\nBungie\u2019s attempt at answering these kinds of pressing questions. Whether you\u2019re
\na budding gourmet or someone whose idea of a meal is putting in an order with
\nyour delivery service of choice, there\u2019s something here for every level of culinary
\nskill. The book, which was released this week and is available on the Bungie
\nStore now, features dozens of recipes inspired by the worlds, characters and,
\nyes, sometimes, even the weapons of Destiny 2. From Radiolarian Pudding to
\nInfinite Forest Cake; Traveler Donut Holes to spicy ramen (naturally!), there\u2019s
\nlots of culinary treats to prepare and enjoy, and no shortage of goodies for
\nDestiny lore connoisseurs along the way. <\/p>\n
![](\"https:\/\/www.bungie.net\/pubassets\/pkgs\/138\/138720\/Cookbook_01_story_1.jpg?cv=3983621215&av=2773019493\")
<\/div>\n\ninstrumental in bringing the Official Cookbook to life, discussing what it\u2019s been
\nlike combining the worlds of epic sci-fi action and epicurean delight. <\/div>\n
\nBungie\u2019s Lorraine McLees, art lead in Consumer Products. \u201cIt\u2019s something we can
\nall relate to.\u201d <\/div>\n
\nlist of artistic contributions to the worlds of Bungie is formidable. (The Halo
\nlogo? Yeah, that\u2019s her work). Considering her long history with the company,
\nLorraine remembers the days when members of the Bungie team would spend
\nholidays together instead of traveling to visit family. \u201cWe used to host
\nThanksgiving. We had big gatherings; there were probably like 60 of us.\u201d<\/div>\n
\nthe Destiny cookbook concept, she said. \u201cWe collected a whole bunch of recipes
\nfrom everybody. I gave them [recipes] that I cooked for folks, even bringing it
\nto the office and cooking.\u201d<\/div>\n
\nDestiny cookbook never really took off, the inspiration stuck around. At one
\npoint the team considered sharing a small collection of Festival of the
\nLost-related recipes but that project eventually fizzled too. It was only
\nrelatively recently that the idea of a traditional Destiny cookbook took its first
\nsteps towards publication, thanks in no small part to the plethora of
\nappearances that food and drink make in Destiny 2 lore. <\/div>\n
\n(the World of Warcraft cookbook) and immediately seeing the possibilities in
\nthe Destiny universe. After all, you don\u2019t need to dive too deep into the lore
\nto see references to food and drink. \u201cWe have spicy ramen; we talk about a
\nbunch of different foods,\u201d Lorraine said. \u201cDevrim Kay talks about making tea.
\nThere\u2019s something about making food and how it makes [the world of Destiny]
\ninto something you can relate to.\u201d<\/div>\n
\nplenty of possibilities for fueling a full-fledged collection of recipes, it
\nwas perfect timing when one of Bungie\u2019s longtime officially licensed partners,
\nInsight Editions, came up with a pitch for an actual cookbook. Even better,
\nthey already had the right person on board to make the dream of a Destiny cookbook
\na reality. <\/p>\n
CULINARY CREATOR<\/h2>\n
Victoria Rosenthal isn\u2019t just a fan of videogames, she\u2019s an \nIt shouldn\u2019t come as a surprise to hear Destiny: The Official Cookbook<\/i> is Have you ever wondered what Dark Motes taste like? How about Vanilla Blades? What might a meal inspired by Izanagi\u2019s Burden be like? Or cookies based on Gjallarhorn? Would they be sweet? Bitter? Perhaps even\u2026 exotic? The recent release of the Destiny: The Official Cookbook is Bungie\u2019s attempt at answering these kinds of pressing questions. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bungie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nauthor and amateur chef who loves to showcase her various cooking skills and
\ngaming-inspired recipes on her website<\/a> and Twitch
\nchannel<\/a>. As the author of the Fallout:
\nThe Vault Dweller\u2019s Official Cookbook<\/i>, Victoria has mastered the art of
\nmarrying delicious-yet-approachable recipes with content that is built from the
\nrich narratives of games, making her an obvious choice to take up the mantle
\nfor hungry Guardians everywhere. <\/div>\n
\nchallenge for Victoria was in finding the right menu of recipes. Thankfully
\nboth she and her husband are Destiny fans, and they immediately tackled the problem
\nby diving deep into the narrative, poring through game entries, Web lore, the
\nDestiny Grimoire books, and more to find succulent clues. <\/div>\n
\n\u201cThere\u2019s lots of little mentions of food. Obviously spicy ramen is a very
