CONTENTS

Introduction

Chapter 1:
Breakfast of Champions

Hearty Ham and Egg Tart

Fearfully Fried Potatoes

Hot and Crispy Hash Browns

Orange Muffins with Sweet Preserves

Fruit Frenzy

A Sumptuous Sausage Sunrise

Sinful Cinnamon Buns

Cheese Soufflé for the Spoiled Snackers

Mrs. Everdeen’s Breakfast of Mush

Smoked Gouda Grits

Apocalyptic Eggs Benedict

Trash Taters

Porridge for the Poor

Cheesy Meaty Hash Brown Casserole

Don’t Put All Your Eggs in One Basket: Egg and Sausage Pie

Chapter 2:
Breaking Bread

French Bread from the Mellark Family Bakery

The Boy with the Bread: Hearty Raisin Nut Bread

Katniss-Approved Puffy Buttermilk Biscuits

District 12 Drop Biscuits

District 11’s Crescent Moon Roll with Sesame Seeds

Super Sweet Potato Rolls

Mockingjay Flatbread Crackers

Peeta’s Cinnamon Bakery Bread

Heavenly Onion & Dill Bread

District 4’s Seaweed Bread

District 3 Dinner Rolls

District 13’s No-Nonsense Wheat Dinner Rolls

Katniss’s Craved Cheese Buns

Chapter 3:
Keep the Camp Fires Low and Forage—Soups, Stews, and Salads

(Wild Dog Optional) Beef Stew from the Seam

Prim’s Sweet Goat Cheese Salad

Ginger, Carrot, and Butternut Squash Soup

Greasy Sae’s Spicy Vegetarian Chili

Greasy Sae’s Winter Specialty

Father-Daughter Yucca Flower Stalks au Gratin

Creamed Katniss Tubers

Raging Wild Mushroom Ragout

Lovelorn Peeta Pita Wildflower Pockets

Mrs. Everdeen’s Rabbit Stew

The Everdeen Family’s Dandelion Salad of Hope

Lemon-Scented Green Peas and Onion Medley

Wild Cream of Mushroom Soup

Sweet Grape and Gorgonzola Salad with Candied Garlic

I’m Not Bitter Greens Salad

Gale’s Bone-Pickin’ Big Game Soup

Katniss’s Favorite Lamb Stew with Dried Plums

Broiled Japanese Knotweed

Rue’s Roasted Parsnips

Sweet and Sour Cranapple Salad

Rue and Katniss’s Stir-Fried Milkweed Buds, Flowers, and Pods

Fresh from the Careers’ Packs: Super Healthy Dried Fruit Quinoa Salad

Root Soup for Peeta

Greasy Sae’s Black Bean Pumpkin Soup

Chilled Raspberry and Cherry Soup

Capitol Cream of Pumpkin Soup with Slivered Nuts and Cinnamon Croutons

Springtime Soup

Survival of the Fittest: Quinoa and Black Bean Salad for Bonnie and Twill

Spicy Vegetable Gazpacho

District 13’s Mashed Turnips

Wild Dog Optional: Pork and Rhubarb Stew

Black Bean and Parsnip Soup

Greasy Sae’s Fish and Okra Stew

District 13’s Venison Stew

District 13’s Rejuvenating Beef Stew

Pea Soup for Your Sorrows

Chapter 4:
Humble Beginnings

Pink Mashed Potatoes with Evening Primrose Roots

Prim’s Basil-Wrapped Goat Cheese Balls

Pine Needle Tea

Prim’s Goat Cheese Truffles

Prim’s “Getting By” Goat Cheese Spread

Clover-Mint Tea

Creamy Bashed Potatoes

Scalloped Onions and Apples Casserole

Goose Liver Pâté

Green with Envy Pesto Pasta

Capitol Creamy Spinach Fettuccine

Rue’s Roasted Roots

Mixed Messages Mixed Berry Jam

Honey, Goat Cheese, and Apple Tart from the Mellark Family Bakery

From Casual to Formal: Fruit Nut Spread at the Capitol Banquet

Off-Your-Chest Roasted Chestnuts

Buttery Parsley Mashed Potatoes

Jewel-Colored Mint Jelly

Quarter Quell Nutty Granola

Propos Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Fresh Corn Pudding for Peeta

Liver Pâté

Chapter 5:
Sink or Swim—Seafood

Smoked Whitefish with Horseradish Sauce

Fire-Roasted Trout with Slivered Vegetables

Crab Cakes for Crabby Spirits (with Cilantro-Lime Dipping Sauce)

