Ghostbusters: The Official Cookbook:

by Jenn Fujikawa, Erik Burnham

From big city bites to small town tastes, feed your interdimensional demon inside with a smorgasbord of paranormal-inspired recipes with the first-ever official Ghostbusters cookbook!

Who you gonna call… to eat?! Featuring more than 50 recipes inspired by the beloved Ghostbusters 1984 film and continuing into present day with Afterlife, this cookbook celebrates the bold personalities of Egon, Venkman, Zeddemore, and Stantz, along with the spooks, spectres, and ghosts that tried to transform New York City to a Babylonian dystopia.

But they’re not alone — they’ve got company with a new generation of Ghostbusters like Phoebe, Trevor, Podcast, and Lucky that saved Summerville, Oklahoma from the second coming of Gozer! In fact, it’s Podcast’s, well, podcast that inspires this book! Now he and Ray are combing through the Ghostbusters archives and recording new episodes to bring the group’s favorite new and old foods to delicious life.

With luscious full-color photography and packed with the fun and spirit of the films, The Official Cookbook is a must-have for foodies and paranormal investigative fans alike.

50+ Includes more than 50 exciting and tempting recipes—from savory snacks to delectable desserts; unforgettable dishes that can tame the scariest appetites.

GORGEOUS Packed with mouth-watering full-color recipe photos.

RECIPES FOR EVERY SKILL The Official Cookbook features recipes geared toward every home cook; from beginner to experienced chef, there’s something for everyone.

OFFICIALLY LICENSED Created in collaboration with Sony Pictures Entertainment and Ghost Corps, this is the only officially licensed Ghostbusters cookbook.

Genres: Cookbooks, Food

128 pages, Hardcover

First published October 25, 2022

About the author

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Jenn Fujikawa is an author, content creator, and host, specializing in lifestyle and pop culture. She has created content for Disney, Lucasfilm, Marvel, Amy Poehler's Smart Girls, Food & Wine Magazine, and more.

Jenn has written several books showcasing her knowledge of television and film featuring iconic characters and properties including Star Wars, Gudetama, I Love Lucy, and The Goldbergs.

Unique family dinners and geeky baking are a staple of her website www.justjennrecipes.com. As a contributing author to the official Star Wars website, she has created over 120 recipes on starwars.com and her recipes have been featured on Buzzfeed, LA Times, and the cover of Food Network Magazine.

Jenn has been a panelist speaking about food, crafts, and family at San Diego Comic Con. She has been a featured guest at Disney's California Adventure Food and Wine Festival and at Star Wars Celebration: Star Wars University talking about the unique recipes she creates for Lucasfilm.

Reviews

[Miles Lynch · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a cookbook with a ghostbusters filter, rather than a ghostbusters cookbook. As the acknowledgements point out, there's a plethora of marshmallow recipes because - and I say this as someone for whom Ghostbusters is my all time favorite film, and as someone who has spent entirely too much time and money cosplaying as a Ghostbuster - the franchise doesn't need a cookbook per se. 50 recipes, and maybe 10% can have a direct link to the Franchise, rather than forcing a homophone down our throats.

Also, no Jello. What a missed opportunity - "there's always room for Jello."

That being said, as one would think, Erik Burnham totally captures the voice of the characters; so, it's a fun 30 minute read of the characters going on about their culinary preferences.

[Jackie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was mostly regular recipes with Ghostbuster themed names. By regular, I mean in presentation.


Like the terror dogs (page 38-39), they're just Carolina dogs on a plate. (for anyone unfamiliar with Carolina dogs, hot dogs have regional serving styles. In this case coleslaw is served on top. it's also known as a slaw dog).

The stay-puft marshmallow is cute, but it's featured in multiple recipes as a way to make them more Ghostbusters themed. And that would be fine, but again, the recipes lack any other Ghostbusters themed presentation throughout the whole book. So it's like staring at a one hit wonder🤷‍♀️


It is laid out well. There's symbols and an index for them highlighting dietary restrictions or concerns. There's difficulty indicators on each recipe.

[Chance · Rating 2 out of 5]

The book was a dumb joke names and slimple recipes that non of them were actually something I’d really make has the price just seems overinflated for recipes I could get free.

Then have the recipes were missing the pic to show what the food was supposed to look like and the over amount of tiny statepuff marshmallow man was annoying has also 1/3 of the book was cover in them.

[Joanne Harrison · Rating 5 out of 5]

Full of photos, stories and great recipes, this book is for every Ghostbuster fan! Especially love It's a Big Twinkie.

[Amber · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun!!

[Stella · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not enough photos of the recipes and nothing I'd actually want to make. But fun photos from the movies and faux "interviews" with the various characters, so it was a good nostalgia read.

[Deb · Rating 2 out of 5]

Picked it up today at the library and looked through it already. It's got some cute things in it but not impressed. Not for me.

[Colette Murphy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nothing impressive or original, was looking for something more.