The Official Wednesday Cookbook

Name: The Official Wednesday Cookbook
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780593797884
Price: 65.0 NZD
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The Woefully Weird Recipes of Nevermore Academy

By Mari Mancusi and Jarrett Melendez

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Re-create macabre meals from Nevermore Academy in the comfort of your own oh-so-normal kitchen with sixty recipes inspired by the hit series Wednesday. You are cordially invited to enter the wrought-iron gates of the Nevermore Academy to discover its darkest culinary delights. These sixty remarkable recipes... Read More

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Description

Re-create macabre meals from Nevermore Academy in the comfort of your own oh-so-normal kitchen with sixty recipes inspired by the hit series Wednesday.

You are cordially invited to enter the wrought-iron gates of the Nevermore Academy to discover its darkest culinary delights. These sixty remarkable recipes from our illustrious and historic community offer something for everyone, whether you crave meat like a werewolf or grapple with special culinary requirements (like an allergy to food with any colour in it). Vegetarian and pescatarian offerings abound, as well as substitutes for dishes that use gluten, dairy, or ritualistic murder—with torturously tasty photographs for all the recipes.

We dare you to try:

Wednesday's Woeful Waffles (which are pitch black, of course)
Enid's rainbow-sprinkled... well, everything
Morticia's Magnetic Migas
Gomez's Black Heart Chicken Breast
Edgar Allen Poe'tatoes
Uncle Fester's Famous Brain Roast

This tome also shares expert tips on how to entertain Nevermore Academy-style, so you can throw your own Rave'N Ball, Freaksgiving Feast, or Secret Society Social.

Join us at the Nevermore Academy table and prepare to eat like an Outcast.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780593797884

Publisher: Random House USA Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 22 July 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: Random House Worlds

Illustration: 4C THROUGHOUT

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 187.0mm

Height: 232.0mm

Weight: 700g

Pages: 224

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Cook Books & Recipes Cooking & Food Jarrett Melendez Mari Mancusi Non-Fiction Penguin Books

About the Author

Mari Mancusi regrets having never applied to Nevermore Academy, as she's certain she'd have fit right in. An Emmy-winning former television producer and author of more than thirty books-including The Nightmare Before Christmas Twisted Tale from Disney Press-she has always been a huge Tim Burton fan and has streamed Wednesday more times than Thing has fingers. When not writing, she enjoys going to Disney World, playing video games, and watching scary (and cheesy!) horror movies. Jarrett Melendez is an award-winning comic book writer, cookbook author, and food journalist. His work has appeared in Bon Appetit, Saveur, Epicurious, and Food52, and he is the author of My Pokemon Baking Book and RuneScape The Official Cookbook. His best-known work is Chef's Kiss from Oni Press, which won the Alex Award from the American Library Association and was nominated for both a GLAAD award for Outstanding Graphic Novel and an Eisner Award for Best Publication for Teens. Melendez grew up on the mean, deer-infested streets of Bucksport, Maine, but now lives in Massachusetts with his collection of Monokuro Boo plush pigs.

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