The Official Wednesday Cookbook: The Woefully Weird Recipes of Nevermore Academy

by Mari Mancusi

An upcoming book to be published by Penguin Random House.

Genres: Cookbooks

224 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 2025

About the author

Mari Mancusi grew up where the north wind meets the sea (otherwise known as Massachusetts), but has since made her home in the great state of Texas, mostly due to her love of summer. (And tacos.) A former Emmy Award winning TV news producer, today she is the author of more than two-dozen books for kids, teens, and adults, mostly of the sci-fi/fantasy variety. In addition to writing, Mari loves traveling, video games, and cosplaying. She is also Mom to an eight year old Frozen superfan who, when recently asked by her teacher to describe her hero answered: “My Mom!” (Okay, fine, she said Kristin Bell.)

You can find Mari online at www.marimancusi.com. She knows several Samanthas.

Reviews

[Ashley Yungbluth · Rating 5 out of 5]

"The Official Wednesday Cookbook" was a fun read. I liked how Mari incorporated short stories before each recipe and in between the different types of food and drinks. It was neat seeing the different ingredients used to make the dishes, and I liked how there was a picture of the different things that are in this cookbook. I will definitely be trying quite a bit of these recipes.