Fiction Kitchen: Recent Episodes
Carrie and Diana
Carrie and Diana discuss their favorite genres - girls being horrific and sweet boys baking!! - along with the grossest and sweetest food scenes.
Diana and Carrie have a holiday extravaganza discussing Christmas villains - The Grinch and Krampus.
Carrie and Diana fire up their Netflix and discuss Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and The Dragon Prince.
Diana and Carrie discuss haunted cities, fish and fries er chips er crisps, pasta pizza, PB&B&CC, more 90s fancy pasta dinners, red wine, and honey candy. We don't summon any demons.
Carrie and Diana discuss the MANY October happenings in Fiction Food, plus 90s Canadian kids TV, eating fear, non-dairy creamer as a flammable substance, Norweigan sweater color palettes, cucumber sandwiches, and peppermint tea.
Diana and Carrie discuss the JA White middle grade novel and the HBO miniseries. Spooky modern Sheherazade and midwest gothic folktale with pumpkin pie, oatmeal cookies, kousa mahshi, pineapple upside down cake, ham after ham, all washed down with vodka and amaretto sours.
From Iranian vampire Western to 19th century action adventure, Carrie and Diana are talking about blood and tea, and Middle Eastern fare.
Diana and Carrie talk soaring above the clouds in dirigibles and a variety of ways to eat dragon for the manga Drifting Dragons, plus woozy wine and international, ballerina witches for the 1977 horror film Suspiria.
Diana and Carrie discuss two things messing up my ampersand system. Anyway. We discuss the Russian spy family drama thriller TV series and a modern Victorian ghosty detective book series, with caviar, vodka, meatloaf and burgers, sausage rolls, sugar cereal, and health nut health nuts. All washed down with lots of tea.
Diana and Carrie discuss Breath of the Wild and what to do if you're hungry in Hyrule - lots of exploring, scavenging, and cooking...sometimes delicious, sometimes dubious.
Carrie and Diana discuss robots in space and terrifying family dramas! Food goo, garlic knots, cake roll pops, Checkov's walnut allergy and uncomfortable family dinners.
Carrie and Diana discuss pastries, country food, bland translations, pretty edible flowers, and elaborate picnics!
Diana and Carrie return after LONG hiatus to discuss the food manga Delicious in Dungeon & anime Death Note. There will be golem veggies, ghost ice cream, temptation apples, traditional Japanese sweets, and more!
Diana and Carrie discuss Beatrix Potter books, and lots of English countryside food, perfect for little rabbits.
Diana and Carrie discuss Little White Horse, the novel by Elizabeth Gouge, and the 2008 movie, The Secret of Moonacre.
Diana and Carrie discuss A Series of Unfortunate Events - mostly the new Netflix series, but also touching on the book series and the 2004 movie. Don't look away.
Diana and Carrie discuss the sports anime with extra large pork cutlet bowls, ramen, hot pot, duck blood, paella, all washed down with lots and lots of champs.
Diana and Carrie discuss one of the most classic of Christmas tales of all, Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol! Some of the best food descriptions of all time, pulls no punches, and if you don't like it, Bah humbug!
Diana and Carrie discuss the newest Disney flick, Moana! Tthere's fish, pork, taro, boat snacks, and lots and lots of coconuts.
Diana and Carrie discuss the novel by Diana Wynne Jones as well as the Ghibli movie - with fire demon-cooked bacon, luscious cream cakes, magical honey and questionable turnip heads.
Diana and Carrie discuss the 2016 Tim Burton film and the novel by Ransom Riggs that it's based on. Giant carrots, weird little back teeth, eyeball munching, carnival food, all very peculiar.
Diana and Carrie discuss the classic Tim Burton Halloween (or is it Christmas?) movie, and all the rotten goodies within. #NeverNotPoisoning
Diana and Carrie put the lime in the coconut and talk about this witchy 1998 film based off the novel by Alice Hoffman. We conjure up some midnight margaritas, brownies for breakfast, turkey and cranberry burritos, and lots more rot your teeth goodies.
Diana and Carrie discuss the novel and various adaptations. Diana dreams of cakes, Carrie gets emotional, and there's pretend feasts, medicine, panpipes and nursery food to go around.
Diana and Carrie discuss the book by L. Frank Baum, the 1939 movie, and various continuations and reimaginings. There's fruit and nuts, lots of cakes and pies, and lots of dishes inspired by the most famous American fairytale.
Diana and Carrie talk (gush?) about the new movie and all that came before. Get ready for Ecto Cooler, twinkies, sad wonton soup, Cheezits, flying sandwiches, refrigerator portals, and wacky party food. We ain't afraid of no ghost!
Diana and Carrie discuss the sparkly magical anime series, and discuss bento, study snacks, parfaits that never were, after school cafe goodies, homemade sprinkles, chicken katsu sandwiches, fruit curry, and more!
Diana and Carrie discuss the animated series and many munchies, including dognuts, fry bits, cookie cats, transfats, chaps, free napkins, and together breakfasts.
Diana and Carrie discuss the latest movie as well as the stuff from our childhood - pizza, ice cream kitties, pizza, sushi, more pizza!
Diana and Carrie are coming into your world, with Swedish pancakes, pepperkakor, children drinking coffee which is both fascinating and disturbing, Swedish meatballs (homemade, not from IKEA), and wrapping it all up with a face in a cake.
