Want to serve some Elven Lembas Bread (from Lord of The Rings) for appetizers at your Christmas party? How about Butterbeer (Harry Potter) to celebrate the New Year? Now you can! Check out this entire list of fantastically geeky foods you can cook at home. Want Slurm? Why not Zoidberg?

There is even a list of 10 Butterbeer recipes.

Recipe #2: Just as easy as Recipe #1 but for adults. Ingredients: 1 cup butterscotch schnapps 7 cups cream soda (2 liter bottle) Directions: 1. Carefully mix just before serving, adding the schnapps to the soda then stirring gently to mix well, or the fizz will dissipate too soon.

Now that is some Butterbeer I can get behind. Just me... and Emma Watson... sipping it by the warmth of the fire. Talking about how dumb all those Brown kids are at school. What?! No! I don't have a crush in Hermoine Granger - don't say that. She may be the same age as me.. but she seems too young (she is 22, I am 23 this month). Let's just keep this between you and me, shall we?

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The good news is that he's finally a ginger. He's also bouncy. Bouncing is cool. Nerdache Cakes made this cake showing Tigger and Piglet battling for the future of the Hundred Acre Wood.

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So you're serving turkey at your house this Thanksgiving, huh? Should you buy a frozen, organic, free-range, or kosher turkey? Should you marinate or rub it? Should you grill, fry, or roast it? Whew, how you know which way to go? The answers lie in a flowchart at the New York Times, which will take you through each decision step-by-step. The answers depend on your tastes, your desired result, and what you are willing to do to make your turkey special. Only the beginning of the chart is shown here. Link  -via mental_floss

There have been plenty of Star Wars/Disney mashups since the company bought the rights to the sci fi franchise, but these cookies look particularly good -possibly because they were based on a set of Disney pins that were released long before the buy out.

Or maybe it's me just because I'm a sucker for Stitch.

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The itsy bitsy spider climbed into the bento box. Out came the kids and gulped the spider up. Who could resist when it was this darn tasty and cute?

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Just because the Jesus fresco was botched doesn't mean this curry that looks like it will taste like a terribly screwed up work of art.

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Check out this great list of 20 Creative Hand-Crafted Beer Cans & Label Designs, in my opinion this is about the coolest list of hand-crafted beer labels I have ever seen. Well, I guess it doesn't have a whole ton of competition, but still real cool.

While the image above may be my favorite design, the one below has my favorite story paired with it.

The designer says, “In the city of Rikuzentakata, a single pine tree stands as a testament to survival after the tsunami of 2011. This beer’s name means “One Pine Tree” and its design is a symbol of charity and hope for Japan’s brighter future. A scroll-like, handwritten label seals the top with its story written on the inside. The label is a solitary pine made of three triangles facing up, symbolizing the wish for progress in the reconstruction efforts.”

Make sure you check out the whole list here.

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I didn't even know they had chocolate Pop Rocks, which makes sense since they are limited edition apparently. If you do come across them though, you can always use this recipe to make your own tasty chocolate Pop Rocks potato chips.

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Bourbon goes with sweet, savory, hot, and cold foods, and it can really dress up a holiday recipe to make it something special. This list has links to recipes for pies, cakes, cookies, candy, and beverages. One even includes bacon! Shown here is Sweet Potato Pecan Pie with Bourbon, topped with maple pecan ice cream. Yum! Link

Too long has the smiling king been a shining beacon of hope to the people. These two are here to knock him down. Fortunately, they still haven't required Poison Wendy to join their team or the Dark King would certainly be done for.

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People love cake. It is a fact. They love making it into great things, they love blogging about it, and they love eating it. To everything above, me too.

Anyone else think this looks a bit like Smaug?

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I can say wholeheartedly that I have no intention of reading Fifty Shades of Grey. Fifty Shades of Chicken though, that is something I can get into. The book is both a parody and a real cookbook.

As a broke and frugal college student, I learned the cheapest way to get a meal was actually buying chicken from the grocery store and cooking it myself. I probably know 3 ways to do chicken - pan fry in olive oil and garlic, bread and bake, and grill 'till black. I would welcome the idea of knowing 47 more ways to prepare the bird.

Check out this pretty funny book trailer as well. 

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KFC Japan recently launched savory salt ginger chicken, to help promote them, they also partnered up with chip maker Calbee to make chips in the same flavor. Unfortunately, both will only be available for a limited time and only in Japan, so pretty much none of you Neatonauts will get to try them.

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This is the first sandwich I've seen in a long time that didn't make me sad about the fact that I can't eat gluten any more. I might like cinnamon ice cream and bacon, but putting that on a bun is just one step too far into savory.

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Beer helmets are usually so darn tacky, but with this great Gimli-inspired beer helmet, you can drink like a real dwarf in style. Best of all, you can actually create your own thanks to Instructables.

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