The Nightmare Before Dinner: Over 50 Hauntingly Good Dishes and Drinks to Die For [Hardcover]

Craft a spooktacular spread inspired by iconic creepy films and characters, with over 50 deadly delicious food, dessert, and drink recipes.

Gather ’round the haunted table, where every day is Halloween! If you delight in ghoulish frights and movies likeThe Nightmare Before Christmas,Beetlejuice, andThe Evil Dead; then get your goth on with over 50 recipes from Beetle House, theHalloween-inspired restaurantwith locations in New York and Los Angeles that honors the legendary director Tim Burton and all his amazing films and creative characters.

The Nightmare Before Dinnerincludessaucesanddipsfor the recently deceased, eerieappetizers, sinistersides, cauldron companions likesoupsandsalads,  macabremains, devilishdesserts, and dark drinks and creepycocktails. Indulge in a monstrous menu featuring:

• Beetle Pie, inspired byBeetlejuice– a brilliant-green homemade pistachio pudding with a crunchy chocolate crust that evokes the corpse-fed grass and rich soil of a graveyard, and seedy and sweet blackberry jam that mimics the texture of blood and bugs
• Edward Burger Hands, inspired byEdward Scissorhands– a juicy burger with a Sriracha cream sauce, stuffed with smoked bacon, fried egg, pepper jack cheese, and avocado; with a pair of scissors shoved through it to keep it closed
• Silence of the Lamb Chops, inspired bySilence of the Lambs– a tasty lamb dish with a buttery mushroom and apple sauce, made gory with splashes of raspberry glaze
• Cheshire Mac and Cheese, inspired byAlice in Wonderland– a sweet-and-spicy take on one of America’s beloved comfort foods, served in a teacup
• The Fleet Street Martini, inspired bySweeney Todd– a bright-red martini featuring Fireball Cinnamon Whiskelã6