I am so delighted and grateful that @OGOMProject put a vintage 1978 book on my radar this year: The Dracula Cookbook: Authentic Recipes from the Homeland of Count Dracula by Marina Polvay. I was able to find a copy in good shape, and it’s a treasure.

If you’d like some festive and spooky mood reading, here is the introduction to the section on “Wines & Special Drinks”:

And here are a couple of recipes, in case you like the warm, red stuff (but not in a vampiric kind of way): 

The Count and the Bride seem to enjoy it. 

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