Skip to main content
book cover for The Nightmare Before Dinner

The Nightmare Before Dinner

Recipes to Die For: The Beetle House Cookbook

This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.

Buy on Amazon Buy on Waterstones
*This page contains affiliate links, so we may earn a small commission when you make a purchase through links on our site at no additional cost to you.

Send NetGalley books directly to your Kindle or Kindle app


1

To read on a Kindle or Kindle app, please add kindle@netgalley.com as an approved email address to receive files in your Amazon account. Click here for step-by-step instructions.

2

Also find your Kindle email address within your Amazon account, and enter it here.

Pub Date 16 Oct 2018 | Archive Date 20 Nov 2018


Talking about this book? Use #TheNightmareBeforeDinner #NetGalley. More hashtag tips!


Description

Get your goth on with 60+ recipes from Beetle House restaurant, where guests indulge in a deadly delicious menu inspired by the works of Tim Burton and all things dark and curious.

If you delight in ghoulish frights and movies like The Nightmare Before Christmas, Beetlejuice, and The Evil Dead; then you’ll love the official cookbook of Beetle House, the Halloween-inspired restaurant with locations in New York and Los Angeles.

The Nightmare Before Dinner features more than 60 gothically delicious recipes from chef-owner Zach Neil, including sauces and dips for the recently deceased, eerie appetizers, sinister sides, soups and salads for the living, macabre mains, devilish desserts, deadly drinks, and creepy cocktails. Knock out your family, friends, and guests with:
 
  • Beetle Pie, inspired by Beetlejuice – a brilliant-green homemade pistachio pudding with a crunchy chocolate crust that evokes the corpse-fed grass and rich soil of a graveyard, and seedy and sweet blackberry jam that mimics the texture of blood and bugs
  • Silence of the Lamb Chops, inspired by Silence of the Lambs – a tasty lamb dish with a buttery mushroom and apple sauce, made gory with splashes of raspberry glaze
  • Cheshire Mac and Cheese, inspired by Alice in Wonderland – a sweet-and-spicy take on one of America’s beloved comfort foods, served in a teacup
  • Edward Burger Hands, inspired by Edward Scissorhands – a juicy burger with a Sriracha cream sauce, stuffed with smoked bacon, fried egg, pepper jack cheese, and avocado; with a pair of scissors shoved through it to keep it closed
  • The Fleet Street Martini, inspired by Sweeney Todd – a bright-red martini featuring Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey; pair with equally gory Love It Pot Pie

Plus, if you’re vegan or vegetarian, The Nightmare Before Dinner has your spooky side covered too—it offers a vegan alternative or ingredient swap for each and every recipe in the book!

Throw your own goth-themed party! A bonus section provides inspiration for table settings, decorations, and foods to serve at your holiday or screening party.

This is the perfect cookbook for the Tim Burton movie buff, Halloween enthusiast, or goth in your life.

Also available by Zach Neil: Death for Dinner Cookbook: 60 Gorey-Good, Plant-Based Drinks, Meals, and Munchies Inspired by Your Favorite Horror Films
Get your goth on with 60+ recipes from Beetle House restaurant, where guests indulge in a deadly delicious menu inspired by the works of Tim Burton and all things dark and curious.

If you delight in...

Marketing Plan

Campaign Focus:
•            Features more than 60 recipes from the popular the Beetle House, the Tim Burton-inspired restaurant with locations in NY, LA, and more.
•            The ideal cookbook for goths, Halloween lovers, and movie buffs who love Tim Burton
•            Includes full color photography as well a bonus chapter on how to host a Burton-inspired theme party at your home complete with inspired table settings, costumes, and more.
 
Key Campaign Activity
•            Cross promotion with The Beetle House platform (98k Facebook likes, 26k Instagram followers)
•            Extensive pre-order campaign
•            Long lead media outreach with ARC mailing and signed finished book mailing
 
 Pre-publication:
•            Long lead media outreach to top food, pop culture and lifestyle media
•            Pitch author for radio and television appearances
•            ARC mailing to top food media, focusing on magazine and newspaper outlets
•            Finished book mailing with signed notes from Zach to top food media, top bloggers and Italian-American influencers
•            Pre order campaign thru The Beetle House (689,000 Facebook likes, 18,000 Instagram followers)
•            Press release
 
Trade:
•            Submit for review in Publishers Weekly, Shelf Awareness, Booklist and Foreword Reviews
•            Pitch author for Shelf Awareness “The Writer’s Life”
•            Display at BEA/BookCon
 
School/Library:
•            Submit for review in Library Journal
•            Display at ALA Annual and Midwinter Conferences
 
Consumer:
•            Launch events at NYC and LA restaurant locations
•            Promoted ads on Facebook and Instagram around Halloween
•            Goodreads giveaway 
•            Promotion on Quarto Cooks
 
Publicity/Media:
•            Magazine: Food & Wine, Martha Stewart Living, Vogue, bon appetit, Gather Journal, Saveur, Edible, Sweet Paul, Real Simple, People, Rachael Ray Every Day, Good Housekeeping, Parade, Women’s World, Cherry Bombe, O The Oprah Magazine, Cooking Light, Martha Stewart Living, Fine Cooking, Newsweek, The Week, Food Network Magazine, Family Circle
•            Newspaper: The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, AM New York, Austin American Statesman, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Chicago Tribune, food editors from top 25 regional newspapers
•            Online: Epicurious, bon appetit Healthyish, Eater, Buzzfeed, Food52, Huffington Post, Eat Your Books, Tastebook, Cooking with Amy, Delish, The Kitchn,  Design Sponge, Food Republic,
•            Radio: NPR The Salt, NPR The Splendid Table, The Level Teaspoon,  WNYC Leonard Lopate

Campaign Focus:
•            Features more than 60 recipes from the popular the Beetle House, the Tim Burton-inspired restaurant with locations in NY, LA, and more.
• The ideal cookbook for...


Available Editions

EDITION Other Format
ISBN 9781631065781
PRICE US$25.00 (USD)
PAGES 176

Average rating from 109 members


Readers who liked this book also liked: