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The White Lotus Official Cookbook

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Eat your way around the world in style and live your own extended vacation alongside the colourful guests and employees of the luxurious resort and spa with The White Lotus Official Cookbook. Fans of the biting comedy-drama series, The White Lotus, can bring fabulous, five-star food... Read More
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HUGE HIT FOR HBO: Season 1 in August 2021 finished so strong, the originally intended limited series was renewed as an anthology series. Season 2 episodes averaged 50% more viewers, paving the way for Season 3. The series has been nominated for 43 Emmys, winning 15 awards, including the 2023 Golden Globe for Best Limited Series. HIGHLY ANTICIPATED

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Eat your way around the world in style and live your own extended vacation alongside the colourful guests and employees of the luxurious resort and spa with The White Lotus Official Cookbook.

Fans of the biting comedy-drama series, The White Lotus, can bring fabulous, five-star food to their own kitchen tables with the first official cookbook created in collaboration with Warner Bros. and HBO.

Featuring 50+ dishes, this giftable and collectible recipe book captures the iconic upscale hotel fare, along with the distinct flavours of each season, with regional cuisine from Hawai'i, Italy, and Thailand.

THE FIRST OFFICIAL THE WHITE LOTUS COOKBOOK: The first officially licensed cookbook, created in conjunction with the studio behind The White Lotus.

RECIPES FOR EVERY OCCASION: Includes recipes for delicious snacks, appetisers, main courses, desserts, and drinks to celebrate any occasion.

RECIPES FOR ALL SKILL LEVELS: With accessible step-by-step instructions and helpful cooking tips, The White Lotus Official Cookbook is a great guide for fans of any age and skill level, from kitchen novices to seasoned chefs.

STUNNING PHOTOGRAPHY: Features beautiful photography of the delicious, fully prepared recipes to help ensure success.

COMPLETE YOUR COLLECTION: Pair The White Lotus Official Cookbook with The White Lotus Official Cocktail Collection, The White Lotus: Heard Around the Resort, and HBO Original Series: The White Lotus: The Official Coloring Book.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9798886638813

Publisher: Insight Editions

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 02 September 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: Insight Editions

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 203.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 862g

Pages: 144

About the Author

Jarrett Melendez is a GLAAD Media Award- and Eisner Award-nominated comic and graphic novel writer, cookbook author, and food journalist. He’s best known for the award-winning graphic novel Chef’s Kiss, a queer romance set in a restaurant, which he co-created with Danica Brine. The sequel, Chef’s Kiss Again, will be released in 2026. Jarrett has also contributed to award-winning and nominated anthologies, including Young Men in Love, All We Ever Wanted, and Young Men in Love 2: New Romances. Jarrett is currently working on Tales of the Fungo: The Legend of Cep, to be published by Andrews McMeel, Fujoshi Warriors, an action comedy graphic novel, and love letter to both fujoshis and magical girl anime and manga, and an upcoming licensed Webtoon.

As a cookbook author and food journalist, Jarrett has written countless articles and developed hundreds of original recipes that have appeared on Bon Appetit, Epicurious, Saveur and Food52. He’s written numerous cookbooks, including My Pokémon Baking Book, RuneScape: The Official Cookbook, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Official Cookbook, The Official Wednesday Cookbook, The Official Borderlands Cookbook, Persona: The Official Cookbook, and The White Lotus Official Cookbook.

Jarrett grew up on the mean, deer-infested streets of Bucksport, Maine, but currently resides in Watertown, Massachusetts, with his partner Theo and a collection of Monokuro Boo plush pigs.

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