Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook

by Chelsea Monroe-Cassel, Marc Sumerak, Insight Editions

Inspired by the cuisine from the exciting new Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge themed lands at Walt Disney World and Disneyland, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge: The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook is the ultimate source for creating out-of-this-world meals and treats from a galaxy far, far away.

Join intergalactic gourmet Strono “Cookie” Tuggs for a mouthwatering journey into the cuisine of Black Spire Outpost and beyond.

From the swamps of Dagobah to the forests of Endor and the deserts of Jakku, chef extraordinaire Strono “Cookie” Tuggs has traveled countless light-years to compile the galaxy’s most delicious recipes into this unique volume.

With Cookie as your guide, journey to the streets of Black Spire Outpost and discover delectable delicacies such as Braised Shaak Roast, Nerf Kebabs, Mustafarian Lava Buns, Huttese Slime Pods, Spicy Mandalorian Stew, and much more. 

Featuring seventy recipes—including sides, sauces, soups, breads, main courses, desserts, and drinks—this comprehensive cookbook is a hyperspace route to the tastiest treats in the galaxy, bringing a little taste of Black Spire Outpost right into your own home.

Genres: Cookbooks, Star Wars, Cooking, Nonfiction, Food, Food and Drink

176 pages, Hardcover

Published November 5, 2019

About the author

Chelsea grew up in rural New York, surrounded by cows and an appreciation for small farms. However, her real love affair with food began during a year abroad in Turkey, which sparked a passion for both food and history, as well as leading her to a degree in Classical History. A lifelong artist and fantasy fan, she greatly enjoys foreign languages, treasure hunting, and all things honey. She currently lives in Boston with several other cooks, and even more eaters, including one very happy Manx Cat.

Reviews

[Librarian Jessie (BibliophileRoses) · Rating 2 out of 5]

Do I realistically see myself making any of these recipes? No, but they look good and fun and I like Star Wars.

[Cristina GC · Rating 5 out of 5]

Es genial cómo te introducen a un libro de recetas. Cada una tiene una historia que contar, y es un viaje a través de los sabores de la galaxia. Tapa dura, maravillosamente editado, platos muy, muy originales con muchísimo sabor... Lo he leído al completo, pero todo lo que estoy haciendo está increíble. Recomendadísimo si os gusta cocinar.

[Kristina Wise · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lot of really cook looking recipes, but only a few I have the ability/interest to make.

[Deb · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad, actually found a few recipes I liked and will copy out to try.

[Stella · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good looking book. Nice photos, interesting flavor combinations. Most Star Wars cookbooks are full of food dyes and ordinary dishes with catchy names (seven Leia dip). This is definitely a refreshing change from that. Some of the ingredients here might need to be special ordered, and there wasn’t anything I wanted to rush into the kitchen and try immediately. But better than most Star Wars themed cookbooks.

[Catherine Puma · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the official cookbook accompaniment to the Disney Parks Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge locations. Full disclosure: I am biased in favor of this cookbook because I had visited the Orland, FL Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge location before getting this, so the references to Ronto Roasters, Oga's Cantina, the Milk Stand, and Kat Saka's Kettle evoke specific pleasant moments for me. Regardless of when or if you are able to visit a Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge location, however, this is a great gift for any Star Wars fan who wants to bring a little more of a galaxy far far away into their home.

Additional disclosure: I have not made every recipe in this book (yet), but I have made a few and have read all the backstory content and introductions for each section. The recipes I can personally vouce for include:
- Pitmaster's Choice,
- Roasted Chando Peppers,
- Spicy Mandalorian Stew,
- Polystarch Portion Bread,
- Huttese Slime Pods, and
- Gruuvan Shaal Kebab.

There are plenty of other recipes I am interested in trying, and there seems to be a little bit for every type of foodie. Appendices include a list of Dietary Considerations and Measurement Conversion Charts, which not every cookbook has, so that's a thoughtful touch. Recipe sections include:
- Condiments, Sauces & Garnishes,
- Sides, Starters & Snacks,
- Soups & Stews,
- Breads,
- Main Courses,
- Desserts, and
- Drinks.

The backstory is nice, featuring the chef from Maz's castle who seeks new ingredients along the Outer Rim. I also really like the production presentation, photos of the recipes, and quality artwork sprinkled throughout.

