For the uninitiated, the show follows the lives of a mother-daughter duo, Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, through ambitions and disappointments, loves and heartbreaks in a fictitious small town of Stars Hollow, C.T., at the turn of the millennium. The internet existed, but social media didn’t, and theirs was a largely analog existence.

And then, just as I was about to start cooking, and in what I’d like to think is a truly Amy Sherman-Palladino-appropriate plot twist, something in my life changed drastically. I learned that I’m pregnant. Lorelai and Rory were often mistaken for sisters, and not just because Lorelai was 16 when she had her daughter. Lorelai’s comfy but chic style is the stuff of mom goals everywhere, so it’s no wonder that Rory sometimes raided her closet. Invoke her fall style as you too wait for the first big snowfall with an oversized knit sweater that easily transitions into the winter season with the addition of a scarf and boots. RECIPES FOR EVERY OCCASION: Whip up delicious dishes for everything from a mother-daughter brunch to a family dinner to a celebration for the whole town! Oy with the poodles already! The first official collection of recipes inspired by the world of the fast-talking Gilmore Girls. Mention the early 2000s Amy Sherman-Palladino episodic series “Gilmore Girls” and most every woman in their late 30s/early 40s will brighten with glee. This demographic is still binge viewing the show for the 800th time even 20 years later. It’s me. I’m one of these women. I was/am utterly obsessed with “Gilmore Girls” and was living a parallel life with the character of bookish Rory as I was the exact age as Alexis Bledel’s on-screen teenager during the show’s airing. Flash forward 20 years and I have now surpassed her mother, Lorelai, in age (head trip!) played by Lauren Graham. One of the reoccurring themes of the spit-fire, fast-talking show set in fictional Stars Hollow, Connecticut is: food. From junk food eating Rory and Lorelai, Luke’s Diner, Friday night dinners with Richard and Emily and everything in between; the Gilmores loved to eat! Fans can take a food journey with GG in, “Gilmore Girls: The Official Cookbook” collaborated by Elena P. Craig and Kristen Mulrooney.

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Kim ate. I thought she was nuts. She was, but now I at least eat like her. So her recipes were a win and a pleasant surprise. I didn’t expect to find them within. But the Non-Mrs. Kim recipes also surprised me as I can alter them in some way.

The first chapter is based on Luke's Diner. This chapter features the classic Hot Fudge Sundae with grapefruit on the side, Luke’s Special Omlet, the hilarious but yummy Santa Burger, the well-named named Danish Day-Danishes, and the yummy Ceasar’s Chilequiles, which I’ve made and recommend. But it would not be a cookbook for fans without reminders of the TV series we love. Sprinkled throughout the book are photo stills from the show and favorite quotes to remind you of just how bad the eating habits of Lorelai and Rory were—and how coffee dependent Lorelai was. My eyes popped out of my head when looking at Lorelai’s graduation cake: a divine chocolate concoction that had chocolate covered espresso beans in the center! Yum! Prep rolls: Unravel 6 Fruit by the Foot rolls, and lay them out on a work surface. Cut each one into nine 4-inch lengths. Use a spatula to spread a thin layer of marshmallow creme on one half of each piece (2 inches of the piece will have marshmallow, 2 inches will be empty).Gift this book to the Gilmore Girls lover in your life, along with a Luke’s Diner Apron, which comes as part of a set. If you have been watching the show, you immediately know why there would be a cookbook based on the series. If you have not, you would be asking that very question. Food plays a big part in the show, and many of the scenes with the two main characters and others are centered around meals, either a burger at Luke’s Diner or a sit-down meal at their elder families' dinner table on Fridays. Now, this is a true recipe book. The recipes are based on the show. Sure you’d be fine with the cookbook even if you never watched the show, as long as you eat like a Gilmore, or a Sookie, or a Mrs. Kim. Gilmore Girls The Official Cookbook is a fun and delicious treat that I would highly recommend you add to your cookbook collection.