022

“Fast food” the way they do it in the Wood during the vintaging season: spit-roasted chicken in a rich wine-based gravy

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Pumpkin Saffron Noodles

Saffron Pumpkin Noodles

October 16, 2022

A favorite way with country-style homemade noodles, devised centuries ago in the Steldene saffron-crocus regions.

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Honey-fried Apples

Steldene Honey-Fried Apples

September 25, 2022

Sweet, tart, and a little salty: a fried side dish with a difference

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Steak pie in the Steldene manner

Wholemeal Rough-Puff Pastry

September 15, 2022

A basic approach to rough puff pastry as it’s made in the Four Realms

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Honey-candied apples

Honey-Candied Apples

September 1, 2022

A popular preservation strategy with a sweet and tasty outcome

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