Star Trek Cookbook

This book is both an awesome novelty for the hardcore Star Trek fan, as well as a perfectly functional cookbook. Ethan Phillips (as Chef Neelix) provides entertaining descriptions of the various dishes and the characters you have seen enjoying them. There are even personal recipies from the actors themselves, and other cool tidbits from on-set anecdotes to info about the prop dishes used for TV. Not all of the alien dishes are intended to turn out looking exactly like the food props used on the television series, since some of the dishes included inedible (and unpalatable) items. Rather, many are traditional Earth dishes with Star Trek names, while others have been "invented" to simulate the look and live up to the dishes' names given on the different shows. The Star Trek Cookbook even goes the extra mile and includes a recipe for cat food used by Commander Data for his cat Spot! Clearly, much familiarity with the episodes and research was done. However, the recipes for simulating the otherworldly beverages found at Quark's bar are mostly just for looks, rather than taste- they don't even contain alcohol! But there are several real drinks in the book as well. The aesthetic is this cookbook is also well-done. The outer cover is very eye-catching, and the inside nicely combines pinkish-brown monochrome accents with actual b&w photos from the various shows in the Star Trek series, from Captain Kirk to Captain Janeway. The table of contents lists recipes by character and series, starting with Voyager, but otherwise in order. While I have seen some nasty bad reviews of this book on Amazon, those commenters are clearly mean-spirited or mistaken regarding subject matter to which they're referring. As a lifelong Trekkie and avid foodie, I can honestly say that I got a real kick out of this product, and would highly recommend it to, well, just what this review's title says!

I absolutely love my copy of The Star Trek Cookbook by Ethan Phillips. Although I have watched all of the Star Trek tv shows and movies, my favorite is Deep Space 9 so I'm really excited about making Tojal in Yamok Sauce and Delavian Chocolates. I can now make and enjoy foods from the Star Trek universe while watching the shows or hosting Star Trek parties for my friends. The recipes are divided by each of the Star Trek series; The Crew of the U.S.S. Voyager, The Crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise, The Crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise-D, Life on Deep Space 9, Life on Voyager, and The Lost Recipes of Talax. The cookbook also has photos and facts about some of the characters and shows. To me, this is an entertaining book. I didn't pay attention to the negative reviews some people left...to each their own. I absolutely love the Star Trek universe and this book is a great addition to my sci-fi / fantasy collection. A place has already been set aside for it next to my Dining with Doctor (Whovian) and the Unofficial Harry Potter cookbooks.

I bought this Star Trek Cookbook for my husband. He is a huge Trek fan AND he loves to cook! This is a very unique gift for the Trek fan. It is broken into sections based on the ships (USS Voyager, Enterprise, etc), then it has the favorite recipes of the crew members. There are a lot of actual recipes interspersed with short biographies and stories about the crew members or how a particular recipe came to be. This could be a book that you just read through for the fun of it, or it could be a cookbook that you actually use. I'm not a big Trek fan, but even I get a kick out of looking through this book. It is a delight to read through. I highly recommend it!

This book has some interesting recipes and is a fun read. I made an adaption to the chili pepper chicken.. but it was super good with quinoa. While the cover of this book could definitely of used a better photo shopper, the images inside are way better then the cover. My only complaints are that there was no hard bound cover. It was printed in black and white, which takes away any possible fun images. It in my opinion makes an official book seem retardant, and overall less appealing as something fun and creative. The instructions are easy if you understand basic cooking in general.. example a pinch of salt is 1/4th tsp. If you have other issues, you might need to look up terms. Release a colored hardback version, or at least scale with the series. I will bump it up to 5*

My husband is a H-U-G-E Star Trek fan so I bought this as a fun Christmas gift for him. Let's just say it was a massive success!!! He laughed hysterically when he saw it, and then tried a couple of recipes as a joke...only to find out it is a real cookbook. No joke, the recipes are really good! Totally recommend buying this for any Trekky in your life :)

I brought this book for myself when it first came out, because I was curious about what my favorite Star Trek celebrities liked to eat. Mr. Phillips didn't disappoint me; he not only included his own favorite recipes in character as Neelix, but took the trouble to interview all the Star Trek celebrities he knew (not just his co-stars on VOYAGER, but the big guns like Bill Shatner and Leonard Nimoy) to find out what their favorite foods were. I liked this book so much, I have given a copy to every newlywed couple whose wedding I attended (3 in the last four years) so they can cook like Trekkies too. My most recent copy, ordered from Amazon, was a companion to the autographed 8x10 photo of Ethan Phillips as Neelix that I got at the last Star Trek Convention in the spring, which I successfully raffled off for charity. Thanks to Mr. Phillips, I earned over $100 for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. I hope you're as happy with his cookbook as I am; he lists a lot of exotic alien ingredients, but don't worry, he provides the Terran equivalents as well. The section on Star Trek drinks will help you during your next Star Trek themed party too. Bon appetit! And may you all eat well and prosper!

Don't let the title fool you. This is actually a very useful, basic cookbook of the "North American Homemaker" variety. You can feed a family on this one, from healthy items like the lentil and mushroom soup recipes, right through to jam filled cookies. The recipe for fudge alone is worth the price of the book. Whereas most cookbooks are arranged around a particular food theme, this one is organized around the favourite recipes of the actors of the series and their fictional characters -- hence the variety. There's a recipe for cat food for Data's cat "Spot", and a recipe for using up leftover potatoes for Chief O'Brien. You never know what you're going to find. The recipes are annotated with humorous and engaging stories about their fictional origins in the Star Trek Universe. You also get plenty of pictures from the series. Roast beef and potatoes never sounded so exciting, and let's face it ... feeding a family day after day can use some excitement. The recipes work well and are easy to do -- with the exception of a Borg dish made of used electronics parts. Skip that one. If you are looking for exotic recipes, you won't get that here. This is classic Americana, with an imaginative presentation. If that's the kind of thing you like, then you'll like this kind of thing.

Deco

Hace mucho que quería comprarlo. Cada receta es de una sola página y aunque aún no pongo a prueba ninguna me parecen muy sencillas de realizar. Buen libro complementario para los fans. Neelix cumplió su deseo. En hora buena.

Bin sehr zufrieden mit dem Buch 😁😁👍🏻👍🏻

Classic Star Trek cookbook. Full of recipes, fun facts and info. Bought as a Christmas present for a trekkie friend and it was very well received