Friendsgiving by Shoshana Stopek (Review)

Title: Friendsgiving
Author: Shoshana Stopek
Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Running Press Adult
(Hachette Book Group)
Date published: October 27, 2020

A physical copy of this book was kindly provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

Let Friends be your guide to hosting unforgettable year-round celebrations. This one-of-a-kind handbook is filled with recipes, entertaining tips, and group activities inspired by the feasts and fun of everyone’s favorite sitcom squad.

In part one of Friendsgiving you’ll find recipes like Righteous Mac ‘n’ Cheese and Neslé Toulouse Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies. Part two is filled with Friends-style entertaining tips, such as creating the ultimate Friendsgiving playlist and DIY-ing party decorations. Part three keeps the fun going with Pin the Tail on Ugly Naked Guy, Unagi Pictionary, and many more activities.

Filled with full-color photos, quotes, and highlighting memorable moments from the show throughout, Friendsgiving is a delightful compendium of ideas for celebrating holidays, special occasions, or anytime festivities with your favorite people.

⤖ My Review ⬻

Friendsgiving is quite the fun nonfiction book! As some of you may know (especially those of you following me on Instagram), I had never seen all Friends episodes until I binge-watched all 10 seasons in 2019. Growing up, I didn’t have cable so I only ever saw TV shows in snippets–an episode here and there when visiting friends’ houses. So, I was super happy when Friends hit Netflix Canada and I was able to watch every episode in order (I’m crazy about consuming books and TV shows in chronological order, haha). I fell in love with the show and hope to watch it all over again very soon (hopefully this month before it gets taken off Netflix…cry!)

Because I love the show so much, it was also a no-brainer for me to request Friendsgiving when I spotted it in a blogger newsletter! (And before I go any further, I would like to emphasize that this book focuses on a number of different holidays, as well as different Friends episodes, and just celebrating the wonderful feeling of friends spending time together (which I know a lot of us got a lot less of this past year). I really like the way this book was designed. The colours and layout were very appealing to the eye, and I can’t want to try some of the recipes inside of it while re-watching some of my favourite episodes!