Rumors have circulated on a Final Fantasy 14 cookbook for several weeks now, and as it turns out, they weren't unfounded. Today pre-orders for The Ultimate Final Fantasy XIV Cookbook: The Essential Culinarian Guide to Hydaelyn went up, and the book is coming on November 9, 2021, for a cool $35 USD.
It seems Square Enix spared no expense when it came to finding a suitable writer to pen this book, too. Victoria Rosenthal, author of The Ultimate Final Fantasy XIV Cookbook: The Essential Culinarian Guide to Hydaelyn, is well known in the space of video game cookbooks. Penning official cookbooks from series such as Destiny, Fallout, and most recently Street Fighter. Now, she's adding Final Fantasy 14 to that impressive list.
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With over 70 recipes based on food items found throughout the lands of Eoreza, the cookbook looks to be an utter delight for both fans of Final Fantasy 14 and those particularly skillful in the kitchen. Each recipe has specific details like difficulty, prep time, rest time, cook time, yield, dietary notes, and even flowery narrations from an unnamed character (probably a Moogle).
Take the Coffee Biscuit's description, for example: "I overheard the Scions talking about someone's love of coffee biscuits, and I thought I also should have some. I asked Gyohan to learn how to make them so we could also love coffee biscuits. They were so tasty that we both ate too many, and I could barely fly, kupo! Next time, we should split one instead." That flavor text lends a lot to the cookbook's authenticity, not to mention it's a lot of fun for fans. There will also be a forward from Naoki Yoshida, Director and Producer of Final Fantasy 14, which might give us some insight into who this character might be.
If you're at all interested in The Ultimate Final Fantasy XIV Cookbook: The Essential Culinarian Guide to Hydaelyn, it's up for pre-order on Amazon right now for $35 USD. It's not coming out until November 9 of this year, but Final Fantasy 14 merchandise tends to go out of stock fast. So if you want one, better put your money down quickly!
Source: Siliconera
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