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A brand new book by Chelsea Monroe-Cassel published by Bombshell Publishing has arrived, focusing on the culinary aspects of the newest Blizzard universes. Let’s cook and share our thoughts about Overwatch’s Official Overwatch cookbook.

Monroe-Cassel is among the most popular food columnists, or, as they’re referred to nowadays, “food bloggers.” Chelsea is promising, young, and well-known for her genuine love of writing, painting, historical fiction photography, and obviously, food.

In the literary, as well as gamers and geek groups, Chelsea rose to fame initially in the role of co-author of Game of Thrones’ official cookbook, Feast of Ice and Flame, followed by her role as the author of two licensed World of Warcraft universe recipe books, as well as an excellent guide to The Elder Scrolls universe, and the pocket Hearthstone Innkeeper’s book.

Publisher and localizer of Chelsea’s work on games franchises in Russia anticipatedly, the title was changed to Bombora and, at a minimum, immediately eliminates any doubts regarding the accuracy of the Overwatch recipes book’s translation. The text has been amazingly modified to reflect all the specifics of the official localization of the Blizzard heroic shooter. It appears that this is a final canonical piece, and with all the recipes included in its recipes, every recipe described must be buried in the game’s logs.

Like the previous Bombshell cookbooks, this official Overwatch recipe book treats the eyes with a bright, attractive cover featuring familiar fonts, a distinct color scheme, and a peacekeeper symbol. It is best placed in a gift box.

The book folds up easily wherever you want it to. It features official Overwatch artwork on both fronts. It is a hardcover featuring an extremely well-glued block of thick transparent and solidly colored pages that will not be wet even with the drop of water.

After a brief introduction of one page, the readers are then guided on a culinary tour of the regions of the globe depicted by the maps from the game initially. Conventional cookbooks typically consist of sections that include different kinds of dishes. However, the work of Chelsea Monroe-Cassel is divided into different cuisines from America, Africa, Europe, Australia, Asia, and even the moon.

The colonies and countries on the satellite of the Sun are represented through the people or their residents and the representatives from Overwatch or Blackwatch. Each one has three to four different recipes, including desserts and hot drinks, to the national food items from various cuisines worldwide.

To help the readers to pick ingredients, The author has simplified some of the most exotic recipes. Most recipes are composed of common items, while the rest is a substitute for the same or bought on the internet.

For instance, cocktails that are alcoholic often contain specific drinks such as Tripple-Sec alcohol or Angostura bitters. Additionally, some recipes will require ingredients that aren’t available in all supermarkets, like enoki mushroom, California Monterey Jack cheese, or even sakura leaves that have been picked.

Every recipe in the book comes with a mouthwatering full-page image of the author and an encapsulated description, with an evocative tidbit of history connecting the dish with the persona it is portrayed by. In addition, the recipes are classified by type (hearty appetizer, drink holiday) and are accompanied by cooking times that are indicated and serving sizes and diet guidelines (gluten-free vegetarian, gluten-free).

The left-hand side of the page contains a comprehensive list of the components necessary, including no omissions such as “pinch of salt” or “sugar by eye,” as well as a step-by-step instruction included comprising a variety of items (from one of the items to seven to eight according to the level of complexity of this recipe).

It’s interesting to note that the majority of the meals are natural to the style of the characters: McCree and Ash represent the dishes from The American Southwest, Lucio presents words with the Brazilian flavour, Torbjorn and Brigitte introduce readers to Swedish recipes, Dawn sculpts dumplings, and sweet Bastion shows how to create an exquisite and nutritious bird food.

I decided to cook something of my own, and my first venture was to make jolof with Death Fist’s recipe from his family. It’s a simple rice dish popular with people from many West African nations. Many varieties of jolof are typically prepared on holidays and normal days.

I heated one tablespoon of butter into a pan of vegetable oil and then fried an uncooked chicken breast while seasoning the chicken with ground ginger and paprika, ground ginger: curry powder, and Thyme. Then, I moved the chicken into the saucepan, adding the garlic, tomatoes, and other ingredients in blender onions, bell peppers, onion, and a bowl of rice along with tomato paste and a couple of cups of broth from the chicken.

Jolof took around 30 minutes and filled the kitchen with aromas from stewed veggies and spice. It was rich and spicy and took just under an hour to cook in total. I’m not sure how much the big man Akande will eat at once. However, I ended up with five or six large portions.

Then I made D.Va’s recipe for sweet, pecan-filled muffins. Hottok, like those pancakes that we have, is a trendy street food typically available in Korea in the winter months. Instead of the traditional rice flour, Hannah Sohn suggested using yeast dough, peanuts and honey as toppings.

I made a sticky dough made from flour, milk and yeast, sugar, and sugar. I let it sit for around an hour. Then, I cut the dough into six pieces. Next, I placed sugar and honey, cinnamon ground, and freshly roasted, crushed peanuts into the middle of each tortilla, pounded the edges, and flattened the tortillas once more in a hot frying pan using plenty of vegetable oil.

After being fried on both sides for 5 minutes, the patties were ready to be eaten. The puffy patties filled with hot sweet filling were a delicious breakfast snack. It’s a wonder how D.Va keeps her perfect body weight on such a strict diet.

And they’re Shuku-Shuku balls which are also prepared by the Fist of Death recipe. It’s a simple recipe; generally speaking, the coconut flake is mixed with baking powder, sugar, and egg yolks. They are made into balls before baking in the oven for around 20 minutes. This tasty, easy to make treat is great when you’re craving sweets.

This official Overwatch recipe book includes more than eighty recipes from many different dishes. The majority are easy to cook. However, they are quite different in their execution. Even the cooking method Borscht originated from Zari here isn’t quite as common to us.

The latest work of Chelsea Monroe-Cassel is an ideal present to those who love being in the kitchen. And due to the clear steps-by-step instructions and the readily accessible ingredients, this book can be recommended to players who haven’t yet achieved success in their culinary art but would like to master it.