Party Appetizers
The official home of Dead Greg’s Recipes
He’s dead.
His recipes aren’t.
A dead man’s recipe bag, translated for the living.
When Greg died, a bag of his handwritten recipes was headed for the trash. We saved it, started cooking, and the internet pulled up a chair.
As heard on NPR’s Here & Now · Featured in the Miami Herald
Pull up a chair
Come cook with us.
The recipe category spinner
Let a dead man decide what’s for dinner.
Greg sorted his recipes into smaller bags with names like “Cajun Cookin’”, “Sauce Salads” and “Chineese Japan”. Spin the wheel, land on one, and cook whatever Greg left in it.
How a recipe comes out of the bag
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Original card
The real artifact: handwriting, stains, spelling, crossed-out ingredients and question marks.
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Translation
Professionally tested quantities, clear timing and instructions that work.
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Lore + art
Short headnotes, Greg clues and David’s original artwork keep the personality intact.
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Scan / spin
Watch the episode or spin the wheel and choose what to cook next.
Fresh out of the bag.
The shop
Take a piece of Greg home.
Two interactive cookbooks with 30+ of Greg’s recipes in each, a link to watch David cook every dish, and original illustrations throughout. Instant download, so you can start cooking tonight.
Greg’s Friends
Everybody has a Greg.
Almost everyone has a version of Greg’s bag somewhere – a grandmother’s recipe box, an uncle’s notebook, a stained index card in a kitchen drawer. Send us yours and we might cook it on the show.
900Family recipes sent in
75Dead Greg’s Friends episodes
What people send us
- A grandmother’s recipe box
- An uncle’s notebook
- A stained index card from a kitchen drawer
We might cook yours on the show.