Katniss’s Baked Shad for Peeta

Shad Roe

Finnick’s Old-Fashioned Clambake

Spicy Seafood Gumbo

Chapter 6:
Don’t Call Me Chicken—Poultry Dishes for the Brave

Brined and Bagged Wild Turkey

Mr. Everdeen’s Goose Confit

Orange You Glad I’m Chicken

Moist Chicken in Basil Cream Sauce

Rue and Katniss’s Apple-Smoked Groosling

Grilled Blue Cheese Stuffed Groosling Breast

Katniss’s Picnic Chicken Salad

President Snow’s Sautéed Dove Breasts in Bacon Drippings

Fall-off-the-Bone Tender Duck

Banquet Baked Partridge with Cream Sauce

Duck with Orange Sauce

Creamed Goose over Crumbled Bacon Polenta

Roast Partridge and Warm Pear Salsa

Golden Banquet Goose

Turkey Jerky

Monterey Jack Cheese, Bacon, and Green Chili Stuffed Turkey Breasts

Roast Pheasant

Kiss of Smoke Brie-Stuffed Pheasant Breast

Pheasant Breast Mornay

Plutarch Heavensbee’s Roast Wild Turkey

Chapter 7:
Put Some Meat on Your Bones—Beef, Lamb, and Pork

Plutarch Heavensbee’s Roasted Suckling Pig Surprise

Royal Rib Roast

Breaded Italian Pork Chops for the Brave

Beef Strips from the Backpack

Chapter 8:
Wild Game for Wild Girls

Small Critter Casserole

Wild Raccoon Sautéed in Bacon Drippings

Mr. Mellark’s Favorite Fried Squirrel

Wild Squirrel & Sausage Gumbo

Katniss’s Cottage Pie

Rabbit Pie with Dropped Herbed Rolls

Freshly Snared Barbecued Rabbit

Spicy Wild Groosling Chili

Grilled Venison Chops with Béarnaise Butter

Venison, Apple, and Cheddar Puff Pastry

Venison-Stuffed Pepper Boats

Fightin’ Fried Squirrel

Hazelle’s Beaver Stew with Rosemary Potatoes

Banquet-Baked Mountain Goat with Artichokes, Tomatoes, and Fresh Herbs

Game Bird Breasts Marengo

Grilled Tree Rat with Peanut Butter Dipping Sauce

75th Hunger Games’ Dutch Oven Tree Rat

Chapter 9:
Just Desserts

Chocolate-Covered Strawberries

Even the Seam Has Sweets: Blackberry Cobbler for Special Days

Harvest Apples Pie

Harvest Heirloom Apple Cake

Sautéed Apples with Amber Honey Whipped Cream

Bakers’ Secret Banana Bread

Sweet Potato Casserole

Butter Cookies from Peeta’s Father

Brown Sugar Shortbread

White Chocolate Chocolate Cookies

Sweet Sugar Cookies from a Sweetie

Capitol-Grade Dark Chocolate Cake

Big Softie Ginger Cookies

Puffy White Chocolate-Blueberry Muffin Tops

Strawberry Shortbread Bars

Opportunistic Strawberry Bread

Peeta’s Spirit-Lifting Hot Chocolate with Vanilla Whipped Cream

Heart of Ice Frozen Hot Chocolate

Honey Caramel Custard for Your Honey

Spirited Chocolate Fudge Cake with Chocolate Pudding Frosting

Peeta’s Buttercream Frosting

Plum Cake with Plums from Gale’s Snares

The Taste of Gale’s Kiss: Sweet Orange Cake

Parcel Day Applesauce

Boisterous Blueberry Muffins for Haymitch

Attack of the Chocolate Chunk Muffins

Thick and Gooey Double Chocolate Banquet Brownies

Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Milk Chocolate Honey Brownies With a Kick

Spice Cake with Homemade Caramel Sauce

Peppermint Sweets for Prim

Attendant’s Chai Latte

Chocolate Custard Bread Pudding with Caramel Sauce

Spirit-Lifting Chocolate Fondue

Finnick and Annie’s Wedding Apple Cider

Finnick and Annie’s Wedding: Yellow Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

Finnick and Annie’s Wedding: White Wedding Cake

Secret Sandwich Cookies

Tigris’s Fig Cookies

Appendix:
Katniss’s Family Book of Herbs

Acknowledgments

Index

About the Author