- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton (2 April 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340960914
- ISBN-13: 978-0340960912
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,798,472 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'This treasure of a book is packed with lovely recipes to transport you back to childhood.' (Prima )
'An amazing book, heartening and delightful ... everybody should read this book ... what parenting is supposed to be about'
(Vanessa Feltz, BBC Radio London )Product Description
Take a trip down memory lane and discover what the food from your favourite childhood books really tastes like.
With recipes such as the Famous Five’s Treacly Sticky Ginger Cake and SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS' Squashed-fly Biscuits, you’ll be lost in nostalgia for a time when food was always scrumptious and the summer hols stretched on forever.
Cherry Cake and Ginger Beer is true escapism and will encourage you to revisit the much-loved books from your past. With recipes for breakfasts, elevenses, teas, and suppers, now you can whip up a treat that would make Mary Poppins exclaim ‘Strike me pink!’
‘Lashings of fun… packed with vintage treats [and] retro charm’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
What a delicious way to share with our children the literary characters we enjoyed when we were their age -- and to discover which ones we missed. This is a thoroughly researched and potently evocative account of the food and the feasters featured in children's classics.
16 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is a very different book from Jane Brocket's first book, 'The Gentle Art of Domesticity'.
A well researched examination of various different books and stories from childhood with their associated favourite foods and tasty treats. Accompanied by black and white original drawings this 'treasury' has an old fashioned, nostalgic feel to it.
It isn't a 'recipe book' in the usual sense BUT there are many worthwhile recipes for cakes and savouries that really work - it is obvious they have been tried and tested, something that even the 'serious' recipe books seem to forget to do.
I really like this book. It feels like a 'treat' to sit down and enjoy a chapter or two with an afternoon cup of tea - not forgetting a slice of cherry cake of course!
A well researched examination of various different books and stories from childhood with their associated favourite foods and tasty treats. Accompanied by black and white original drawings this 'treasury' has an old fashioned, nostalgic feel to it.
It isn't a 'recipe book' in the usual sense BUT there are many worthwhile recipes for cakes and savouries that really work - it is obvious they have been tried and tested, something that even the 'serious' recipe books seem to forget to do.
I really like this book. It feels like a 'treat' to sit down and enjoy a chapter or two with an afternoon cup of tea - not forgetting a slice of cherry cake of course!
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I absolutely loved this book. It evokes another era and whisks you back to your childhood (if you are my age!). The book is based on descriptions of food in children's stories - these are included - then she offers a recipe for that food.
I have read some reviewers' disappointment that there are no photos. I think the idea is that imagination is invoked by description. Jane explains in the book that she chose stories that had good descriptions of food rather than just illustrations; descriptions that would would evoke a mind picture, so a photo of her finished item would actually be irrelevant and even unhelpful. It doesn't matter what what yours looks like; it is homemade and it will taste good - that is the point, I feel.
The book reminded me of stories enjoyed long ago, encouraged me to read them again and even to look in other books for food descriptions as I am reading.
I have really enjoyed this book, have made a couple of the cakes already (superb - thanks for finding/sharing these excellent recipes, Jane)and I think it is a triumph!
I have read some reviewers' disappointment that there are no photos. I think the idea is that imagination is invoked by description. Jane explains in the book that she chose stories that had good descriptions of food rather than just illustrations; descriptions that would would evoke a mind picture, so a photo of her finished item would actually be irrelevant and even unhelpful. It doesn't matter what what yours looks like; it is homemade and it will taste good - that is the point, I feel.
The book reminded me of stories enjoyed long ago, encouraged me to read them again and even to look in other books for food descriptions as I am reading.
I have really enjoyed this book, have made a couple of the cakes already (superb - thanks for finding/sharing these excellent recipes, Jane)and I think it is a triumph!
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Raspberry cordial...
I love this book! It is perfect for adults nostalgic for their bookish childhoods... I haven't cooked much out of it, but it is delightful to look at. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Larklight
Great read, great recipes
I'm a US customer so although I enjoyed reading this immensely, I'll have to do a bit of conversion to the recipes to make them. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Alison
Cherry Cake and Ginger Beer
Really pleased to have this book at last. I ordered it (in paperback) over a year ago!
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Published 22 months ago by Mrs. Sheila Etchells
I'm sure Anne never used Metric!
A nice book, hovere the thing that really spoilt it for me was that all the mesaurements were in metric (nothing in imperial at all). Read more
Published on 15 Jun 2009 by Malvern Rambler
No photos!!!
After buying Janes previuos book and reading her blog I pre ordered this book with excitement. However I was bitterly disappointed when it arrived. Read more
Published on 9 Feb 2009 by Housewife
Will get you reading and eating
I found this book to be absolutely charming. More a book about children's literature than a cookbook it still has some delicious recipes - both the parkin and macaroons are... Read more
Published on 4 Feb 2009 by J. C. Hiskins
Gorgeous.
I adored this book. I was an obsessive reader as a child and always loved the descriptions of food - and even when I get the chance now, I'll reread a childhood classic! Read more
Published on 16 Jan 2009 by Mrs. J. A. Collins
Tastes of childhood
What a charming idea, to recreate treats from the golden era of children's literature. There are lots of favourites here: Milly-Molly-Mandy's baked potatoes, which always made my... Read more
Published on 6 Jan 2009 by booksetc
taist of childhood
This is a cookery book with a difference, the recipies work brilliantly and taist fabulous and the discription of the books that the recipies come from take one back to childhood. Read more
Published on 21 Dec 2008 by milly the milliner
Anyone for raspberry cordial?
I described this book to my 22 year old daughter, a keen baker and lover of books. Her first question was "Has it got Anne of Green Gables' Raspberry Cordial? Read more
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