Redwall Cooking - October Ale

This week, I prepared a classic beverage for the Redwall Cooking series: October Ale.

Now, this recipe suggests that either ginger beer (this is a non-alcoholic beverage) or ginger ale can be used, however as I'm not the biggest fan of ginger beer, and could only find it sold in 6-pack form, I personally could not justify purchasing it. I would have had 4-5 bottles sitting around that I would never end up drinking, thus I went with ginger ale.

The recipe also does not specify as to whether dark or white grape juice should be used, I chose white grape juice.

The beverage itself tastes like a sparkling grape drink, much like a sparkling apple cider. I thought the grape flavor was a bit strong, as I really envision this drink in the series to be more of a real ale, like a beer.

If you are of legal drinking age in your part of the world, it's easy to see how this could be made into more of an adult beverage with the addition of vodka.

• Ginger ale - $0.84
• Grape juice - $2.48

Bon appétit!

Redwall Cooking - Hotroot Soup

As it's winter time, and cold in many places of the world, I've chosen the first entry in our Redwall Cooking series to be none other than Hotroot Soup!

However, there is a major disclaimer here: I don't like shrimp. At all. So as a replacement ingredient, I chose chicken.

As I was cooking just for myself and the recipe serves two to four people, I halved the amounts of leeks, onion and potatoes required. Even though I did this, there was still more than enough vegetables in the dish - in fact, each bite contained more vegetables/meat than actual liquid.

I found the soup to be very tasty, although I think if you want it to be very spicy, you need to have a very heavy hand with the chili pepper. I put in slightly more than the recipe called for, and it wasn't very 'hot' at all.

In each feature, I'll reveal the cost breakdown for ingredients that I DIDN'T already have in my kitchen. If I've listed the cost of an item in one article, I won't be repeating it in another.

• White onion - $0.77
• Potatoes - $0.88/lb
• Leeks - $1.99/lb (or 1 leek for $0.16)
• Vegetable broth - $2.88

Bon appétit!

A New Year, A New Feature

It's a new year, and we are introducing a new feature series here at the Redwall Wiki. As this is being written, The Redwall Cookbook is en route to our library here at HQ.

In the interest of producing more content, which as there has been very little news has been quite difficult, we will be launching a new feature series.

In the past, many Redwall home cooks have prepared dishes inspired by theRedwall series, some of whom who have been kind enough to share and upload the recipes and pictures.

However, we have not heard of anyone preparing every single dish in The Redwall Cookbook for consumption and review. And it is to that end we are taking up this task just for our readers, fans, contributors, editors and followers.

Fear not, as I do enjoy both cooking and eating, neither are something I find difficult or not enjoyable.

Over the coming months, every recipe will be prepared, photographed, eaten and reviewed, and all of it will be posted here.

I'm going to be shooting for 2 recipes a month, possibly more if there is time.

Firebird "Rogue Crew" scheduled for publication

Amazon.com has posted some information on the forthcoming Firebird paperback for The Rogue Crew, which is listed for publication next summer.

The price is listed at $8.99, with a page count of 400. The date to acquire this copy of the book will be July 11, 2013.

Release: Redwall Wiki Turns 7

The Redwall Wiki officially marks its 7th anniversary online today, and we'll keep the announcement short and sweet.

While it appears as if there are no new Redwall novels on the horizon any time soon, it does look like fans will receive a story in the near future in the form of a game. Hopefully, we'll have more updates in regards to that project soon.

We've been online for almost a decade now, and it's been a great run. As long as there are fans of Redwall, we aren't going anywhere. There is still fan artwork and fan fiction to be shared.

Thanks to those who have stuck around over the years, you're what make this website what it is.

More Redwall ebooks forthcoming on Amazon Kindle

On October 31, 2012, three new Redwall ebooks will be arriving exclusively in the Amazon Kindle store, which includes the UK branch as well.

Lord Brocktree, The Long Patrol and The Legend of Luke will be available for $7.59 each; the latter two will be sold for £4.98, while Lord Brocktree will receive a £5.31 price point.

This brings the total Kindle US Redwall offerings up to 14, while the UK Kindle shop lists 18 novels.

"Redwall: The Adventure Game" debuts site

This past week, a site for a video game billing itself as Redwall: The Adventure Game debuted at Redwallgame.com.

Last year, we reported that the Redwall Abbey Company was in contractual negotiations with someone for licensing. It would appear these negotiations were fruitful, as the official Facebook page for the game states that the Miller Brothers (Christopher Miller and Alan Miller, best known for theirCodebearers book series) are responsible for the product. It states:

The first ever official Redwall game based on the imaginative and epic world of Brian Jacques' books.

Founded by the Miller Brothers, award-winning authors and illustrators, in partnership with Sean Rubin (official Redwall artist) and Lance Priebe (inventor and co-founder of Club Penguin), the Redwall Adventure Game hopes to set the bar high for a new generation adventure games.

Christopher Miller announced on his Twitter months ago he was working on something with illustrator Sean Rubin, this would appear to be the project.

The page also gives a synopsis of the game:

A fantasy adventure game where you control the actions of a Redwall outsider, on his quest to find theWarrior's Star, a mystical relic believed to be recovered by Martin the Warrior long ago. Called by the spirit of Martin himself, you must secretly explore abbey halls, solve ancient riddles and unlock hidden passageways without being discovered in your search of the mysterious treasure. But beware of those who seek the Star for darker purposes. The fate of Mossflower is in your hands. Lead on, brave adventurer. Your quest awaits!

Redwallgame.com is also hosting a contest to win an "exclusive in-game credit + Redwall 20th Anniversary Box set with poster, trading cards and autographed bookplate by Brian Jacques" just for signing up on their e-mail distribution list.

The scheduled release time period is Fall 2012, with a target line of devices including Mac, PC, iPad and mobiles. This does not specify the Droid OS, though.

The most interesting thing about this is that in the past Brian Jacques himself stated that he "dislike[d]" video games and board games. The story sounds intriguing, we'll have more information for you as we learn it.

If the logo is accurate, it would appear as if the main character is a mouse; the artwork indicates that his/her profession is a carpenter. Jared Shear is responsible for concept artwork as well.