The "Lord of the Rings" trilogy is primarily a work of high fantasy (it could be said to define the genre as it currently exists). It doesn't make our list of top food fiction books, but it deserves a ...

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Full disclosure: This may not be the most important information that you ever stumble across; however, it will probably be rather interesting to anyone who is a fan of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the ...

"The lembas had a virtue without which they would long ago have lain down to die. . . . this waybread of the Elves had a potency that increased as travelers relied on it alone and did not mingle it ...

Precious snack: In Tolkien's books, lembas was a special bread made by elves that could stay fresh for months — perfect for sustaining travelers on a long journey (or engaging in an all-day movie ...

If you've ever wondered about the foods from your favorite sci-fi and fantasy stories, you're not alone. Check out tulsaworld.com/prairienerds to find recipes. Feel ...

In between bashing orcs, beheading Uruk-hai and defeating Sauron, a hobbit's gotta eat. The Journal of Interdisciplinary Science knows this, too — so they've published a study that calculated exactly ...

One does not simply walk into Mordor with this much bread. According to Popular Science, a study in the Journal of Interdisciplinary Science has calculated how many calories the fellowship of the ring ...

"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." — J.R.R. Tolkien Each year, I swear I will never do this again. And yet, for the third year in a row, I ...

"The lembas had a virtue without which they would long ago have lain down to die ... this waybread of the Elves had a potency that increased as travelers relied on it alone and did not mingle it with ...