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Cherry Cake and Ginger Beer: A Golden Treasury of Classic Treats (Hardcover)

by Jane Brocket (Author)

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Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton (10 Jul 2008)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0340960892
ISBN-13: 978-0340960899
Product Dimensions: 20 x 16.2 x 3 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 12,424 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'This treasure of a book is packed with lovely recipes to transport you back to childhood.'

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'This treasure of a book is packed with lovely recipes to transport you back to childhood.' (Prima )

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5.0 out of 5 stars A nostalgic treat!, 16 Jul 2008

By	Mildred Mittens (lincs, uk) - See all my reviews

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!

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5.0 out of 5 stars So much more than a cookery book, 14 Jul 2008

By	Lucy Rutnam (UK) - See all my reviews

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.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Tastes of childhood , 6 Jan 2009

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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 mum nostalgic for her 1920s childhood; Mr Tumnus's wonderful tea; kaffee und kuchen at the Chalet School; Anne of Green Gables' liniment cake and that wonderful box, full of Debby's jumbles and sugarplums, that reached Katy and Clover just in time to console them for Christmas at school. My only criticism is that Jane Brocket relies a bit too heavily on Enid Blyton's ripping teas, wonderful as they are ... and the book, which gives the impression of being written in rather a hurry, does get rather repetitive. Still, what a jolly wheeze it would be to pull molasses candy or make Swallows and Amazons bunloaf. And taste all those mysterious treats that used to puzzle me when I read these books as a child.

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