The Friendsgiving Handbook by Emily Stephenson, illustrated by Melanie Gandyra

The Friendsgiving

Handbook by Emily Stephenson, illustrated by Melanie Gandyra is a new book by Chronicle Books pretty stimulating. Thanksgiving is the holiday more loved of all the USA. As Constance an American neighbor and friend of mine told me, this festivity is felt, there is not the stress brought by Christmas and people really enjoy to staying together and can you imagine it? For this reason, and for this feast million and million of people return to their hometowns, for a meal, true, but also for sharing some time with the rest of their relatives.

The author experienced a lot of weird Thanksgivings; pretty depressing, in restaurants, weird ones and at least, considering also the distance with her own family and the idea of seeing them during the Christmas's Time, the final decision:hosting the Thanksgiving, calling it Friendsgiving, inviting all her friends. Consider this: the Thanksgiving is an enormous meal with wagons of people ready of eating this world and the other, so, of course it's necessary not to be generous: much more, in terms of food, beverages of every sorta, hospitality. This book won't just offer you 25 wonderful recipes for all tastes (you can find friends intollerant at some food, vegan or vegetarian; no one must be discriminated or left alone) but also practical advice for not getting lost in a day that, for you and for your friends must remain a memorable one.

Written with a friendly and energetic approach highly recommended. 

I thank Chronicle Books for the physical copy of this book.

Anna Maria Polidori