I think the introductions to some of the sections is a bit preachy, though, like we had to prepare random condiments and sauces before trying out hand at any of the main courses. What a silly notion. Just dive in and try what waters your pallet! Don't make your kid munch on Moss Chips when they want to make Sweet-Sand Cookies with you. And don't labor over Chadian Dressing when all you want is a cool Bantha Chai!

This is a fun book, and I recommend to every intrigued Star Wars fan. Happy May the Fourth!

[Tania · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a fun and useful keepsake. The Star Wars Galaxy's Edge theme runs through the entire cookbook. We're introduced to the narrator in an introduction that details his place in the Star Wars universe. He then describes the outpost and its food offerings and restaurants/bars, before launching into to the recipes. Each recipe continues the narration and backstory, while offering interesting themed food. Some of the recipes are reminiscent of food I've seen at Walt Disney World's Galaxy's Edge, and some feels new but fitting for the theme.

The cookbook is split up into (1) Condiments, Sauces, & Garnishes, (2) Sides, Starters & Snacks, (3) Soups & Stews, (4) Breads, (5) Main Courses, (6) Desserts, (7) Drinks. Gorgeous full page color photos accompany recipes. The recipes themselves have the fun intro to how the food came to be in the Star Wars universe, followed by the practical ingredients list, prep/cooking times, level of difficulty, number of servings, and finally detailed directions for preparing and serving the dish. Pages are glossy and thick and book stays open reasonably well when laying flat on the counter. A chart at the end shows dietary considerations - which dishes are vegan, gluten free, etc. I found several recipes that struck my interest right away, and the storyline is worth the read. Great presentation for a Star Wars fan.

[Denise みか Hutchins · Rating 5 out of 5]

Decided on a whim to pick this up because it was on sale for Boxing Day and wow, am I glad I did! I haven't had the opportunity to visit the new Star Wars area at Disney yet, but this cookbook has stoked my interest even more! Before I read the intro stuff, I jumped right into a few recipes. One condiment, one drink, and one main course--all turned out great. The Parwan Nutricakes were so flippin' delicious that I've made them four times total in the couple weeks since I bought this book! I'm still actively trying recipes, so even though I'm marking the book as read, I'm definitely not done with it. I really appreciated the section in the back where you can look up recipes by vegetarian, gluten free, etc. As a pescatarian who has vegetarian friends and one acquaintance with celiac disease, it's very useful. Aside from the technical aspects of this cookbook, I really enjoyed the story of it. Reading the intro material really made me want to visit Disneyland to experience the Black Spire Outpost in person! I also found it amusing and satisfying that the narrative voice continues through every recipe, giving a small description of each dish and how it fits into the Star Wars galaxy. If you love good food and Star Wars, I don't think you can go wrong with this cookbook!

[Elwin Kline · Rating 2 out of 5]

"It was okay." - 2 out of 5 star rating.

This is a very mediocre at best cook book, that just happens to come in a Star Wars wrapper.

Over the top high resolution imagery of food being presented in a cinematic manner... didn't really do it for me. Neither did the tales and stories surrounding the food itself. Like for example, some meatballs will have a couple paragraphs going over the lore behind the dish, followed by extravagant photography of the food with a science fiction backdrop and excessive garnishes all over the place that really create this attempted status of prestige/elegance. I say again, not really my thing.

When it comes to a cook book, give me them 1980's or 1990's classics that were fully committed to being a cook book and not an instagram account on paper, or trying to litter in poorly done story context.

On the flip side, if you are going to read a Star Wars book or write Star Wars story, fully commit to it and not doing this ride the fence approach of what you get here - aka, a below average cook book, full of weak and lackluster Star Wars content.

[Steven Shinder · Rating 5 out of 5]

I looked through my friend’s copy of this book the day after I went to Galaxy’s Edge for the first time. I enjoyed the Batuuan pot roast there and purposefully didn’t try the Endorian tip-yip since I knew he was gonna serve it for dinner. The food I’ve mentioned is really good, and there are many more dishes in this book that I would like to try. The pictures for the food are perfect. And I love that the book is written from the perspective of Strono Tuggs. And there’s a nice bit of continuity between this and “A Recipe for Death” via a mention of how he was inspired by Gormaanda (from the Holiday Special). There’s also a Xizor Salad, which mentions that it might be named after a Falleen prince who might just be a legend. (I hope he never becomes canon. The character has not aged well and I never liked him.) The only other cookbook I’ve reviewed on here is a book of Bob’s Burgers recipes, and I think the variety and the pics make this Star Wars cookbook my preference between the two.

