Overview

Craft a spooktacular spread inspired by iconic creepy films and characters, with over 50 deadly delicious food, dessert, and drink recipes. Gather ’round the haunted table, where every day is Halloween! If you delight in ghoulish frights and movies like The Nightmare Before Christmas, Beetlejuice, and The Evil Dead; then get your goth on with over 50 recipes from Beetle House, the Halloween-inspired restaurant with locations in New York and Los Angeles that honors the legendary director Tim Burton and all his amazing films and creative characters. The Nightmare Before Dinner includes sauces and dips for the recently deceased, eerie appetizers, sinister sides, cauldron companions like soups and salads,  macabre mains, devilish desserts, and dark drinks and creepy cocktails. Indulge in a monstrous menu featuring:   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 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 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 The Fleet Street Martini, inspired by Sweeney Todd – a bright-red martini featuring Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey; pair with equally gory Love It Pot Pie The Nightmare Before Dinner features food alternatives and substitutions for vegan and vegetarian diets for every recipe. The cookbook also includes full-color photography that creates a deliciously dark atmosphere and a bonus chapter on how to host goth-themed parties, so you can live the Halloween lifestyle every day of the year. Also available by Zach Neil: Death for Dinner Cookbook: 60 Gorey-Good, Plant-Based Drinks, Meals, and Munchies Inspired by Your Favorite Horror Films

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Author:   Zach Neil
Publisher:   Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Imprint:   Wellfleet Press,U.S.
Weight:   0.481kg
ISBN:  

9781577155256

ISBN 10:   1577155254
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   31 July 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION: THIS IS HALLOWEEN MUST-HAVE TOOLS AND IN GREDIENTS  VEGANIZE IT! WICKED PLANT-BASED SWAPS  S A U C E S & D I P S FRIGHTENINGLY GOOD FLAVORS LOVE IT SAUCE EDWARD SAUCE SWEET LIME CREAM SAUCE DEAD SAUCE VERUCA SAUCE HOLLOW SAUCE BEETLE JAM  SOUL SAUCE CHESHIRE SAUCE VEGAN CHESHIRE SAUCE SWEENEY SAUCE A P P E T I Z E R S SCARY SNACKS BRAINS & CHIPS THE DEETZ SHRIMP COCKT AIL GRAVEYARD NOODLES DIABLO’S ARENAS CROSTINI HALLOWPEÑO HONEY CHEDDAR CORNBREAD CHARLIE CORN BUCKET BEETLE BACON BREAD S O U P S & S A L A D S CAULDRON-WORTHY CUISINE SRIRACHA-ROASTED BUTTERNUT SQUASH DEATH SOUP FALL SALAD GIANT PEACH SALAD BARBAROUS BBQ BEEF RAMEN THE BUTCHER’S STEW M A I N S MACABRE ENTREES CHESHIRE MAC & CHEESE EDWARD BURGER HANDS SWEENEY BEEF SWEENEY MUSHROOM  THE WILLY BURGER  FROG’S BREATH & NIGHTSHADE RISOTTO SILENCE OF THE LAMB CHOPS BIG FISH LOVE IT POT PIE SHRIMPY HOLLOW VICTOR VAN PORK VICTOR VAN MUSHROOM EVIL DEAD SHRIMP D E S S E R T S ALL TREATS, NO TRICKS WILLY’S MANGO PANNA COTTA  BLOODBATH COBBLER BEETLE PIE RED VELVET MIDNIGHT ESPRESSO CAKE BLOOD ORANGE CHEESECAKE BOOZY, BUBBLY MANGO SORBET D R I N K S CREEPY COCKTAILS THE BEETLE’S JUICE THE GOLDEN TICKET EDWARD’S LEMONADE THE FLEET STREET MARTINI BIG FISH BOWL THIS IS HALLOWEEN ALICE’S CUP OF TEA  CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE MARTINI THE NINE WE COME IN PEACE SPARKY’S MINTY MARGARITA BIO-EXORCISM THE COCO SKELLINGTON T H E M E D P A R T I E S PUT THE FUN BACK IN FUNERAL WILLY’S CANDY BAR A BEETLE HALLO WEEN PARTY EDWARD’S FORMAL DINNER PARTY A NIGHTMARE CHRISTMAS PARTY INDEX ABOUT BEETLE HOUSE BEETLE HOUSE RECIPE CREDITS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Zach Neil is an American entrepreneur, artist, and chef. He has been featured multiple times on the Food Network and has gained additional notoriety through his popular chains of themed restaurants, which have been featured on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, Good Day New York, MSNBC, and ABC World News Tonight, among others. Zach combined his artistic pursuits with his culinary skills to create the eclectic, Halloween-themed Beetle House restaurants, which have broken media records in the restaurant space. His first cookbook, The Nightmare Before Dinner: Recipes to Die For, features all of the Beetle House recipes, plus a selection of brand new, never-before-seen dishes with seasonally inspired flavors and a dash of Gothic insanity. In addition to his restaurant franchises, Neil is considered an authority on pop-up bars and restaurants with his own television programming and lifestyle brands in the works. You can find Zach on Instagram @therealzachneil and learn more about the Beetle House restaurants at beetlehousela.com.

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