Mud Pies and Other Recipes

By Marjorie Winslow Illustrated by Erik Blegvad


Mud Pies and Other Recipes
Online price: £9.99
Hardback, 56 pages
Published: 1st November 2010

Category: Activity books
Interest age, years: From 5 To 9

A suggested menu for your next luncheon: Daisy Dip, Marigold Madness, Dandelion Soufflé, 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



Publication Details:

Binding: Hardback, 56 pages
ISBN: 9781590173688
Format: 191mm x 140mm

BIC Code: YBG, YNPC
BISAC Code:  JNF021000
Imprint: NYRB Children's Collection


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