[Jeff Rosendahl · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh. To be fair, I only made the dish on the cover, and the wraps got good reviews from my family, but it's really just Indian Fry Bread. Paging through the book and looking at the other recipes, it's mostly a lot of weird food coloring. I was hoping for some satire or at least more than 1 recipe I'd like to copy for myself. Overall I enjoyed The Snacking Dead: A Parody in a Cookbook and Fifty Shades of Chicken: A Parody in a Cookbook a lot more!

[Mike Kennedy · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was underwhelmed by this cookbook. It started out with the backstory of a chef in the Star War world which was fine. It broke out a number of dishes by the typical appetizer, entree, etc. I thought a lot of the recipes were pretty boring. It as basically common dishes renamed. I wasn’t expect the cookbook to reinvent the wheel, but I thought there could be more creativity like the pasta recipe that turned rice noodles blue. This cookbook just seemed like marketing for the new Star Wars land just opened in Florida and California. They even had little blogs on the different shops/restaurants in the theme park. Overall it was disappointing, and unless you are a hardcore Star Wars fan who has to experience everything, I’d pass on this book.

[Lynnette · Rating 5 out of 5]

Forget about those little recipe books that are just boring recipes in the shape of SW characters (wookie cookies and Yoda soda) This is such an incredible cook book! My husband and I have tried about 75% of the recipes and there are many that we keep coming back to. The authors clearly did their research and did a deep dive into not just the movies but the EU as well. The stories and design were great, but the recipes were stellar. They are normal recipes with an other-worldly twist and most of them are delicious! My one complaint is that the bread recipes often weren't quite right, but I have now chalked that up to be my inexperience with bread. Overall, highly recommend!

Favorites are Felucian Garden Spread, Mando Stew, Ryshcate, Zucci, and more.

[Brady Sklenar · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is such a fun way to add a little Star Wars into your daily life. Recipes range from very simple and beginner-friendly to fairly advanced and include appetizers, entrees, desserts, drinks, and more! Recipes are also pretty easy to adjust to any dietary restrictions. Many of the dishes feel very foreign and otherworldly, yet don't stray far from some flavors you'd be familiar with. Plus, each recipe comes with a small in-universe blurb written by a character in the Star Wars universe. So many of these have already become regular meals in our household. I couldn't recommend this enough to any Star Wars fan looking for some motivation to cook more homemade and (a little bit) healthier meals!

[(a)lyss(a) · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was around 3.5 stars for me.

I loved the concept! I like that there are nice pictures for the recipes! I also like the unique perspective of of having a character in the Star Wars universe walk us through the recipes in Galaxy's Edge.

But overall I wasn't really wowed with the recipes. They're mostly standard meat or seafood or recipes with space-themed names. There weren't even fun pun names! I guess I was expecting a porg sandwich or something and was surprised to not get anything like that.

It's an ok book but most recipes are time intensive.

[Caitlin · Rating 3 out of 5]

For me, personally, there were too many times when I was reading a recipe and thought, "Oh... they're just describing falafel," or another somewhat banal dish. Or, I realized that a recipe was very straightforward but made ~alien~ by, say, food coloring. I feel like I can find more adventurous recipes online.

From a recipe standpoint, it wasn't for me, but the general theming and blurbs by the "alien chef" were very cute. The cocktails were fun and well-themed. I think it'd be a fun gift for convincing a Star Wars fan to try some new foods or try cooking.

[Andrea · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting recipes, some with slightly unusual ingredients (had to order blue tea on Amazon but it does make a beautiful dye!). The lava buns turned out really good and looked amazing. The ronto wrappers are basically just pita bread but they were easy. The drinks turned out pretty good, and the candy worked out (except the Tepasi Taffy and the lichen tulle... might be a high altitude problem or a non-dairy problem). Haven't made all of them, but the ones I made turned out good, with just enough of an alien taste to be interesting while not actually tasting super weird.

