I loved every second of this. The good the bad, and the terrible sandwiches. It was fun to see the cookbook used with specific episodes so you can go back and see in which episode the sandwich is made and experience it with the author in the moment he made it. I love that he included the worst of the worst so I’d you really felt daring you could try it with him. I love his emphasis at the beginning of food scarcity being so important and that wasting food was not something happening even if the sandwich tasted bad

Thank you Netgalley, Fox Chapel Publishing, and Jacob A. Pauwels for sending me this advance review copy for free. I am leaving this review voluntarily.

I love watching Jacob's videos, and this cookbook does not disappoint at all!

The photography is gorgeous, and shows the food really well. I got hungry flipping through the pages. I adore the pun titles too. They had me cracking up the whole time.

The recipes are simple to follow, and don't need very many ingredients to make. There are so many I plan on making soon, and this is a great book to pull out for making lunches too. I loved all the unique ingredient pairings, and a lot of it was things you would never think to put together. I really enjoyed the section of sandwich fails. Those were awesome to read, and perfect for those poor brave adventurous souls to try.

There is also a section devoted to setting up your own personal Roll for Sandwich too!

This is a fantastic cookbook, and one I think I will get a physical copy for my own collection.

Love Jake and watch him religiously on TikTok. It was so fun to see these recreations, along with a sprinkling of D&D terms. (I finally learned what a cantrip is!) Not sure I'll ever make any of the sandwiches, but I love this book as a story - fun undertaking!

Roll for Sandwich by Jacob A. Pauwels is an interesting cookbook. I have never seen a cookbook with the concept before. Before receiving this book, I was unaware of Pauwels series, but I am a fan of RPGs so the concept really appealed to me. I really liked how the book was arranged so that the reader knows which “rolls” were successes and which were fails. I liked the section on holiday recipes. I even found it interesting that there was a whole section on unrated recipes so the reader could make those recipes and rate them themselves. I think the most successful element of this book was the end section with information on how to “roll” for your own sandwich and the addition of handouts. Where the book fell a bit flat for me was the addition of so many poorly rated recipes. I understand the concept and appreciate that the author added the good and the bad, but as someone who loves cookbooks, I feel as though those recipes are a bit of a waste since I already know that they most likely would not eat. I feel like those pages would have been better served by including more well rated recipes. Otherwise, I thought this was a fun read.

Roll for Sandwich would popup on my tiktok for you page very often over the past couple of years. So, I was excited to see that he put out a cookbook! But let me just say, when it says "for. . . Adventurous Eaters" it is NOT lying. Most of these sandwiches sound diabolical and horrendous. But, that is the whole point. When rolling the dice you get a 50/50 shot of something good or bad! It was pretty fun going through the recipes and trying to determine why a sandwich was rated so low when all the ingredients looked okay, and then you spot "candy conversation hearts" and it makes sense.

I loved that every recipe had pictures (even if some of those pictures made me shudder) and that there are sheets in the back of the book to start your own insane roll for sandwich journey. Will I ever make the majority of these sandwiches? NO. But there are a few in there that seem promising and normal and good, so there probably are a few hits in here.

As a fan of the TikTok sensation Roll for Sandwhich, I woutwardly squee'd so loud when this one popped up in my queue. Hilarious, whimsey, and sometimes filled with terrifying outcomes, I love all things Roll for Sandwich. Those of you who understand that the dice giveth and the dice taketh away will absolutely LOVE this cookbook!

Fantastic! So much fun. The reading, the styling, the recipes. I love the way that the different flavour combinations get described throughout and the fact that some of the terrible combinations are included as well.

As someone who has enjoyed watching Jake make these sandwiches (and live to tell the tale), I was excited to see he had a cookbook coming out. I always enjoy seeing the wide variety of ingredients he uses as well, but that can mean some of the ingredients can be hard to find! Ingredient foraging aside, Jake has done a fantastic job writing out the recipes for his (or, rather, the dice's) creations. I can't wait to try out more sandwiches if another book comes out!

As a long-time fan of the Roll for Sandwich series, I found that this book is a delight! Highlights of the best and worst sandwiches are found throughout the book with high-quality pictures of each one. I loved all of the backstory and quips with each sandwich. I do feel like this book is more for fans of the series, than a serious sandwich cookbook... but I don't make tons of adventurous sandwiches so I could be wrong!

Thanks to NetGalley, Jacob Pauwels, and Fox Chapel publishing for the chance to read and review! My opinions are my own!

I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I picked up this book. Normally, I enjoy cookbooks because I can usually find a recipe or two that inspires me to try something new. This one felt different right from the start. After flipping through a few pages, I looked up the author online and discovered he’s a TikTok sensation with a huge following! Knowing that made the book feel more fun and relevant to today’s food culture. While I don’t plan to try any of the recipes myself, I found the book surprisingly entertaining, full of personality, and offering a fresh take on cooking that kept me engaged throughout.

