Pull up a chair to the Stranger Things table and enjoy over sixty recipes from the denizens of Hawkins in this first official cookbook from the hugely popular Netflix series.
Celebrate the culinary cravings of your favorite Stranger Things characters with Stranger Things: The Official Cookbook, featuring over sixty recipes from all facets of this beloved world, whether it’s ’80s mall food, a weeknight dinner at the Wheelers', or the best Dungeons & Dragons snack.
Each recipe evokes someone in Hawkins (or the Upside Down) and is accompanied by original food photography, stills from the show, and your favorite quotes. Make the scary good Demigorgonzola Cheese Balls. Bake Eddie Munson’s favorite Hellfire Club Devil’s Food Cake. Learn the secret to Hopper’s perfect tuna melt (with mustard, dammit, and potato chips). Blow your mind with some tasty Surfer Boy Pizza.
Packed with mouthwatering photos that bring the ’80s roaring back, The Official Stranger Things Cookbook offers up a big slice of Hawkins for Stranger Things fans with an appetite.
JOSHUA DAVID STEIN is a James Beard Award–winning author, journalist, and editor. His previous books include Notes from a Young Black Chef and My America, both with Kwame Onwuachi; Russ & Daughters: 100 Years of Appetizing, with Niki Russ Federman and Josh Russ Tupper; Dad, What’s for Dinner? with David Nayfeld; and many others. He has also written many children’s books, including Make New Friends, which was named one of the best children’s books of the year for 2025 by The New York Times. His writing has appeared in Esquire, New York, The New York Times, Financial Times, and elsewhere. He lives in Brooklyn.
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Pull up a chair to the Stranger Things table and enjoy over sixty recipes from the denizens of Hawkins in this first official cookbook from the hugely popular Netflix series.
Celebrate the culinary cravings of your favorite Stranger Things characters with Stranger Things: The Official Cookbook, featuring over sixty recipes from all facets of this beloved world, whether it’s ’80s mall food, a weeknight dinner at the Wheelers', or the best Dungeons & Dragons snack.
Each recipe evokes someone in Hawkins (or the Upside Down) and is accompanied by original food photography, stills from the show, and your favorite quotes. Make the scary good Demigorgonzola Cheese Balls. Bake Eddie Munson’s favorite Hellfire Club Devil’s Food Cake. Learn the secret to Hopper’s perfect tuna melt (with mustard, dammit, and potato chips). Blow your mind with some tasty Surfer Boy Pizza.
Packed with mouthwatering photos that bring the ’80s roaring back, The Official Stranger Things Cookbook offers up a big slice of Hawkins for Stranger Things fans with an appetite.
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JOSHUA DAVID STEIN is a James Beard Award–winning author, journalist, and editor. His previous books include Notes from a Young Black Chef and My America, both with Kwame Onwuachi; Russ & Daughters: 100 Years of Appetizing, with Niki Russ Federman and Josh Russ Tupper; Dad, What’s for Dinner? with David Nayfeld; and many others. He has also written many children’s books, including Make New Friends, which was named one of the best children’s books of the year for 2025 by The New York Times. His writing has appeared in Esquire, New York, The New York Times, Financial Times, and elsewhere. He lives in Brooklyn.
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