More a Self-Help Book than a Cookbook

Although the title says this is a holiday cookbook, and it does cover the major holidays, it’s more about inventing holidays as background for giving suggestions about food and presenting a philosophy of life. Some ideas come off better than others. Seeing what it’s like to have children by duct taping a watermelon to your abdomen is one of the weirder ideas.

I was unfamiliar with the background for this book. It’s an offshoot of Hannah’s successful YouTube videos. I think some of the holidays would work better on the screen. However, the pictures in the book are colorful and often amusing.

Recipes are rare, at least ones I’d be tempted to cook. Some recipes for Thanksgiving might be worth a try like garlic mashed potatoes and green bean casserole. However, it seems that most recipes are really for talking about life and Hannah’s philosophy.

The book is fun to read, if you don’t take it too seriously.

I received this book from Dutton for this review.