the sad bastard cookbook

Sad Bastard Expectations

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A Sad Bastarc Cookbook image which says "we're expecting" with a big block of ramen and a wee block of ramen.

It’s 2025, and we’re sadder than ever!

Maybe it’s time for a Sad Bastard Cookbook sequel? Maybe a spin-off for parents of small children? Maybe both?

I’m new here. What’s a Sad Bastard Cookbook?

Glad you asked! We wrote a cookbook full of judgement-free recipes you can make when you’re suffering from mental illness, physical disability, poverty, or anything else late-stage capitalism throws up that makes basic self-care feel impossible. Some of the recipes were our own, some we collected from the community.

The ebook is free–you can download a copy here if you wanna check it out.

I’m a community! Or at least, a Person! Can I contribute my recipe for survival food?

YES PLEASE.

If you have a survival recipe that you make for yourself, or to feed a baby, toddler, or small child, please share that recipe here.

I’m a fan of the original Sad Bastard Cookbook—when will the new ones be here?

We really have no idea. We’re in the very early planning and writing stages of the two projects, but when we have more information, you’ll probably see it here first!

A Sad Bastard reader actually does the thing!

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Several stages of a piece of toast, which gets buttered, and then covered in rice, pasta, and popcorn. While in preparation, it's on a grey mat. The first photo, of the finish product, is on a plate on a nice placemat.

Absolute legend Elliott did what some of us haven’t yet dared, and actually made pasta, popcorn, and rice on toast from the Sad Bastard Cookbook. This hero of carbs gives the following report-back.

Overall, a surreal novelty that got me heckled by my brother and some disappointed sighs from my mother, but not completely inoffensive or inedible. Hope this helps, or at least, satisfies some people’s curiosity. 

Thank you for sharing, Elliott! You can find this hero of carbs on Instagram @egwgladue, on Facebook as Elliot Plemel, and on TikTok as @madeyoulook2.

Sad Bastards in the news!

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The cover of the sad bastard cookbook. It has a photo of uncooked ramen and a plastic knife, but no spoons.

We will forever be excited when actual news outlets take our ridiculous cookbook seriously. I mean, it is a serious cookbook, with real recipes, but it’s also ridiculous. You know how it goes.

Which is to say that Brock Weir from the Penticton Herald wrote an article on The Sad Bastard Cookbook, Rachel A. Rosen, and chronic pain. Read the gloriousness here.

As always, get your free e-book copy of the cookbook here.