{"product_id":"forking-good-isbn-9781683691556","title":"Forking Good","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Good Place\u003c\/i\u003e, now available on Netflix, a pun-filled and fully illustrated cookbook of 30 original recipes inspired by the philosophy and food humor of the hit show.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith its high concept, exceptional writing, eye-popping set design, stellar cast, meaningful explorations of what it means to be a good person, and clam chowder fountains, \u003ci\u003eThe Good Place\u003c\/i\u003e has captured the hearts and minds of critics and viewers alike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor the first time ever, fans can indulge their cravings for \u003ci\u003eThe Good Place\u003c\/i\u003e with delicious, comforting, original recipes like “Macaroni and Socra-cheese,” “I Think Therefore I Clam (Chowder),” “I Kant Believe It’s Not Buttermilk Pancakes,” and more. Each recipe title references a philosopher or philosophical concept from the show and uses food analogies to explain those concepts to readers who, like Eleanor, can’t always follow Chidi’s lectures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA refreshing and entertaining twist on cookbooks,\u003ci\u003e Forking Good\u003c\/i\u003e will help you plan your next viewing party as you re-binge your favorite show.\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatured in BuzzFeed’s Holiday Gift Guide 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards Semifinalist\u003cbr\u003eFeatured in \u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping’s\u003c\/i\u003e “28 Funny Gag Gifts to Get Your Friends, Family, and Coworkers Laughing” List\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Unlike any cookbook you've encountered previously...It's educational and thoughtful...And the resulting recipes? Well, they're absolutely delicious...Fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Good Place\u003c\/i\u003e will absolutely love this cookbook.”—\u003ci\u003eHypable\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Can't help but feel good when watching NBC's \u003ci\u003eThe Good Place\u003c\/i\u003e? You'll feel even better when watching it while whipping up a recipe from the show's unofficial cookbook.”—\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eSheKnows.com \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[The recipes] include a fun, easy to understand philosophy lesson that might not keep the cook out of the Bad Place, but would make a fun dinner party.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Palm Beach Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An extended inside joke that show fans will delight in adding to their shelves, \u003ci\u003eForking Good\u003c\/i\u003e is a comfort-food laden, lightly philosophical cookbook worth indulging in.”—\u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eValya Dudycz Lupescu \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of\u003ci\u003e The Silence of Trees\u003c\/i\u003e and the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eGeek Parenting\u003c\/i\u003e. Her story “Honey,” about dinnertime hospitality at moments of life-or-death, appeared in the \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e starred anthology \u003ci\u003eA World of Horror\u003c\/i\u003e. Her food writing has most recently appeared in the cheese magazine \u003ci\u003eCulture\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen H. Segal \u003c\/b\u003eis the coauthor of\u003ci\u003e Geek Wisdom\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGeek Parenting\u003c\/i\u003e and the Hugo Award– winning former editorial director of \u003ci\u003eWeird Tales\u003c\/i\u003e. He’s edited award-winning food writers at \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, WQED Pittsburgh, and \u003ci\u003eInPittsburgh Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e. He currently writes about death-related topics as senior editor at Legacy.com, the world’s largest online hub of obituaries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDingding Hu \u003c\/b\u003eis a New York based illustrator, best known for her delightful illustration work featuring adorable food and hilarious characters. She has worked on projects for Google, the Museum of Chinese in America, and MIT Media Lab. Her work has appeared in\u003ci\u003e Time Out\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLucky Peach\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the recipient of a silver medal in the digital media category at the Comic and Cartoon Annual by the Society of Illustrators. For more information, visit dingdinghu.com and her Etsy shop, Hu is Hungry.Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy is there so much food, and talk of food, in \u003ci\u003eThe Good Place\u003c\/i\u003e—a supernatural TV sitcom that’s all about learning to use ethical philosophy to make good life choices? From the first moments of the first episode, food forms the backdrop to almost everything that happens on the show.\u003cbr\u003e     We meet Eleanor Shellstrop as she wakes in the afterlife and immediately learns that she died while buying groceries. Then Michael, her angelically dressed soul shepherd, takes her on an orientation tour of the Good Place, and literally the first thing we see as they stroll onto the neighborhood’s streets is a cupcake cart. \u003cbr\u003e      Food puns fill the Good Place’s ever-changing neighborhood signage. And once Eleanor meets her new friends Chidi, Tahani, and Jason, they quickly fall into a casual routine of noshing at parties and restaurants, chatting in sidewalk cafés, and not-so-silently judging one another for their food choices, from Jason’s adolescent snack cravings and Tahani’s Instagram-perfect hors d’oeuvres to Chidi’s unnecessary muffin dilemmas and Eleanor’s knee-jerk shrimp-and-booze gluttony.\u003cbr\u003e     After a while, it becomes clear that food in \u003ci\u003eThe Good Place\u003c\/i\u003e is a kind of emotional litmus test for what’s happening all around.\u003cbr\u003e     In the beginning, food underscores the uncanny, nearly-perfect-but-still-somehow-unsatisfying quality of life in the neighborhood that Michael has designed. (Frozen yogurt in every flavor you never imagined!) Three seasons of mind-blowing plot twists and reinventions later, food continues to reflect the nature of the characters’ surroundings. (A horrifying pot of chili representing Nietzsche’s idea that life is meaningless!)\u003cbr\u003e     Food, it turns out, is fundamentally a philosophical subject.\u003cbr\u003e     Philosophy encourages us to take a step back and reflect upon our choices. This approach can be applied to food as well, because the way a person cooks—and eats—reveals something about the way they have chosen to live their life.\u003cbr\u003e     How many meals do we eat that are fine but unremarkable, that fill the void but leave something to be desired? Do we eat without thinking about where the food comes from or how it was made? Do we invite our neighbors for a barbecue or host a potluck for friends? Do we ask elders for their favorite recipes, maybe adapt them for our needs but celebrate the legacy? Do we take time to enjoy the process of putting new things together? Do we take creative culinary risks in order to learn, to grow—to become better?\u003cbr\u003e     We wanted to write a cookbook inspired by \u003ci\u003eThe Good Place\u003c\/i\u003e because we were inspired by \u003ci\u003eThe Good Place\u003c\/i\u003e. In a show that explores the meaning of life, food is a way to highlight values.\u003cbr\u003e   \u003ci\u003e  The Good Place\u003c\/i\u003e’s creator, Michael Schur, brilliantly creates a vivid world and lovable, flawed characters. This cookbook is our love letter to the show—to food, to puns, and to philosophy. You can make these recipes for yourself or your family to accompany your next binge-watching session, or you can scale up for a viewing party with friends. These dishes were created with sharing in mind.\u003cbr\u003e    \u003ci\u003e The Good Place\u003c\/i\u003e loves its characters, and so we grew to care about them too. Through all of their mad adventures, we cheer them on to become better people. Along the way, their story inspires us to think about how we, too, can become better people.\u003cbr\u003e     Our hope with this cookbook is that after being inspired by \u003ci\u003eThe Good Place\u003c\/i\u003e, maybe people will take a little time out to think about the role of food in their lives. After all, recipes are a lot like philosophical theories. Both are guidelines for how to do something that’s central to living.\u003cbr\u003e     Perhaps a little thoughtful reflection and some new dishes can do for us what philosophy and friendship did for Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani, Jason, Michael, and Janet.\u003cbr\u003e      =Maybe thinking about the way we eat can actually change our lives.\u003cbr\u003e     We invite you to join us now as we try to cook our way into the Good Place.","brand":"Quirk Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304378388709,"sku":"NP9781683691556","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781683691556.jpg?v=1767727580","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/forking-good-isbn-9781683691556","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}