The Great Gatsby is, of course, a classic and one of my favorite books. I was surprised to discover this recipe companion - how fun! One of my personal favorite passages in the book is when they're trying to weather the heatwave at the Plaza Hotel and are craving mint juleps, that would magically solve everyone's problems... well, guess what, there is a recipe for Daisy's Mint Juleps in this book among many more fun things! If you are a fan of the Great Gatsby or you just want a different culinary perspective on the roaring twenties, this stunning edition makes for a beautiful gift!

Most of us have read The Great Gatsby at one point or another, so I won’t go into much about the novel itself. It was actually one of my favorite required reads in high school. I can’t say the same for many others—being told not only what to read but also what you’re supposed to “get” out of it tends to kill the joy. But The Great Gatsby stuck with me, probably because I’ve always been sensitive to issues of class, and how circumstances of birth can dictate your path more than ability or ambition.

The reason I picked up this edition, though, is because I’m a sucker for unique cookbooks. And really, this is more of a book to read than a traditional cookbook. It includes about 15 playful recipes, which I thought was a fun and creative way to reimagine a classic that so many people know.

That said, I can’t rate it higher than three stars, simply because it’s a variation on an already great book. Still—if you’re going to get a copy of The Great Gatsby, why not choose one with recipes to go along with it?

This edition of The Great Gatsby offers a fresh, indulgent twist on the classic novel by pairing Fitzgerald’s timeless tale of ambition, love, and excess with 15 recipes inspired by the opulent spirit of the Jazz Age. The story itself remains as captivating as ever—sharp, poetic, and filled with the glittering yet hollow allure of the Roaring ’20s.

What makes this version special is the culinary companion aspect. The recipes, ranging from elegant cocktails to decadent bites, are well-curated to match the novel’s mood and themes. They provide an immersive, sensory way to experience Gatsby’s world, making it an ideal pick for book clubs, themed parties, or readers who like to blend literature with a little lifestyle flair.

While the recipes are a fun addition, some may find the transition between story and food sections slightly jarring if they’re looking for a seamless read-through. Still, the charm of enjoying a champagne cocktail while diving into West Egg’s drama is undeniable.

Overall, this is a beautiful collector’s edition that blends literary brilliance with a taste of culinary history—a glamorous toast to one of America’s greatest novels. 🥂✨

Such a cool edition of The Great Gatsby! Alongside the novel you get lots of recipes inspired by items mentioned in each chapter. The illustrations are beautiful.

Thanks NetGalley and Chronicle Books for allowing me to view an ARC of this cool book!

Most of us were introduced to F. Scott Fitzgerald and his famous novel, The Great Gatsby. Most of us read it in school and wrote reviews of the book. However, a new edition of the novel has been released that includes some fun recipes from the 1920s, The Great Gatsby: The Complete Novel with 15 Recipes Inspired by the Roaring ’20s. There are no changes to the story, and the actual novel is a quick and easy read, since it’s short; it can be read in an afternoon. The recipes, however, are new and it’s fun to plan a menu around them.

The book has cute illustrations, and is very colorful. It’s fun to re-read this classic and it’s even more fun to prepare the recipes which are easy to follow; they are written in the traditional manner with a list of ingredients followed by step-by-step instructions and a quote from the novel that makes the recipe apropos to the novel. There are only 15 recipes, ranging from appetizers, sandwiches, snacks, and cocktails. Each is illustrated beautifully.

All told, this is a fun book and fun to cook from. It would make a good gift for literary friends.

Special thanks to NetGalley for supplying a review copy of this book.

This was an excellent book. It was well-written. I would highly recommend this book. It's very easy to read.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for the ARC.

The book itself is great, I mean it's a classic! This edition tries to add a culinary element to it, but it felt non-cohesive. There are some phrases underlined in each chapter to signal what the recipes are based on. You'll then have to flick to the back of the book (which is inconvenient on a kindle) to find the recipes. The recipes are nothing to write home about. The further I got into the book, the more I realised the recipes were just fluff to make this edition seem new. I wasn't even looking at the recipes anymore, let alone making them. The idea seemed great, but in reality the book is better off the way it was originally written.

My thanks to NetGalley and Chronicle Books for an eARC of this book, to be published August 19, 2025.
It is a gift book. The complete text of F. Scott Fitsgerald's short novel, with recipes added. I am currently on a Fitzgerald jag, and this was an enjoyable addition to my reading, with a different twist to his best known novel.
As an ebook it is little hard to judge the final product. Which will have colored papers inside, and recipes (mostly updated) of food and cocktails included on recipe cards, placed inside vellum envelopes at the end of the chapter. In the ebook the recipes are placed at the end of the complete text of the novel. Also in the ebook, the text of the novel that has to do with food and beverage is lightly underlined. I am not sure how those lines will be highlighted in a physical book.
This was, for me, actually a good, and fun, idea. They suggest you use it for a book club.
Recipes are by Dena Rayess and Claire Gilhuly. Both are editors at Chronicle/Ten Speed Press. Rayess has a book out on cheeseballs! Appropriately illustrated by Rene Rohlman. It appears this may be the first in a series, "Cook the Book".
I actually kind of enjoyed the idea, and thought it was well done - and it would make a nice gift.
4 out of 5.

The Great Gatsby is a classic and for this review I will only be reviewing the recipe portions of the book, as it seems odd to review a reprint of Fitzgerald when the new take on the book is the recipes.

