Manchester City Library

Luxurious spreads from a hobbit’s pantry, humble meals in a little house on the prairie, endless meals for the mice of Redwall, magical house-elf feasts – reading can leave you quite literally hungry for more!  If painstaking descriptions of savory plates has your mouth watering, this display by the stairs on the top floor has the cookbooks for you. Feeling a little more media-savvy? Craft up a World of Warcraft lunch or get adventurous with a Dungeons & Dragons dinner. Bake a galactic dessert from Star Wars and, if you’re the type, end with a Downton Abbey cocktail. Browse our literary cookbooks here.