\nobvious one but if [Cayde-6\u2019s aviary chum] Colonel [is] sticking around, she
\nhas to be providing eggs. There has to be more recipes there! And then [Bungie]
\ncame out with The Dawning and I was like, \u2018Oh perfect! Thank goodness, the
\ndessert section is covered!\u2019\u201d<\/div>\n
\ncenters around Eva Levante, who acts as host, guide, and curator for the reader
\nthrough the various locations and recipes that the book introduces. Along the
\nway, readers will enjoy entries from important Destiny 2 characters like Ana
\nBray, Amanda Holliday, Zavala, and more. <\/div>\n
\nthematically or by location; for example, treats like Chocolate Ship Cookies
\nand Burnt-Edge Transit are found in the \u201cThe Dawning\u201d section, while hearty dishes
\nsuch as schnitzel, German potato salad, and French Onion soup are tucked in the
\n\u201cEDZ: Trostland\u201d chapter. There\u2019s an assortment of urban fare in the \u201cCity
\nLife\u201d section, such as Gyoza, Bulgogi Burritos, as well as \u201cExotic\u201d foods such
\nas the aforementioned Izanagi\u2019s Burden, and even an Ace of Spades recipe (only this
\ntime, the results don’t become a Banshee-44-approved hand cannon).<\/div>\n
\nof the recipe lineup, and it\u2019s a notion that is supported by a deep cut lore entry
\nfrom the first Destiny Collector\u2019s Edition: The City Library. As Lorraine
\nexplains, \u201cIt’s kind of like the Library of Alexandria, where all the books
\nthat ever existed would be copied and brought to the city. All of the
\nliterature that exists in our solar system.\u201d <\/div>\n
\nfoods from the 1,000 nations that flocked to or sheltered under Traveler.
\n[Those people] would have brought their recipes as well. There’s thousands of
\nthem and Eva would have had selected a few that were easy to make, with
\ningredients that were easy to find.\u201d <\/div>\n
\nthe manuscript with some of the things she suggested putting in there,\u201d said
\nLorraine. \u201cWe asked her to cite a lot of sources and she did. She’s already
\ndone her homework and had found these angles for how to approach the fiction.\u201d<\/div>\n
\nthat Victoria is a Destiny 2 player herself (a Warlock main, for the record).
\nAnd, in addition to collecting and providing the recipes, and writing all the
\ncharacter entries, Victoria also took all of the photographs that
\ngrace the cookbook\u2019s pages. An avid photographer, she said this project pushed
\nher skills in new directions, whether it was setting up attractive shots
\nof large meals (a tricky proposition when compared to more traditional
\nInstagram-like shots of single servings), to making sure the photos themselves
\nfelt like they were pulled from the world of Destiny 2. <\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.bungie.net\/pubassets\/pkgs\/138\/138720\/Cookbook_02_story.jpg?cv=3983621215&av=2773019493\")
<\/div>\n
\nfantastic props. \u201cWe got a Sunshot [replica] to visit us at home. The moment I
\nopened the box I was like, \u2018Oh my gosh, this gun is huge.\u2019 We took it out and
\ntried to take pictures with my corgi Kanji but he was spooked by that thing.
\nThat was one of those moments where you’re like, \u2018This is really cool.\u2019\u201d<\/div>\n
\nkitchen or you don\u2019t know your balloon whisk from a basting spoon, there\u2019s
\nsomething for you to try in the book. Victoria suggests starting with something
\nlike buttermilk biscuits, or the banh mi burger; the former is one of her
\nguilty pleasures, the latter, a friendly introduction to Vietnamese cuisine.
\n\u201cIt’s in burger form so instead of beef patty, it’s a pork patty, there’s p\u00e2t\u00e9
\nin there; there’s pickled vegetables and cilantro. You get the taste of bahn mi
\nbut it’s a burger, something that’s a little more approachable.\u201d<\/div>\n
\ncheck-ins, more research, more writing. There\u2019s a lot that goes into the making
\nof something like Destiny: The Official Cookbook<\/i>. Alongside all that hard work,
\nhowever, there\u2019s some fun, too: namely trying out the recipes. \u201cEverything gets
\neaten (beforehand),\u201d Victoria said. \u201cI typically [have] a crew of people I’ll
\nhave come in for the weekend. [I\u2019ll say] \u2018Hey I’m making this set of meals,
\nplease come eat some food because I have a lot.\u201d<\/div>\n
\navailable for purchase now on the Bungie Store (U.S.<\/a>, E.U.<\/a>) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"