In ebook form it was confusing to understand where the recipes might be, I imagine it's clearer in physical form.

The graphics were lovely and the recipes matched the theme of the 20s, I would've liked more history on the background of each dish.

Note: Review not based on the contents of the novel, but the recipe portion and its execution.

When I think of books that do a lot of work describing food—the sort of thing I had to learn I couldn't read when I was hungry—I usually think of something like the Redwall books where the food is extremely prominent and described in great detail. The decision to make a Great Gatsby 'cook'book frankly seems a bit bizarre. I think people approaching this as a cookbook (which is how it is being positioned) or as a guide for throwing a 1920s soirée (one of the suggestions in the description) are going to be disappointed (a menu of oysters and tea sandwiches with hash and fried chicken seems pretty confused). This is better considered as a special edition of The Great Gatsby for people who really like the book or the art style. $35 feels way too pricey for the small amount of additional content.

I was surprised there were not more illustrations in an edition that gives the impression it is a decorative book; full-colour illustrations of some of the scenes from the story would be pretty cool.

The practice of underlining the passages is a bit of an eyesore. A footnote pointing the to recipe would have been a better option.

There's no innovation in the recipes; the fried chicken might indeed be good, but I would say that about many recipes I could find online. The deviled egg recipes are, on the one hand the most basic option you can choose, and, on the other, likely out of most readers' budgets (certainly good caviar would be).

Also, I really hope one of the freelancers involved pointed out that this book '[o]riginally published in 1925' was not, in fact, 'published more than a hundred years ago' given the Introduction is a significant portion of the original material in this edition.

This was a really cool idea to combine with a classic novel with recipes from the book. I would have liked the recipes to be intermixed with the book and shown after each chapter, but the having them at the end isn't a bad choice. I liked the art work that went along with the recipes, but an actual image of what the food would/should look like would also be helpful.

I have a split rating on this, as I absolutely hate The Great Gatsy. 0 out of 5 stars. OK, maybe not 0. Maybe 2, but ugh. Books like that are one of the reasons people think all books are boring. Teachers should absolutely have required reading, but they should also give more opportunities for kids to choose what they read for class. So anyway, my point here is that I don't like the book. This didn't affect how I rated this book, however, just to be clear. Just strictly rating it on the cookbook, as that is why I requested it from NetGalley. I was very hopeful there would be some wonderful recipes in the book.

I was hoping for some fun recipes to try, but the cookbook just stuck with every single food item mentioned in the book. Deviled eggs, fried chicken, gin rickey, etc.Which is fine, but there weren't even photos of the food items like you would find in a normal cookbook. No pages with substitutions or measurements, things like that. The illustrations were beautifully done, though.

I suppose this would be a good collector's item, but the recipes aren't anything you can't find in a million other cookbooks.

Thanks so much to NetGalley for the free Kindle book. My review is voluntarily given, and my opinions are my own.

I love The Great Gatsby. I have read the book. Seen several versions of the story on film. I have even read biogrpahies on F. Scott Fitzgerald. There is just something interesting and luxurious about the Roaring 20's. When I saw this book, I could not wait to see the recipes within for a dinner party I have coming up. I can't wait to try a few of them out, especially the Gatsby House Cordial. I love the interweaving of the book itself and the foods mentioned within. I wish though that the recipes flowed at the same time, as opposed to the end of the book.

A cool concept, but I feel the execution was really lazy: underlining some food passages in the text of a public domain work and including a handful of simple recipes seems more like a cheap gimmick than a thoughtful project meant to inspire readers.

Kudos on the art.

The cover artwork was too cool to pass up an opportunity to take a look!

The illustrations were wonderful but I anticipated the artwork and recipes would be featured and interspersed throughout the text as they became relevant. Originally this seemed like an awesome coffee table book. I have read The Great Gatsby several times so for me this would not be a purchase the way it stands with the recipes and artwork chunked at the end.

This is a very pretty book!

I do think this is a lovely gift for people who adore Gatsby or the era in general.

While I liked that it was made very clear which food was being referenced, I think I would have liked this a touch more if each chapter had ended with the relevant recipes rather than gathering them all in the back of the book.

As for the recipes themselves, they're very simple - most are just everyday food. Most of the ones that seemed vintage were the featured cocktails.

Still a very nice book.

* ARC provided by publisher

A fun spin on a classic novel with decent recipes. I am interested in making a lot of these for a roaring 20's party my friend is throwing

I love this idea and I love the way that it was executed. I enjoyed being shown what recipes to look out for in each chapter and that the passages that food/drink items take inspiration from are underlined. I think this would be a fantastic way to do a book club, eating the foods while discussing the portions of the book.

Some of the recipes are a bit grand for my tastes (caviar deviled eggs anyone?), but I think they fit the story so well and really add another layer to the narrative itself.

I love the illustrations throughout this book. I love that the have the story in there but I think since this is geared towards cooking/drink recipes these portions could’ve been left as just quotes on the recipe pages. I think if you’re buying this you may have already read the great gatsby or are buying it mostly for the recipes. But hey someone else might say otherwise! The recipes are great and are very thorough!

This book is everything my Great Gatsby loving soul needed! This is the actual book of the Great Gatsby and the chapter pages show food that will be eaten in that chapter. The scenes are underlined where food and drink is mentioned. There is a complete recipe book in the back so you can cook your way through this story. I read through this and loved it and now I can’t wait to make all of these dishes in a reread.