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T**Y
Educational and Delicious
I got this for my 9 yr old daughter after one of her classmates did his weekly classroom presentation on a dish that he and his mom made from it. I figured, if it impressed a 9 yr old boy enough to do a presentation on it, the recipes must at least be somewhat good! My daughter is a big fan of "The Secret Garden" and loves to cook so this was a no-brainer gift for her. What surprised me about it though, is it's also a history/culture book. We knew pretty much nothing about English or Indian cuisine or culture of the Victorian era before getting this cookbook (outside of what is presented in "The Secret Garden" book, of course). There are really simple things in it like how to make the "proper pot of tea" (which I had never done without a microwave, sadly). There are also more complex things like cornish pasties and mulligatawny soup. It has classics like scones and raspberry jam. It has weird things I'd never heard of like gingerbread parkin, bacon and cilantro pancakes and welsh rabbit (which isn't rabbit at all)! This is a very interesting, delicious little gem!
L**Y
Feeing my addiction!
Perfect addition to my literary cookbook collection. And the recipes are easy and yummy
J**Y
a cookbook for a children's classic
There are rites of passage of a literary childhood. Charlotte’s Web. Where the Red Fern Grows. The Phantom Tollbooth. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. The Secret Garden. These books stay with you for years, growing inside your mind and your soul to become a part of your DNA. The memories from these classics become a part of the fabric of life, popping up from time to time, when you need a moment of comfort or encouragement, or when you see your kids (or nieces, nephews, friends’ kids) going through those same moments in childhood that resonate with you.Now you can bring The Secret Garden to life even more, for you and for the kids you love. The Secret Garden Cookbook is available with 50 recipes that will transport you back to the pages of the book, where Mary finds a secret garden and nurses it back to health, as those who care for her nurse her back to health with hearty foods cooked to help her grow and with fresh garden vegetables to increase her health.Starting with the Yorkshire Breakfasts, you can indulge in Perfect Porridge with Brown Sugar and Butter, Coddled Eggs, and Little Sausage Cakes. A Manor Lunch includes Yorkshire Pudding, Roasted Chicken with Bread Sauce, and Jam Roly Poly. And then there’s a chapter on an English Tea, because what could go better with a British literary classic? You can share A Perfect Pot of Tea, Cucumber Tea Sandwiches, Warm Cranberry Scones with Orange Glaze, and Lemon Curd Tartlets.A chapter on vegetables Straight from the Garden is next, with Spring Peas with Fresh Mint, Sweet Glazed Carrots, and Summer Berry Pudding. Then there is Dickon’s Cottage Food, like Tattie Broth, Yorkshire Oatcakes, and The Best Sticky Gingerbread Parkin. After that, we take a trip to India to taste some of the foods Mary grew up on, like Mulligatawny Soup, Little Bacon and Cilantro Pancakes, and Florence Nightingale’s Kedgeree. The final chapter encourages a Garden Picnic, with recipes for Cozy Currant Buns, English Crumpets, Cornish pasties, and Jammy Chocolate Balls.Along with the tasty recipes, The Secret Garden Cookbook also serves up tidbits of English history at the time of The Secret Garden, some information about the region of England where the book takes place, and lots of interesting facts about the foods available back then and how they were prepared, served, and eaten. The cookbook is also liberally sprinkled with quotes from the book, to help bring together the foods and the stories in ways that bring them both to life.Book nerds of all ages and fans of The Secret Garden will find a deeper connection to the children’s book that they love through the recipes and stories in The Secret Garden Cookbook. Sharing these foods with the kids in your life will also help them fall more in love with the book and learn a little about the history of Victorian England, whether they want to or not. This is a really beautiful cookbook and a fun experience, and something special for the bookish kid in us all.Galleys for The Secret Garden Cookbook were provided by Quarto Publishing Group through NetGalley, but I loved it so much I bought a copy for myself.
M**H
Great recipes.
It's a super well written recipe book but plus a little extra. It has great recipes in it that I have personally tried out myself, they're simple and historically accurate as far as I can tell. It's a favorite of mine.
S**L
Recipes, easy and delicious!
Loved the recipes!!
C**E
Beautiful book
Arrived quickly and in good shape, very pleased customer.
L**T
Lovely Book
I use it often. Very pretty illustrations and interesting reading interspersed among the easy-to-follow recipes. Great companion to The Secret Garden.
S**E
The dust jacket was dirty but the book was in great condition
The dust jacket was dirty but the book was in great condition. The recipes and historical information is interesting and I'm looking forward to trying them.
J**S
Lovely cookbook
Nice well written cookbook, love the title, nice pictures of the recipes makes you want to try them, lovely front cover
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嬉しかったです。
思いがけず、イラストレーターのPrudence Seeさんのサイン入り。大切に読みたいと思っています。本の状態も非常によかったです。
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