No Joke: The Latest Halo Game Franchise Release Is a Cookbook
What does Halo, Microsoft’s hit video game series, have to do with the culinary arts? Really, nothing at all. But that isn’t stopping the franchise from publishing a Halo-themed cookbook.
On Tuesday, the video game franchise launched Halo: The Official Cookbook, which is currently available on Amazon(Opens in a new window) for $35.49. “Contained within is everything you need to go from Master Chief to Master Chef,” the official Halo account tweeted(Opens in a new window).
The book is written from a new fictitious character in the Halo world named Arturo Bustamante, who created a cookbook of his favorite recipes during his interstellar travels.
Hence, the cookbook contains the subtitle: “Recipes from across the galaxy.” But unfortunately, you won’t find any alien dishes here. Instead, the book focuses on human-friendly cuisine taken from across the Halo universe, including the planet Reach, a UNSC military ship, and the food service company Havadi Goodwan.
The recipes include “Space Pad Thai,” “GAUSS Orange Soda,” and the “Full-Stack Ground Pounder,” or what’s a fried chicken, beef and lamb burger. Other dishes include more traditional Earth-bound cuisine from across the world including Sushi, French Toast, and Pineapple Fried Rice.
Each recipe also contains some commentary from Bustamante on why it was included in the book, along with step-by-step instructions on how to create the dish. In total, there are over 70 recipes in the 192-page book, which is designed for chefs at various skill levels.
The Halo cookbook may seem out of left field. But the product’s actual author, Victoria Rosenthal,specializes(Opens in a new window) in creating video game-themed cookbooks around franchises including Pokemon, Street
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