Lovecraft Cocktails: Elixirs & Libations from the Lore of H. P. Lovecraft

Lovecraft Cocktails (full title Lovecraft Cocktails: Elixirs & Libations from the Lore of H. P. Lovecraft) is a humorous horror fiction recipe guide based on H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. The book is published by The Countryman Press, copyrighted by Red Duke Games, LLC and illustrated by Kurt Komoda. The illustrated edition was first published on 21 October, 2021 and is available in Hardcover and Kindle.
==Setting==
Similar to the Necronomnomnom before it, Lovecraft Cocktails appears to be set in the world of the Cthulhu Mythos. The tome itself is designed as an accompanying "bar book" supplementing the recipes found in Mike Slater's original Necronomnomnom with new drink guides. 
===Main Body===
The main body is broken into six sections: Aberrations and Variations Upon Classic Libations, Uncharted Waters, Beer and Fear, Divine Inventions, Caffeinedish Creations, and Virgin Sacrifices. 
Within this section, the recipes are written in-world with accompanying illustrations. Various recipes are presented in the format of either a spell, a ritual, an alchemical process, and even as a poem with each having been collected together as the original Necronomnomnom was.
===Unit Conversion Guide===
Unlike the original Necronomnomnom book, there isn't an Appendix; rather there is a Unit Conversion Guide for translating the measurements between Imperial and Metric. This conversion guide continues on with the in-world feel by converting the amounts into "Eldritch", a fictionalized unit of measurement that continues the flavour of the book.
==Design==
The main design of Lovecraft Cocktails is presented as a parody, with fictional cooking humor to offer real-world recipes that can be made and enjoyed. The text presents the ingredients as real-world mundane items but with odd "rituals" in embellished format substituted for everyday directions.
Examples of the rituals involved:
*"In a hand cauldron mix the bitter and the sweet with the water" - mixing bitters with sugar and water in a pitcher
*"In a sipping pipe pour the black ichors of Kafe, follow with the nutty amber" - coffee liqueur with amaretto in a cup
*"The juice of moo is poured in the shaking vessel with the sands of awakening and the white crystals" - milk, instant coffee, and sugar in a shaker
Recipe titles will also often have parodies based in the lore of the Mythos, such as
*"Innsmouth Depth Charge"
*"Pink Flami-go"
*"H. Peach Lovedraft"
*"The King in Jello"
==See Also==
*The Necronomnomnom: Recipes and Rites from the Lore of H. P. Lovecraft
==Gallery==
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