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Feast Week, Day 5: The Feast of Tom Bombadil | LOTRO Edition

We decided to make things different this year and celebrate Frodo’s journey on The Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO). My little hobbit Pluma is going to guide you through Middle-earth admiring the beautifully made […]

A Feast Fit for a King, or a Hobbit!

If you’re looking for ideas and inspiration for your own Middle-earth themed feasts and parties, you may want to look at some of the amazing work of Emily Wert, fantasy foodie extraordinaire! Emily and her […]

Feast Week, Day 4: Farmer Maggot’s Feast | LOTRO Edition

We decided to make things different this year and celebrate Frodo’s journey on The Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO). My little hobbit Pluma is going to guide you through Middle-earth admiring the beautifully made […]

Feast Week, Day 3: The Feast of Gildor | LOTRO Edition

We decided to make things different this year and celebrate Frodo’s journey on The Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO). My little hobbit Pluma is going to guide you through Middle-earth admiring the beautifully made […]

Feast Week, Day 2: Sleeping Outdoors | LOTRO Edition

We decided to make things different this year and celebrate Frodo’s journey on The Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO). My little hobbit Pluma is going to guide you through Middle-earth admiring the beautifully made […]

Feast Week, Day 1: Bilbo and Frodo’s Birthday | LOTRO Edition

Happy Hobbit Day and welcome to the first day of Feast Week! We decided to make things different this year and celebrate Frodo’s journey on The Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO). My little hobbit […]

Our Favorite Editions of ‘The Hobbit’

Everyone has particular copies of books that we cherish above others. Many of us here at Middle-earth News are pretty keen collectors of various volumes of works by and about J. R. R. Tolkien. We […]

Feast Week: Frolicking Mapleberry Cookies, by Ginkgo Marie

Many thanks to Ginkgo Marie for submitting her fantastic Frolicking Mapleberry Cookies recipe for Feast Week! She put a lot of effort into them and we can’t wait to try them ourselves. Check out her recipe below, […]

The Hobbit Celebrates its 80th Anniversary!

The Hobbit celebrates its 80 year anniversary today! Written by JRR Tolkien and published by Allen & Unwin, The Hobbit was released to the public on September 21st, 1937. The book started out as a […]

It’s Tolkien Week!

The celebration is upon us! Today is the start of Tolkien Week, the annual festival that honors the work of J. R. R. Tolkien and his son and editor, Christopher Tolkien. First celebrated in 1978 […]