Reviews

Forking Good: An Unofficial Cookbook for Fans of the Good Place by Valya Dudycz Lupescu, Stephen H. Segal

tffnymtg's review

5.0

This cookbook was not what I expected. I have never seen the show but the amount of research and effort that went into the philosophies and the reasoning behind the recipe choices was refreshing. I'm looking forward to trying some of these recipes.
This book was won as part of a Goodreads Giveaway.

babsie126's review

4.0

If you like the show, you’ll like the cookbook. I can’t see myself making anything but it’s a fun read.

lydiaogden's review

4.0

This book is more an illustrated guide to the philosophies underlying The Good Place plot-lines than a cookbook— and I loved it for that reason. Haven’t cooked a single recipe from it and probably won’t but it’s a great read.

amyl88's review

4.0

A fun book exploring some of the philosophies covered in the show The Good Place. Each recipe ties in, in some way, to either the show or a philosphy/philosopher. It's a great quality book; the commentary is fun and interesting, and some of the recipes look great. I took off a star because there are no photos of the food. The graphics are great - upbeat and fun, but I like photos of the actual recipes.

dizzymslindsay's review

3.0

The recipes were clever and I loved the graphics. I loved all the recipes based on Blake Bortles. However, I'm not a philosophy person. Each recipe was prefaced by an essay relating the recipe to philosophy and the show. I understand why this was included since the show is steeped in philosophy, but it made the book drag. I'm not a fan of recipe blogs that make you scroll through a whole long story before you get to the recipe, and that's what this felt like.

dmsleeve's review

4.0

I enjoyed reading this book. Will I cook anything out of it? No probably not. But I really like the show "the good place" and I found the philosophy discussions interesting. It was cute and a fun read.

mishale1's review

This book is so much fun. I don’t normally post cookbooks as books I’ve read. There’s a reason I’m posting this one, it’s more than a cookbook. It is an book that also has recipes.

If you love the Good Place, this will be a good book for you. If you haven’t watched it yet, maybe this book will show you a bit about how fun it is.

This book digs in to a lot of the philosophical ideas mentioned in The Good Place. It explains a bit about the idea, mentions how it applies to The Good Place, gives an example of the philosophical idea in action, then it incorporates a recipe that references both the philosophical idea and The Good Place.

The recipes I’m going to try first are Eggistential Crisis and Demon Prawn.

Since I haven’t tried any recipes yet, I wasn’t sure I should assign a star rating yet. I may come back after trying the recipes and rate it.

originstorytoloveisdestroy's review

4.0

I agree with most reviews that its sad they reference some of the iconic meals in the show without ever making the recipes. However, this book did a genuinly good job of combining food and philosophy together, which was the whole point of the show. In addition, it tied the recipes to moments in the show, and offered vegan/GF options. It gets a win out of my book.

candacerobinsonauthor's review against another edition

This book made me forking hungry! Fun illustrations and good recipes!

juliaelkouby's review against another edition

funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

This was a really informative read and I cannot wait to try the recipes.