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A review by caoilo
The Secret Garden Cookbook, Newly Revised Edition: Inspiring Recipes from the Magical World of Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden by Amy Cotler
5.0
The Secret Garden Cookbook promises to bring to life the food from the classic children's book of the same name written by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The majority of the recipes seem quite easy, there are fifty in total spread across beautiful and simple designs.
Some of the food is directly mentioned in the book where as Cotler has also added food that would have been eaten at the time and not just by Mary Lennox or Colin but by their poorer friend Dickon. You would think this almost enough to fill fifty pages but then Cotler does one better and also includes recipes from English ruled India. Here Cotler shows what Mary would have eaten while growing up in India.
I chose this book for one reason I wonted to decide if it was something my "The Secret Garden" obsessed sister would like. I had not even reached the first recipe when I knew that I would be buying this book for her when it comes out.
Filled with a robin, gingham and flower design it is already beautiful add to it the pictures of the food created then it also becomes a salivating display.
I will admit that I was glad to realize that Welsh Rabbit was not an actual Rabbit. And also in the text Irish stew made an appearance so I was glad we were represented.
Having watched the movie only I can see that I missed out on what a big part food was in the book, almost as important as the garden it's self. This is down to Cotler's writing, not only did this book include recipes but also quotes from the book that show how the food and characters related to each other or even how it showed their social statues.
As if all this was not reason enough to love this "Cookbook" Cotler did more, where relevant she has gone in to detail about what real Victorian life was like. Little notes here and there also add atmosphere to what should be referred to as a book.
This is much more than "Mix together until" or "Put in the oven at" this IS a story. I expected a cookbook and got a crash course in The Secret Garden.
Though I'm not a novice at cooking I can not wait to try the easy to follow recipes over Christmas. And now I know what I'll be getting my sister as an Easter present.
Some of the food is directly mentioned in the book where as Cotler has also added food that would have been eaten at the time and not just by Mary Lennox or Colin but by their poorer friend Dickon. You would think this almost enough to fill fifty pages but then Cotler does one better and also includes recipes from English ruled India. Here Cotler shows what Mary would have eaten while growing up in India.
I chose this book for one reason I wonted to decide if it was something my "The Secret Garden" obsessed sister would like. I had not even reached the first recipe when I knew that I would be buying this book for her when it comes out.
Filled with a robin, gingham and flower design it is already beautiful add to it the pictures of the food created then it also becomes a salivating display.
I will admit that I was glad to realize that Welsh Rabbit was not an actual Rabbit. And also in the text Irish stew made an appearance so I was glad we were represented.
Having watched the movie only I can see that I missed out on what a big part food was in the book, almost as important as the garden it's self. This is down to Cotler's writing, not only did this book include recipes but also quotes from the book that show how the food and characters related to each other or even how it showed their social statues.
As if all this was not reason enough to love this "Cookbook" Cotler did more, where relevant she has gone in to detail about what real Victorian life was like. Little notes here and there also add atmosphere to what should be referred to as a book.
This is much more than "Mix together until" or "Put in the oven at" this IS a story. I expected a cookbook and got a crash course in The Secret Garden.
Though I'm not a novice at cooking I can not wait to try the easy to follow recipes over Christmas. And now I know what I'll be getting my sister as an Easter present.