Let’s be clear, I’m no teenager. I’m now several years older than Lorelai was in the first season of Gilmore Girls, but I still feel as though I’ve got a long way to go in terms of building a life with the same stability as hers. It’s a common refrain for millennials; we without pensions or houses of our own or hopes of retirement. There are very good reasons so many of us in the Rory generation are skipping having kids at all. MORE THAN 50 RECIPES: Dozens of recipes for Stars Hollow favorites from Sookie’s Risotto to Luke’s Cheeseburger. The book covers food from many of the cherished locations of Stars Hollow. Fans will remember the Dragonfly Inn, Weston’s Bakery, Al’s Pancake World, Luke’s Diner, and Emily and Richard’s dinner table for Friday night dinners. Fans can recreate over 50 iconic dishes from episodes they love with this great cookbook, from Sookie’s Risotto to Mrs. Kim’s Flaxseed Muffins. Craig and Mulrooney conclude “Gilmore Girls: The Official Cookbook” with fortifications including dietary considerations regarding the original preparations, glossary of terms, measurement conversions and a space for reader notes.

For the grand finale of my “eating like a Gilmore Girl” experiment, I had decided to make not just a Luke’s Diner burger, but the famous Luke’s Diner Santa Burger (pg. 25). This particular burger has a brief but stunning cameo in season one, episode ten, the first of what could be thought of as the Gilmore Girls Christmas episodes. Would Lorelai have survived so many Friday night dinners without her go-to drink, a gin martini? Despite Emily (Kelly Bishop) and her best efforts to derail her daughter with a Sidecar, we’ve lost count of how many of these drinks Lorelai had to sip on over the years while putting up with her parents’ shenanigans. If you’ve got some time on your hands, why not concoct your own gin with a craft brewing kit. You can call it “Dragonfly Gin,” or some other punny, Gilmore-worthy name. 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.FILLED WITH PHOTOS: Includes gorgeous full-color photos of recipes to help ensure success, as well as beloved moments from the series. Mix salmon filling: In a food processor, add salmon, dill, lemon juice, and cayenne pepper. Process until a coarse paste forms. Add mustard and cheese. Process until the mixture is smooth. Set aside.

The cookbook is among the latest show-inspired merch to arrive. An official collection of cosmetics and hair accessories was released last year at Ulta.

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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! Fry patties: Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat for 1 minute. Place the hamburger patties onto the skillet, leaving space between them. (Cook patties one at a time if both won’t fit in your skillet at once.) After 3 minutes, flip the patties. Cook for an additional 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Add a cheese slice to each patty, if desired. Let patties sit in skillet for an additional 2 minutes. Place each patty on a bun, and serve with grilled onions and sautéed mushrooms, below.

Make roll #2: On the remaining 27 4-inch pieces, place 1 Butterfinger Bite, 1 Jujube, 2 chocolate chips, and 1 Junior Mint. Roll each one, beginning at the marshmallow side. Place rolls on a plate. Serve. Gilmore Girls The Official Cookbook is a fun and delicious treat that I would highly recommend you add to your cookbook collection. Oy with the poodles already! The first official collection of recipes inspired by the world of the fast-talking Gilmore Girls. 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.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. 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. Cut dough: Lay out a sheet of puff pastry on a lightly floured work surface. Use a shot glass (or any round cutter that is 2 inches in diameter) to cut 15 circles from the sheet.

Aghhh! Those endpapers! I love them. In fact they would make a great phone case or even fabric (I see an apron!). Watching the show, I had always thought of myself as a Rory: bookish, ambitious, maybe a little self-absorbed. All of a sudden, I’d Freaky Friday-ed into Lorelai; still a little self-absorbed, but now I needed to be the grown-up in the room—even if, most days, I still feel entirely like a teenager.

Prepare buns and garnish: On two separate plates, arrange a sesame-seed bun, open, on each. Beside each bun, arrange garnish. Set aside.