Looking for recipes from Gilmore Girls that you can make? I get you, and I have a solution! You're watching Rory and Lorelai eat stacks of pancakes and drink copious amounts of coffee, and suddenly, you are ravenous. Been there, done that. So what's the solution? Head over to EatingGilmore.com to whip up a recipe that will satisfy your food cravings! Larisa, the creator of EatingGilmore.com is in the process of creating a recipe for every single episode of the popular series Gilmore Girls. And why not? You know they're always eating and it makes us so hungry! In this episode, we explore our mutual love of food, cooking, cookbooks, and of course, the popular hit show Gilmore Girls. Meet the Author behind EatingGilmore Larisa is a home cook obsessed with Gilmore Girls and is cooking her way through the series one episode at a time. Each episode she chooses a dish, drink, or meal to prepare inspired by that episode then develops a recipe to share on her website. Cooking has always been something Larisa enjoyed and it truly shows in the food she creates to pair with each episode. eatinggilmore.com Making Recipes from Gilmore Girls - Rebecca's Favorites Apple Cider Ice Cream - see photo belowMac and Cheese Chocolate Milk Shakes - see photo belowCoconut Shrimp Tacos with Mango Avocado SalsaDr. Pepper BBQ Chicken Nachos (I substituted Kombucha Brew Dr., and it was still absolutely amazing!) My daughter and me toasting our perfect milk shake and episode pairing thanks to Larisa! Lorelai: We should be eating, I'm hungry! Don't they want us eating? Isn't that what the point of the Hungry Diner is, to feed the hungry diner? Or is the point of the Hungry Diner to keep the diner hungry, in which case they should call it the Eternally Hungry Diner cuz you're not gonna get any food here, loser!Rory: That would be quite a sign.Gilmore Girls While eating dinner in front of the tv isn’t something experts recommend doing every night, an occasional dinner at the coffee table while watching your favorite show is a great way to bond with your family or friends. When you pair Gilmore Girls with one of Larisa's recipes, you can turn screen time into family bonding time. Apple Cider Ice Cream Recipe by Larisa and then I used my caramel sauce recipe for a delicious topping! Rory: You know, there will be food there.Lorelai: Finger food, aka snooty little balls of attitude!Rory: Oh boy.Lorelai: I need real food, peasant food, hearty bread, meat, cheese, little pickle chips, sauce, a special sauce. This is the food that sustains me, this is the food of my...Rory: Oh my God, just eat the burger already!Lorelai: How crabby!Rory: I'm not crabby.Lorelai: I didn't even get through my special sauce speech. That's crabby.Gilmore Girls Transcripts EatingGilmore [00:00:00] Rebecca: So tell me a little bit about yourself so that you know, people can get an idea of who you are from you.  [00:00:06] Larisa: Yeah. so I'm Larissa. I am the person behind the Instagram and blog called Eating Gilmore, and essentially the project is where I recreate a dish or drink of some sort that is inspired by every single episode of my favorite TV show, which is Gilmore Girls. [00:00:28] Larisa: That is so cool that you had the idea to do that, because I. It's interesting  [00:00:33] Rebecca: when you watch a TV show or sometimes even a movie, but I feel like it's more with TV shows and they're eating something. It always makes you want to eat too.  [00:00:43] Larisa: Yes, . I'm always hungry when I'm watching the show  [00:00:47] Rebecca: because they eat all the time and I got my coffee because I'm like, okay, we're gonna be talking about Rory and Lo Loli, so I know there's gonna be coffee involved , so I have to have my coffee. [00:00:58] Larisa: Perfect.  [00:00:59] Rebecca: Yeah. So obviously you loved Gilmore Girls, it's your favorite show, you said. So were you already really into cooking before you started this adventure with your blog and Instagram?  [00:01:13] Larisa: Yeah, so I've kind of been cooking my whole life. It was something my mom kind of taught me a little bit when I was little and she bought me a couple of. [00:01:25] Larisa: Children's cookbooks that kind of teach kids the basics. You know, knife safety, things like that. And I really enjoyed them. And so that kind of started when I was fairly young. And then when I was on my own in college, I kind of started. You know, diving into that a little bit more and my own kitchen, my own space, things like that. [00:01:46] Larisa: And I think that was right around when Pinterest was starting to become really popular. So, you know, there were so many recipes just like at your fingertips that I got really. More into cooking then. And I also kind of started collecting cookbooks. That's something that my late aunt always did, and so kind of got me into enjoying reading through those, learning different recipes, techniques and things like that. [00:02:13] Larisa: I've never been professionally trained or anything but it's always just kind of been a, a hobby that I've enjoyed.  [00:02:20] Rebecca: So you do love cookbooks and you collect them . Okay. I, I wondered because like, there's, there's people, I feel like maybe they fall on either side and maybe some people that fall in the middle. [00:02:34] Rebecca: But I also am a cookbook collector and I have way too many cookbooks, I guess some people would say. But yeah, they're everywhere. So I was curious if you had a love of cookbooks, so it's cool to find out that you also love collecting them. Do you have a favorite. [00:02:51] Larisa: I don't think I have a favorite, but something that I started a few years ago, when I go on any sort of big trip, I try to find a cookbook from that country or that city. [00:03:04] Larisa: And so that's kind of been a fun travel tradition that I've done. I, it's like picking a favorite child. I don't know if I could pick a favorite cook. Because I have a lot that are really special. Like I found have you seen Julia and Julia about Julia Child? I found, I love that, that cookbook that they kind of make in that movie. [00:03:23] Larisa: I found it at this little bookshop in Paris. So that was really special. Mm-hmm. So, yeah, just a few different, like memories of actually finding those cookbooks. But yeah, I don't think I have a favorite one.  [00:03:33] Rebecca: Oh, that's cool. I I do have a favorite. My favorite cookbook author is Christopher Kimball and I love Oh yeah, his like Milk Street cookbooks. [00:03:42] Rebecca: And I also was on a trip when I found that first one of his cookbooks. I was in Orlando at a TaeKwonDo tournament, and I found that book and I bought it, and then I was obsessed with his cookbooks ever since then. But I, I love that you mentioned Julia and Julia because it , it reaffirms that connection between like entertainment and food. Yeah. And sometimes I used to feel a little guilty for eating food in front of the TV because they say, oh, you know, you should sit at, have a proper, you know, friendly dinner and all this. [00:04:20] Rebecca: But you know, I've realized, and I did another podcast interview with the Family Dinner Project and she said, you know whatever bonds your family. That's okay. And so for us, it's been kind of cool to. You know, watch Gilmore Girls and prepare a food that they are also eating. And the whole thing has been super bonding for us. [00:04:45] Rebecca: Yeah. Because like, we'll, we're like, okay, let's go check eating Gilmore and see what the food is for the next episode. Yeah. And then we're like, oh, okay, it's chocolate milkshakes. So, okay, tomorrow night we're gonna watch that episode and we're gonna make her recipe. And so then, We get everything ready and we start watching the episode and then we have, you know, our meal and we're eating with them and the whole experience is really bonding. [00:05:10] Rebecca: So I stopped feeling bad about that and now I feel like I'm doing one step above the family dinner. It's even more bonding when you cook and eat together, right?  [00:05:22] Larisa: Yeah, exactly. And I think too, what's even, what's really special just about Gilmore Girls but I think any show that you can relate to your friends or family members is in the same way, but I think for a lot of people, especially mothers and daughters, if they're able to bond through that show, I think it's really special. [00:05:40] Larisa: Because you can see yourself in the characters, and that's one of the big reasons that I love this show so much, is that it doesn't matter what generation you're in, you know every, there's someone in it for everyone, you know, teenagers, adults, grandmothers, you know, everyone can kind of relate to. A storyline. [00:05:57] Larisa: So that's why they think it's really special. And it's really sweet and touching that you and your daughters cook my food together with the show. And it kind of makes it fun and interactive, right? Like, oh, they're having their milkshakes, I'm having mine. So that sounds really fun, .  [00:06:09] Larisa: Yeah, it is.  [00:06:10] Rebecca: It's actually on several levels because I think you had a nacho, was it barbecue Chicken, Dr. Pepper. Oh gosh. Those are some of my favorite. That I've made. Those are so good. , and then you have a macaroni and cheese. But yeah, we've done a few and it's, it's, so, I feel like it's just so many levels of connection because, you know, we have the show and we're cooking together and then we're sitting together watching it, and then we're like, oh, oh, I wanna tell Larisa that I made this and it was so good. [00:06:37] Rebecca: So I'm like, now I'm connected to you. And then I've shared it with other people and now they're doing it and it's just like this network of really cool way to bond over something that's just, you know,