Don’t Dream it. Eat it. Rocky Horror Recipes |

From the depths of Dr. Frank-N-Furter’s laboratory comes 50 culinary concoctions to titillate the taste buds of Rocky Horror fans, in this lip-smacking officially licensed cookbook based on the cult classic stage musical.
Never worry about the likes of Brad and Janet crashing your party; there will be plenty of food for everyone with this delightful and delectable cookbook beamed directly from the galaxy Transylvania to your kitchen. Give your guests a little tease with appetizers like Magenta Mash(ed) Potato Cakes and Thrill Me Chill Me Spicy Gazpacho. The main courses—which can be served in either the dining room or bedroom—offer scintillating options like Rocky’s Mussels, Riff Raff Ramen, and Slow-Cooked Thigh Ragu that will have you shivering in antici…

…pation. Wash it all down with a Make You a Man-hattan before biting into Midnight Double Chocolate Feature Brownies for dessert. With a foreword by Rocky Horror creator Richard O’Brien, The Rocky Horror Cookbook will have long-time fans and newly discovered creatures of the night singing in unison, “Don’t dream it. Eat it.”

Stage productions are regularly revived of the play that opened in 1973 and The Rocky Horror Picture Show continues to sell out cinemas with live casts—an early Augmented Reality experience that celebrates 50 years in 2025. The longest continuously running engagement of any movie in the world was RHPS at the U.C. Theatre in Berkeley—22 years. And the current cast, Barely Legal, has Bay Area shows in September and October including their annual Halloween return to the original Berkeley venue.

Barely Legal; Photo by Angela Romano

Check out their schedule.

The 49th Anniversary Spectacular Tour with three original cast members splitting up the shows through October. Tour schedule here.

The original ‘Brad Majors’ – BARRY BOSTWICK
The original ‘Columbia’ – NELL CAMPBELL
The original ‘Magenta’ – PATRICIA QUINN will be at San Francisco’s Curran Theater on October 9. Info here.

And there will be RHPS shows with Shadow Casts all over the country in October so check out local listings.

But what would a good time be without food?

Author and cook Kim Laidlaw has assembled a spectacular new book of 50 savory, sweet and seductive recipes and EatDrinkFilms is proud to give you a sneak preview of a meal you can make.

Kim offers a little background here:

“Taking a deep dive into the Rocky Horror Show was a thrillingly fun walk down memory lane. I spent many a midnight feature taking part in the event that is Rocky Horror during my early twenties and even my teens (sometimes my parents didn’t know about those adventures, ahem). The best thing is the story—whether you get to see the theatrical performance or a late-night showing at the local movie theater—is just as fun now as it was then. In what other musical does the entire audience know all of the lyrics, dress up as the characters, and have an entire subculture devoted to callbacks and audience participation?

One of the most fun parts of doing this book was introducing Rocky Horror to my daughter, Poppy, who is herself a theater buff, and has been acting in local musical theater since she was five years old. Thank you, Poppy, for always inspiring me, coming up with fun and crazy recipe ideas, and being willing to try just about anything I cook. A massive thank-you to my husband, Keith Laidlaw, who keeps me laughing even when a recipe test turns disastrous, always fixes the flat tires and spins the best records, and also does most of the dishes. A special thank-you to my dear mom, Ann Crowder, who happily tries all my recipes and helps share the extra food with friends and neighbors. And to my mum-in-law, Pauline Laidlaw, who, when visiting from Scotland, relishes every dessert I develop while also helping with the never-ending dishes.”

We will have a cocktail, starters bites, a ramen entree and a dessert you won’t forget. (You can open each page in a new, larger window by clicking on it.)

Excerpted from THE ROCKY HORROR COOKBOOK: 50 Savory, Sweet, and Seductive Recipes from the Cult Musical by Kim Laidlaw. Copyright © 2024 by Richard O’Brien and Rocky Horror Company Limited. Available from Running Press, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, Inc. See more at The Rocky Horror Cookbook by Kim Laidlaw

Ask for it at your local independent bookseller.

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Photo by Keith Laidlaw

Kim Laidlaw is a cookbook author, editor, and recipe developer. She is the author or coauthor of eight cookbooks, including bestsellers The Nightmare Before Christmas Cookbook, Emily in Paris: The Official Cookbook, and Five Marys Ranch Raised Cookbook, as well as the upcoming Clueless: The Official Cookbook and numerous Williams Sonoma cookbooks. Kim has managed hundreds of cookbook projects, including Kendall-Jackson’s Season, winner of the 2019 IACP Book of the Year. Her clients include Disney, Netflix, Weber, Hog Island, KitchenAid, American Girl, and more. She is a former professional baker and baking instructor at the San Francisco Cooking School and owns Cast Iron Media, LLC. Kim lives in Petaluma, California, with her Scottish husband, their always-entertaining daughter, and a bountiful home garden.

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