Cook Up Your Own Romance with a Rom-Com Cookbook

Two of the simplest pleasures in life are a good romantic comedy and a delicious home-cooked meal. Enter Tara Theoharis, the creator of the Geek Hostess blog, with her new creation: The Rom-Com Cookbook.

Published by Insight Editions, this cookbook has seven sections, including “Meat Cute,” featuring meat dishes; “Happily, Ever After,” including desserts; “Long-Term Relationships,” for dinner-at-home recipes; and more.

Fifty different romantic comedy movies inspire the delicious recipes found within its pages. For example, the “I Carried a Watermelon” cocktail comes from Dirty Dancing and is a fruity drink that makes it feel like Johnny Castle may as well have made it for you. Another standout dish is the “Chef’s Special Risotto,” inspired by Last Holiday. This creamy entrée pays homage to the luxury meal the main character orders when she believes it may be one of her last meals. We are drooling and cannot tell if we need to get cooking or start binge-watching rom-coms first. 

Whether you’re cooking for yourself (because self-love is the best love), doubling or tripling recipes for a rom-com movie night with all your friends, or cooking for two to try to impress a partner (or potential one — surely the “What She’s Having Sandwich” from When Harry Met Sally will win them over!), this cookbook could be the perfect addition to the kitchen bookshelf.

Rom-com-loving interested foodies can preorder at insighteditions.com for $27.99, with shipments starting March 25.