Mud Pies And Other Recipes
By (Author) Marjorie Winslow
The New York Review of Books, Inc
NYRB Children's
15th August 2011
Main
United States
Children
Non Fiction
790.1922
Paperback
56
Width 142mm, Height 193mm, Spine 10mm
199g
A suggested menu for your next luncheon: Daisy Dip, Marigold Madness, Dandelion Souffle, Tossed Leaves, Putty Fours, and to drink, Iced Rainspout Tea. If this doesn't sound like something you'd like to eat, never fear, this meal isn't meant for you-it's intended as entertainment for your imaginary friends, a party for dolls for example. With Mud Pies and Other Recipes, you'll never be at a loss for something to do in your own back garden or on the beach because you'll be busy scooping up sand (a filling for Stuffed Sea Shells), hunting for flower petals (which make lovely hors d'oeuvres), and collecting raindrops (they're essential for brewing up Fried Water). Organized by course, the book provides detailed ingredient lists, methods for preparation, and serving suggestions.
Designed for five-year-olds this will, I suspect, appeal to the little girl within us all. Not a cookbook as such but a charming beautifully illustrated handbook for doll's tea-parties and fairy picnics. A great stocking filler. Make sure you wrap it in pink tissue. Bookseller "Mud Pies" delights because, like the very best children's books, it gives young folks their due. Winslow's recipes appeal to the considerable wit, sophistication and imaginary prowess of many young children. Unlike the oft-tiresome 21st-century whimsy of, say, Pixar films, it also does so without winking insisently at parents... Winslow's book is a gem. If the humour and brio of "Mud Pies" feels somewhat dated, well, that only shows what a shame it is that such offerings are now so few and far between. Economist Charming. Daily Telegraph Any child who has access to a garden or a seashore, will still find hours of amusement among the pages of this cleverly thought out culinary extravaganza. Carousel
Marjorie Winslow has lived in Arizona, California, Indiana, New York and Massachusetts and has found an abundance of doll food everywhere. She is now too old to play with dolls but hopes you aren't. Erik Blegvad is the distinguished illustrator of more than a hundred books for children. Some of his published credits include Kitty and Mr. Kipling: Neighbors in Vermont; The Young Hans Christian Andersen; Anna Banana and Me; and Hurry, Hurry, Mary Dear. He divides his time between London and Vermont.