The Star Wars Party Book: Recipes and Ideas for Galactic Occasions

Chronicle Books, Mikyla Bruder. Chronicle Books, $17.95 (60pp) ISBN 978-0-8118-3491-9

From an Otoh Gunga Cowabunga (featuring ""Bubble City Pops,... floating frozen confections"") to all that's needed to enjoy ""Jabba's Movie Marathon"" (including a recipe for ""Salacious Crumb Couch Potatoes""), The Star Wars Party Book: Recipes and Ideas for Galactic Occasions by Mikyla Bruder, photos by Frankie Frankeny, has fans of The Force covered. The hardcover-encased, spiral-bound volume offers party planning tips, instructions on how to make a ""Death Star Pinata,"" costume ideas and more; a gold sticker page winds up the volume.

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