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Everyone has a favorite TV show, whether the feel-good fun of Gilmore Girls or the intense drama of Yellowstone. If you want to feel even more immersed next time you’re watching, consider picking up one of the many cookbooks inspired by the latest hits. You’ll be surprised by just how many TV cookbooks are out there!
1. Breaking Bad
The award-winning TV show Breaking Bad has been an audience favorite drama since it came out in 2008. While the main characters of the show do cook something that has no place in a cookbook, there are many delicious foods across the seasons. Things like Tuco’s burritos, veggie bacon, huevos rancheros, and the infamous “Los Pollos Hermanos” chicken can be found inside this cookbook.
2. Bridgerton
A historical romance TV series beloved by many, Bridgerton lets you experience the ins and outs of England’s wealthiest. There are many classy, luxurious food items of the Regency era featured in this show. From venison, sugary pastries, queen cakes, lobster, and crab, you are sure to impress your guests and bring a delicious, fancy meal to their plate.
3. Stranger Things
Set in the 1980s, we follow the residents of a fictional small town as they are plagued by a hostile alternate dimension. Despite the mystery and intrigue of the show, there are many food items featured. Hopper’s doughnuts, Demogorgon figs, colorful coleslaw, and stranger waffles can all be found between the covers of this cookbook.
4. Avatar: The Last Airbender
Water, Earth, Fire, Air, and a little bit of salt and pepper. With many quirky things happening in the show, there are sure to be at least a few food items you wanted to try for yourself. Whether it’s tea from The Jasmine Dragon Tea Shop or finally using some cabbage from the cabbage merchant, this cookbook has hundreds of pages of recipes and lore.
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5. F.R.I.E.N.D.S
The staple of American sitcom television, Friends holds a special place in many people’s hearts. With no lack of food representation, as well as many iconic recipes, you are sure to find something interesting and intriguing in this cookbook. With recipes like Phoebe’s chocolate chip cookies, Monica’s roast turkey, and even Rachel’s English trifle, could this cookbook BE any better?
6. Harry Potter
For this cookbook, we travel all the way to Hogwarts. With so many wizards, witches, and interesting creatures, there’s bound to be a recipe magical enough for you. If you have ever wanted to try chocolate frogs, treacle tarts, pumpkin juice, or even the classic Yorkshire pudding, you can find the recipe for all of this and more in this cookbook.s
7. Hell’s Kitchen
Following his many successes, world-renowned chef Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen is a very intense and fun cooking show to watch. With 23 seasons behind it, Hell's Kitchen is full of recipes for any occasion. You can find signature dishes such as beef Wellington, pan-seared scallops, lobster risotto, and sticky toffee pudding in this cookbook.
8. Bob’s Burger
This well-liked American animated series follows Bob Belcher and his family in their hamburger restaurant ventures. With many innovative and wacky recipes featured in the show, this cookbook is sure to intrigue many. New Bacon-ings, Mission a-corn-plished, Fig-eta Bout It, and over a hundred more burger recipes can be found in this one.
9. Simpsons
This long-running animated comedy has brought laughs to many families for decades. With over thirty years of content, there are many recipes featured in The Simpsons. With the classic Homer donut, moon waffles, Mount Bellyache, and many more, this cookbook has you covered.
10. Star Trek
The staple of science fiction pictures, Star Trek has had a growing fanbase for decades. With that long of a time on the screen, there are bound to be many foods and drinks featured. If you ever wanted to try Seska’s mushroom soup, Jibalian seven-spice omelette, or a Bajoran ale, now you can!
11. Yellowstone
An American neo-Western drama that has taken hold of many viewers' hearts, Yellowstone brings lots of old-timey recipes to the table. Although using lots of canned foods, there are many recipes that can be found within the show. Rip’s fry bread with scrambled eggs, Beth’s cheesy hamburger mac casserole, and a vodka smoothie are just some of the things you can find in this cookbook.
12. Gilmore Girls
The classic TV show everyone knows about. Through decades of airtime, Rory and Lorelai have introduced us to many delicious treats. You can find recipes like angel wings with chocolate dipping sauce from Rory’s birthday parties, hot house tomato salad from the deer hunters, as well as apple strudel!
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13. Emily in Paris
For a show about a young American woman moving to Paris, there are certainly many recipes and delicious foods waiting to be tried. With Paris being well-known for a variety of foods and drinks, this cookbook doesn’t lack in any aspect. Recipes like the magical leek soup, French baguettes, Chantilly cream, and moelleux au chocolat are sure to make your mouth water.
14. Lord of the Rings
An epic fantasy adventure masterpiece, LOTR is beloved by many. Straight from Middle-earth, this cookbook brings a number of recipes you have been yearning to try. Lembas, rabbit meat stew, cram bread, salted pork, honey cake, and even ale from the Green Dragon, you are certain to be well-nourished.
15. Downton Abbey
Depicting the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their domestic servants, Downton Abbey is beloved by many. You might have wanted to try some of the delicious-looking dishes made by the cooks in this show, and now you can. With delicacies such as mushroom barley soup, Lady Sybil’s poached salmon with creamy hollandaise sauce, Crawley family chicken breasts with caper cream sauce, and Sir Anthony’s apple charlotte, you too can feel like the aristocrat in your dining room.
16. Outlander
As we follow Claire Randall enjoying her honeymoon in the post-World War II times, only to be transported through time back to 1743, there are sure to be many questions raised. One of them is definitely going to be food-related. Bringing old recipes for food such as almond cake, cassoulet, black pudding, and pigeon minced with truffles, this cookbook is sure to intrigue and surprise anyone.
17. Game of Thrones
Described as the greatest television series of all time by many critics and publications, Game of Thrones is one of George R.R. Martin’s greatest works of art. With all the drama, action, romance, and intrigue happening, let's not forget the iconic foods that appear throughout the show. Dishes such as wildling boar stew, Arya’s meat pie, fire-roasted Targaryen chicken, and Cersei’s brandy mulled wine are just some of the recipes you might find yourself making from this cookbook.
18. Golden Girls
As we follow four mature women who live together in Miami, we get to experience their joys and mischiefs of the golden years through our small screens. There have been a number of tasty dishes featured in the show that you can find in this cookbook. Recipes for St. Olaf friendship cake, Dorothy’s (almost) unsweetened granola, gorgonzola picante, and stuffed bell peppers are sure to make you or your guests happy and wanting more.
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19. Narnia
A staple of British literature and cinema, Narnia has brought laughs, tears, and happy memories to many households through the years. If you have ever found yourself wondering if there is a cookbook with recipes from Narnia, look no further. You can find Turkish delights, marmalade rolls, centaur’s breakfast, toffee, and much, much more in this cookbook.
20. The Official Netflix Cookbook
If you are ever looking for an all-in-one cookbook for your Netflix binge nights, you found it. The Official Netflix Cookbook contains Netflix-inspired recipes for food and drinks that are sure to bring the exact theme no matter what you decide to watch. Squid Game, Is It Cake?, Virgin River—it has it all!
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