Off Menu Book Club Guide

Are you part of a book club or looking to start one? Off Menu by Amy Rosen makes a great book club pick!

In Amy Rosen’s debut novel, Off Menu, hilarity and heartbreak are dished out in equal measure. Mid-20s Ruthie navigates learning what she wants, who to love, and how to laminate pastry in this Heartburn meets Bridget Jones’s Diary adventure for the next generation.

Book Club Questions

1. Is there a character you related to the most? Who and why?
   
2. How did you feel when Dean came back into Ruthie’s story?
   
3. Did you relate to the friendships between Ruthie, Trish, and Lilly? How so?
   
4. How did the food scenes speak to you? Did you feel like cooking or eating after (or both)?
   
5. If Bubbe Bobby Grace hadn’t passed away, do you think Ruthie’s year would have still changed in any meaningful way?
   
6. Was there a point when you wished you could step in and give Ruthie advice? What did you want to say?
   
7. Which character would be your ideal dinner guest and why?
8. What did you think of Ruthie’s reaction to Lilly’s “coming out”?
9. Did you trust Ruthie as an honest narrator?
10. Were you Team Jeff or Team Dean, and why?
11. Were you happy with Ruthie’s final decision?
12. What do you think happens to the characters after the book ends?

Download the complete Off Menu Book Club Guide here.