Here we go — my favorite post of the year! The annual round-up of all the weird things I can find happening in the culinary scene during the witching season.
This post always takes a different turn, and this year, it’s a decidedly do-it-your-damn-self kind of list.
Bone In

Take, for instance, the Skeleton Table trend. A few years ago, it was all about Meatheads, but this takes the undead party-platter idea a few femurs further by filling a skeleton’s rib cage with delicious fixin’s. In my research, I found appetizer corpses, dinner bladders, and gut-busting desserts, all laid out in situ.
Thanks for sticking with me through the puns there.
Noodle Nocturne

The trend of black or blackened foods has come up here before, but never before have I stumbled on something so beautiful as Daniel Gritzer’s Halloween Ramen Bowl.
It’s right in the pocket of what I love to write about this time of year — not kitsch, but pure yumminess of the season. Plus, his post lead me to a few other ‘Halloween Ramen‘ recipes, including a pumpkin ramen, Hell Ramen, and Dracula Ramen.
Patient Churro

Another hot take on party food I’ve seen recently are Zombie Nachos — especially of the dessert variety. A little cinnamon, a little sugar, a drizzle of raspberry pie filling, and bwa-ha-ha-la.
Of course, if you’re more a fan of the savory undead, there are several more appetizer-centric versions of the zombie nacho platter.
Sleepy Swallows

There’s never a shortage of creepy cocktail ideas this time of year, and it can be hard to pick just one out of the endless recipes for embalming fluid, witches brew, and pumpkin punch.
I thought this sipper looked pretty smokin’, though (sorry, sorry), with a dash of gothic literary charm: the Sleepy Hollow Cocktail, featuring absinthe, Angostura bitters, and a sprig of rosemary set to smudge. This (frankly delightful) blog also has a Raven cocktail and another called Nosferatu’s Blood, for those looking to make a night of it. But I also found a few other Sleepy Hollow drink recipes, plus an Ichabod Crane, so I this may be a head-start on a great themed party.
2018 October Food Trends Spotted at:
In Katrina’s Kitchen
SeriousEats
Jewels of New York
Shaken Together Life
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