Diana and Carrie discuss the 2001 French film in which times are hard for dreamers, but things work out ok.
Diana and Carrie discuss the 1982 cyberpunk neo-noir film, eat some tough guy noodles, make some edible origami, and cry into their peaches.
Diana and Carrie discuss Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic novel and its simple, wholesome fare, wanting your breakfast, Secretting yourself to health, secret ovens, suspicious skillet eggs, and a bit o' fat wonderful.
Diana and Carrie discuss the movie that shall henceforth be known as Wonder Woman: the Prequel, including hero cake, Jolly Ranchers, funeral spreads, and some fun party recipes.
Diana and Carrie discuss (squee over) the YA meta fanfiction novel by Rainbow Rowell - mint Aero bars, sour cherry scones, pink gingerbread ladies, more Yorkshire pudding and roast beef, bacon and cinnamon rolls, sage, intensity and brownies, pumpkin mocha breve, and on and on.
Diana and Carrie discuss the historical, genderbending Korean drama - with fancy food, peasant food, street food, animal food, and everything in between.
Diana and Carrie discuss the dark fairytale, including mythological and historical tie ins, Spanish war rations, bottle murder, baby rabbit stew, gutted pigs and lots of nightmarish pale man talk.
Diana and Carrie discuss the novel and BBC miniseries. Likes: boiled eggs. Hates: seed cake. Secret weapon: walnuts. Cloudy with a chance of: roast chickens. What we most want: toasted bloody cheese.
Diana and Carrie are destroyed by this tragic love story - but we do cook up some five alarm dishes with some traditional remedies to wash it down.
Diana and Carrie throw mayonnaisey Midwestern home cooking, Holidazzle, pretzel bread, hot dish, and live fish all into the wood chipper.
Diana and Carrie discuss the books that have been ingrained into our culture - plus Butterbeer Battle pew pew pew pew!
Diana and Carrie discuss the truly outrageous 80s cartoon, and the recent comic (hit!) and movie (flop). Showtime, Synergy.
Diana and Carrie discuss The Hunger Games books and movies, including from Greek mythological child sacrifices, Katniss's practical hairstyle, social commentary, and the scarcity of goat milk.
Diana and Carrie discuss Neil Gaiman's macabre tale of the little boy raised by ghosts.
Diana and Carrie discuss the cult TV show with various vampy concoctions - Happy Meals on legs, textured blood, yummy sushi, foamy nectar, and some really bad puns. #TeamSpike
Diana and Carrie discuss the story of the plucky redheaded orphan come to live on Prince Edward Island. We thought it was raspberry cordial!
Diana and Carrie talk the book and movies, including awful and/or bland children, mint sugar grass production techniques, wistful buttercup sipping, questionable treatment of animals and small humans, a little chocolate and a lot of vegetables.
Diana and Carrie can't stop won't stop with the fairy tales, this time with a delightful and fluffy multi-platform remix.
Diana and Carrie discuss Sherlock Holmes in his many forms, plus Victorian fare, unappreciated housekeeping, tea contamination and recipes of course.
Carrie and Diana discuss Joanne Harris's novel Chocolat (which Carrie gobbled and Diana savored) as well as the movie.
Diana and Carrie discuss the classic fairytale - with a futuristic robotic cyberpunk twist! - in the Marissa Meyer novel Cinder.
Diana and Carrie discuss the series Orphan Black, including amazingly talented Tatiana Maslany, emergency freezer food, powdered donuts, seestra babka, sardines, gmo's and which clone are you?
Diana and Carrie talk the sparkly glam slinkster cool world of Weetzie Bat, including classic LA eateries, ubiquitous avocados, "fancy" family meals, questionable burrito contents, and strawberry sundaes with marshmallow topping.
Diana and Carrie discuss the action-packed Marvel movie! When we think Avengers, apparently we think beets.
Diana and Carrie discuss Lewis Carroll's delightfully nonsensical novel, the Disney adaptation and several others.
Diana and Carrie discuss the sweet, song-filled Bollywood movie, including wedding traditions, cow lollipops, dance-offs, Shah Rukh Khan vs. Tom Cruise, and of course our recipes!
Diana and Carrie discuss Disney's new 2015 movie, Cinderella, the original animated film, as well as Cinderella stories from all over the world!
Diana and Carrie discuss the kdrama Boys Over Flowers! We rant a little then talk pretty boys, love triangles, how rich people don't eat, chocolate heads, giant tuna and kimchi choreography.
Diana and Carrie discuss the Arabian Nights, including Scherezade's awesomeness, hedonism vs. moderation, random guests, bedouin hospitality and some light shape shifting.
Diana and Carrie discuss Downton Abbey - including Ms. Beeton, food styling, and the best table scraps in Yorkshire.
Diana and Carrie discuss the enchanting but often downright depressing Grimm's Fairy Tales. We also cook up some lovely recipes - no babies were harmed.
Diana and Carrie talk the weird and wonderful Twin Peaks - join us for a slice of cherry pie and some damn good coffee....and hearty beaver broth.
Diana and Carrie discuss Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen's classic novel and the 1995 BBC miniseries. There will be scones.
Diana and Carrie talk (and cook!) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. How would it be if you came discuss with us?
Diana and Carrie discuss the trope heavy, food light book and movie The Neverending Story