[JM · Rating 4 out of 5]

Similar to the Elder Scrolls book, this one's also pretty fun. The cocktails section was a bit lame in comparison to the other book, but the rest is pretty interesting. The blue pasta recipe is a lot of fun, being pretty standard as far as taste goes, but looking really crazy. I found out she wrote some other thematic cookbooks, like a World of Warcraft and an Overwatch books, but the one I'm getting for sure is the Game of Thrones one she did. That book series is so full of food descriptions the cookbook is bound to be pretty solid.

[Vanessa]

Got this cookbook for my 12 year old for Christmas. We have begun working our way through the recipes. Directions are easy to follow although I think you need a bit of experience cooking prior as they are written in very basic terms and need some background knowledge for you to accomplish them well. Overall it is more about fun than the food although we have found some the kids like and some that once tweaked will be very good.

[Anna Catherman · Rating 3 out of 5]

A quick, light read (I read it in a single evening), this cookbook isn't anything groundbreaking. It's pretty blatantly an advertisement for Galaxy's Edge, sprinkled with promotion of a lot of other aspects of Disney Star Wars.
I have yet to bake anything from this book - there are a few recipes I want to try eventually. Roger's cookies in particular - fun to see a subtle shoutout to the Lego 'verse.

[Nate · Rating 2 out of 5]

Doesn't actually contain recipes for the food from Galaxy's Edge. Like this is a fine, fun cookbook, but the title of it is extremely misleading, and I suspect that was done on purpose. If it was called something else, perhaps I would have rated it higher.

Also hilariously has a bunch of ingredients that are so bizarre they may as well be from the Star Wars universe after all: "Butterfly Pea Tea." Is that something you can get from the normal grocery store?

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Star Wars themed cook book "authored" by the cook for Maz's castle. Honestly, the story preceding the recipes dragged on and the recipe descriptions felt forced. The recipes all had Star Wars themed names, but they were often a little too out there to easily discern what the recipe actually was. Many of the recipes are things I would consider making, though in general there's too much reliance on food coloring and weird names for my preference.

[kelley · Rating 5 out of 5]

In celebration of the final movie in the Star Wars Saga we had a dinner party using recipes from "Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook". The food was highly entertaining as well as being tasty. The recipes were easy to follow and the pictures are fantastic. It was such a fun and creative way to spend an evening together.

[Beth Gandy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very entertaining cookbook. Love the point of view it is written from. I have made a couple of recipes so far (including the Huttese Slime Pods!) and they have been very good. My biggest complaint is the recipe for the Ronto Wrap is nothing like the one available for purchase at Galaxy’s Edge in WDW.

[Lamadia · Rating 4 out of 5]

I can't wait to try some of these recipes. I love in-universe products and this cookbook is all in-universe. There's a story about the chef and how he got working on Batuu. Each recipe has a story and uses in-universe terms for the food. (But the recipes themselves use regular words so you won't get confused.) It's pretty awesome and the recipes look great and very doable.

[Karen Hoyt · Rating 5 out of 5]

The recipes are inventive and tasty and we have cooked several of them. A few have become new family favorites.
As good as the recipes are the stories are really great, too and deserve to be mentioned. I did actually read the book because there is a story for every recipe and it explains about the food and the culture. It’s very fun and I love the feel of it.

[E (manga_runner) · Rating 3 out of 5]

We are not really Star Wars fans but was a white elephant gift.

Found a few recipes we liked: curry stew, the pork flat bread recipes. A couple more we would like to try, but there are a bunch we probably will never make. Love the pictures though because that's what usually influences if I make a recipe based on how it looks.

[Anthony Celaya · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun cookbook with easy to follow recipes. Some are clearly fun, experimental recipes for kids (microwavable seaweed rolls), but so far I’d say most are solid meal options. Tonight I am making the Nerf Kebabs and tomorrow Spicy Mandalorian Stew. Only challenge is sourcing some of the ingredients… who knew red salt was a real thing and not just something on Crait?

[Stephanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved reading the stories that went along with all the sections and recipes, which is actually the main reason I bought this cook book.
I was not expecting there to be as many vegetarian recipes as there are. I will definitely be making many of these recipes now.

[O. Sander · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are some things in this book that I definitely want to try! I can picture them from the recipes, they're so well-written. Chelsea Monroe-Cassel always writes cookbooks packed full of things that turn out to be hits in my household. I don't think this book will be any exception to that rule.