The Most Important Ingredient is Love by daughterofshadows
Fanwork Notes
A TRSB story for Caitriona_3 on Ao3 who wanted a story that discussed the artistry of Men,, so I wrote a story about cooking. Caitriona_3 is also the one who made the lovely banner for the fic and graciously gave me permission to post it.
Warnings for: Discussion, cooking and consumption of food; discussions of characters potentially being dead (chapter 2, Fall of Númenor sections), dying soon or having died recently (chapter 3, both parts).
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Summary:
A story about stew and how many people cook the same dish across the years. Spanning all the way from the Adanel and her family to the wedding of Aragorn and Arwen.
Across millennia, people come together to share food and good company.Major Characters: Adanel, Andreth, Beren, Lúthien Tinúviel, Dior, Isildur, Anárion, Elendil, Elros, Dúnedain, Belemir
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Rating: Teens
Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings
Chapters: 3 Word Count: 5, 945 Posted on Updated on This fanwork is a work in progress.
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Table of Contents
With thanks to Margot for beta-reading!
We start in the first age, because it's always good to start in the beginning.
Adanel and Belemir have figured out how to blend their traditions together, decades later their great-grandson does the same.
We continue in the Second Age.
The beginning of Númenor and its end are not as dissimilar as one might expect. Above all, her people know how to persevere.
Shout-out to Chestnut and their amazing name list for helping me figure out Isildur's and Anárion's family members.
Things end with the Dúnedain. Sometimes, you don't share blood with your closest family, and the comfort of home is hidden in the small things.
All rangers are taken straight from Lord of the Rings Online, because they won't stop making me cry, which I'm making everybody else's problem.
Once again, Chestnut's list (see previous chapter) proved invaluable for the OCs, mainly Dúvain and Laegwen.
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