Title:	Elvira's Cookbook from Hell: Sexy, Spooky Soirées and Celebrations for Every Occasion
	Author:	Cassandra Peterson
	Published:	September 30, 2025, Grand Central Publishing
	No. of Pages:	224
	Cover Price:	$30.00 Hardcover, $16.99 Kindle

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Halloween aficionados will be excited for the release of Elvira's Cookbook from Hell: Sexy, Spooky Soirées and Celebrations for Every Occasion, by Cassandra Peterson, creator of the character Elvira.

This cookbook is filled with menus and themes for different types of parties, all with a macabre nuance. The recipes are for very appealing and many scary dishes, and the author has given them names that are meant to be clever, but are only okay. The recipes are written in the traditional manner with the ingredients listed first, followed by step-by-step instructions to make them easy to follow. The author has added comments at the beginning of the recipes.

An excellent aspect of this cookbook is that most of the recipes include beautiful, professional photographs that have Halloween themed backdrops. This sets the mood whether readers are just reading or cooking. Unfortunately, the advanced review copy I received was only a short excerpt, so this reviewer wasn’t able to look at all the recipes or try them.

All told, this is a fun book for those who love Halloween. It is, however a bit pricey and isn’t affordable by many of us. It is difficult to give five stars to a book that the publisher has sent only a sample, so it is recommended that readers look at the actual book to decide whether it is worth it.

Special thanks to NetGalley for supplying a review sample of this book.