A Feast of Pros: SFWA’s 50th Anniversary Cookbook

SFWA Cookbook COMPAd Astra: The 50th Anniversary SFWA Cookbook  edited by Cat Rambo and Fran Wilde is available for preorder now.  From Alien Scones to At the Fruitcake of Madness, DOOM Cookies, Falling Cloud Cake, and Miss Murder’s Black Forest Trifle, there are 157 dishes and how-tos from 134 writers, editors and agents.

Blogosopheric evidence exists that this cake recipe may be Rachael Acks’ contribution.

The project follows a SFWA tradition, says Cat Rambo, established by two previous cookbooks, both edited by Anne McCaffrey, Cooking Out of This World and Serve it Forth.

The pre-order price is $20, good until June 1, and those who pre-order by that date get free shipping. Copies, including digital, will arrive in mid to late June.

All proceeds are being donated to the SFWA Legal Fund.

The participants are:


Rachael Acks
Cie Adams
Kyle Aisteach
Anna D. Allen
Lou Antonelli
Liz Argall
Elizabeth Bear
Greg and Astrid Bear
David Brin
Maurice Broaddus
Charles N. Brown
Steven Brust
Octavia E. Butler
Pat Cadigan
James L. Cambias
John F. Carr
Gail Carriger
Beth Cato
Jeanne Cavelos
C.J. Cherryh
Wesley Chu
Brenda W. Clough
Tina Connolly
Larry Constantine
A.C. (Ann) Crispin
Julie Czerneda
Jack Dann
Russell Davis
Aliette de Bodard
Ef Deal
Carole Nelson Douglas
Scott Edelman
Ru Emerson
JG Faherty
Eugie Foster
Esther Friesner
Gregory Frost
Russell Galen
Jaym Gates
William Gibson
Laura Anne Gilman
Sarah Goslee
Chet Gottfried
Talia Gryphon
Rebecca Gomez Farrell
Eric J. Guignard
Joe Haldeman
Gay Haldeman


Lee Hallison
Barbara Hambly
Charlaine Harris
Erin M. Hartshorn
Jim C. Hines
M.C.A. Hogarth
Nalo Hopkinson
Dean Ing
Elaine Isaak
Julie Jansen
K.V. Johansen
Alaya Dawn Johnson
Rosemary Jones
Vylar Kaftan
Jeffe Kennedy
Kay Kenyon
Ellen Klages
Alethea Kontis
Mary Robinette Kowal
Nancy Kress
Jay Lake
David Glen Larson
Nicole J.LeBoeuf
Yoon Ha Lee
Ann Leckie
Stina Leicht
David D. Levine
Maria Lima
Mary E. Lowd
Natalie Luhrs
Catherine Lundoff
Scott Lynch
James D. Macdonald
Ricia Mainhardt
Michael J. Martinez
Mary Mason
Vonda N. McIntyre
Victoria McManus
Jennifer Melchert
P. Andrew Miller
Jaime Lee Moyer
John P. Murphy
Mari Ness
Teresa Nielsen Hayden
Larry Niven
Sharyn November
Stephanie Osborn
Andrew Penn Romine


Aly Parsons
Sarah Pinsker
Marianne Porter
Jerry Pournelle
Tim Powers
Marta Randall
Cat Rambo
Mike Resnick
Tansy Rayner Roberts
Spider Robinson
Michaela Roessner
Mary Rosenblum
Patrice Sarath
Steven Saus
John Scalzi
Ken Schneyer and Janice Okoomian
Lawrence M. Schoen
Nisi Shawl
Charles Sheffield
Fraser Sherman
Steven H Silver
Rosemary Claire Smith
Cat Sparks
Bud Sparhawk
Nancy Springer
Jennifer Stevenson
Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam
David Lee Summers
James L. Sutter
Michael Swanwick
Mary Vigliante Szydlowski
Lynne and Michael Thomas
Kathy Tyers
Mark L. Van Name
Carrie Vaughn
Ursula Vernon
John Walters
Brent Weeks
Miriam Weinberg
Chuck Wendig
Toni Weisskopf
Fran Wilde
Sean Williams
Walter Jon Williams
Connie Willis
Mercedes M. Yardley
Jane Yolen
Kate Yule


3 thoughts on “A Feast of Pros: SFWA’s 50th Anniversary Cookbook

  1. I just want to register my deep disappointment that Lois McMaster Bujold did not contribute a Butterbug recipe.

  2. I assume Scalzi will be serving up either Schadenfreude Pie (yay) or Bacon Cat (ewwwwwww)?

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