Overall, it was a fun read. Huge thanks to NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for the opportunity to read this delightful book!

This was a great cookbook. It has easy-to-follow recipes. I would highly recommend this book.
Thank you to NetGalley and the Publishers for the ARC.

Not the typical book that I review but this one deserves the exception!

Ive been following Roll For Sandwich from the beginning, back when the sandwiches were just normal sandwiches. The growth and change I've seen over the years is actually insane. Props to Jacob for the creative idea!

Roll For Sandwich getting its own cookbook just makes so much sense! I love the way it's set up. From the way that every recipe has the standard prep time, ingredients, directions and serving size (1 sandwich of course) to how every sandwich has its own photo. You can really tell the amount of love and thought that got put into this cookbook. His humor is present on every page and the fact that there are pages in the back to make your own Roll For Sandwich experience shows how much he wants to share the joy of this.

Genuinely one of my personal fave cookbooks I've seen in a while. Yes its all sandwiches but the personality that is throughout is unmatched.

☆ I received this ARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review ☆

I thought this was going to be different. From a DND perspective, I thought it would've been a roll to make each recipe, and maybe then that's where the one-off ingredients would come in.

I do appreciate that there are pictures for every recipe.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an early digital access copy of this book for a review.

This book is fun! Having been a fan of the series on social media, it was delightful to see this find its way to a physical form. The writing style is fun and it offers an adventure for any sandwich enthusiast to try something new outside of their typical turkey and cheese. There are some extremely unexpected combinations that apparently work… but I think there is a great deal of inherent bravery in leaving your lunch up to chance.

I loved the inclusion of the roll for sandwich sheets in the back, that is what I was really looking forward to! I do wish that the authors own (pre populated) sheets were included so we could play along with the series!

Another criticism I might have for this book is that I wish - were it to truly act as a cookbook- that the sections or cross referencing for ingredients was a little easier to follow. Maybe even cross referencing to vegetarian sandwiches, other dietary restrictions, etc. But I do have a feeling that that’s not the point…

This book doesn’t read so much as a cookbook or “how to guide” but more a memoir/compendium of all of the sandwiches that he has made across the “roll for sandwich” series. Do I think that I would buy this book in order to reproduce the recipes? No. Would I buy this book for a fan of the series? Absolutely

Thanks for the ARC!

I was previously not very aware of the tiktok channel, besides maybe seeing one or two videos on my fyp a long time ago. The name seems familiar, I’m not sure though.

This is just genuinely a very good cookbook. Clear instructions, ingredients, even includes prep time and good pictures for every recipe. The book is organized very well depending on what you’re looking for. A good amount of recipes, not too much backstory and what is included is interesting and informative. There’s also a very present and inspiring passion for food, including a mention of a dislike towards food waste, and an encouragement to respect and try cultural and unfamiliar ingredients and foods.

I definitely recommend this cookbook.

I loved the premise of this book but it wasn’t what I expected. I thought it would be a primer for how to make endless customizations of sandwiches based on dice rolls, but instead it is recipes he made on his channel already, especially really weird combinations. The thing is, most of them are pretty disgusting (think savory sandwiches with candy conversation hearts, oatmeal cream pies for the bread and adding both chocolate sauce and barbecue sauce to a sandwich). And they tend to have really specific, hard to find specialty ingredients like pickled fiddlehead ferns and brunost.

On the plus side, there is a photo for every recipe and the very end gives you forms to make your own roll a sandwich recipe.

It’s a fun and creative book, best suited to fans of his show and (as the title says) to D&D gamers who are adventurous eaters.

I read a digital version of this book for review.

I loved watching the tik tok videos but didn't enjoy the book. So much. Some of it were formatting issues with the ARC. I found it difficult to read.

This book is based on a podcast that is inventive and fun for role-playing tabletop fans. The premise is using tabletop dice to dictate how you make your sandwich.
As a cookbook, I give it 5 stars. There is a short write-up about the recipe, ingredient lists are clear, instructions are easy to understand, and there are full-color photos of each recipe. What more could I want? Well, to want to eat what's inside it. lol
This is a niche book, and some of the recipes do look good. The author walks you through the best and the best and the worst of his creation, plus holiday ones. The author also talks you through creating your own "Roll for Sandwich Adventure" with templates, strategy, and tips on interesting ingredients.
This is a fun gift for a DnD fan in your life, but not for someone not up for adventure.

This book is a good read if you have watched a lot of his Tiktok videos. While I really enjoyed the background behind these recipes and how they came about, a lot of the contents were just not for me. However, this book definitely has an audience so it's hard to rate this overall!

I like the idea of this book, and maybe the print version is actually digestible, but the ebook was a mess. Poor text formatting, blurry low-res images, and just overall a haphazard visual mess. Could not finish this one.