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Little Library Cookbook: 100 Recipes from Your Favorite Books
Little Library Cookbook: 100 Recipes from Your Favorite Books | Kate Young
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"What a joy this is for hungry readers everywhere: stylish, fun and clever. If there is comfort food, there is also comfort reading, and The Little Library Cookbook is it." --Bee Wilson This enchanting collection of over 100 literary-themed recipes will delight booklovers. Would you like to taste Paddington Bear's marmalade? Or a clam chowder from Moby Dick? Drawing from her popular food blog, The Little Library Cafe, Kate Young has created more than 100 recipes inspired by beloved works of fiction--classics and contemporary bestsellers alike, including stories for all ages. The appealing cookbook offers delectable dishes to serve for breakfast, family dinners, holiday meals, midnight feasts, and parties and celebrations. You'll learn how to prepare the afternoon tea served at Manderley and decadent tarts the Queen of Hearts would love--all while reading food-related excerpts from your favorite books.
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yourfavouritemixtape
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Absolutely loved it. 100 recipes based on books and lots of personal stories of the author that makes it feel like a friend recommends this to you. The only problem is: It makes my tbr-pile as well as my to-be-cooked one grow.

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Jeg
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First time I‘ve ever read a cookbook cover to cover. I‘m part way through now and really enjoying it. Makes me hungry though. The blurb says “Perfect for literature lovers and foodies alike , this book is as much fun to browse through as it is to cook from. “ Sounds like the perfect book for you @MrsMalaprop

MrsMalaprop Oh wow! Can I borrow it? 5y
Jeg @MrsMalaprop I actually haven‘t finished reading it . It sounds like I have! When I do you can certainly borrow it. 5y
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Jeg
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While I can I am. Sitting outside in the warmth. Such beautiful weather for winter . Soft clouds in the sky. Little or no breeze. Gentle warmth from the sun. Perfect. This book came today. Looks good. Would be perfect for the stay at homes. Not us anymore. Gym is open and I can go back to my volunteering. No community transmission at all here. Fingers crossed. @MrsMalaprop

Centique Yay for no community transmission! Long may it continue. 💕 5y
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TheKidUpstairs
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I got this awesome cookbook for Christmas. I haven't cooked anything from it as of yet (#isolationgoals?), but I love reading it!

Today's #IsolationInteractions discussion: is there a book-related food you'd love to try? Any you have tried? Loved? Hated?

Personally I remember being extremely disappointed by my first taste of Turkish Delight. What was Edmund thinking?!?!

mydearwatson I LOVED Turkish Delight 😆! The one I had was an Australian candy covered in chocolate. 5y
Mtroiano Oh yeah, Turkish delight is awful! 5y
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Cupcake12 I love Fry‘s Turkish Delight ❤️ 5y
Cupcake12 I eat meat but quite interested in vegan cooking, apparently vegan brownies taste better than the ‘normal‘ ones, may have to make a batch (purely for scientific research of course) 😂 5y
rockpools 😂😂 We visited a Turkish Delight factory in Turkey last year. Many many samples. You‘d have loved it 😝😉 5y
HeathHof The Kitchen God's Wife kept me craving the entire menu at a local restaurant called Mama Thai's. I think I went there for Pho and dumplings at least three times while reading it 🤣 5y
TheKidUpstairs @Mynameisacolour I love that! And now I want Pho and dumplings... 5y
TheKidUpstairs @Cupcake12 mmm.... research.... 5y
julesG I remember reading the acknowledgements to Kinsella's Undomestic Goddess where she praised Nigella Lawson and her book (tagged). I got the book and have made a few of the recipes. 5y
DieAReader Never really thought about it 🤯🧐 5y
ElizaMarie OMG! I was just thinking Turkish Delight (which I still haven‘t tried) 5y
ElizaMarie @Cupcake12 I ❤️ vegan brownies (also eat meat but very rarely) 5y
ElizaMarie I can‘t really recall any of the recipes but I remember thinking some of the dishes sounded good 5y
mrp27 I would love to try any of the delicious treats off the cart from the Hogwarts express. 5y
cleoh I‘ve always wanted to have a party where all the food is blue, like Percy Jackson‘s birthday celebrations 5y
mcipher I love that cookbook! I didn‘t make anything out of it, but it was a really pleasant read. Turkish Delight was the same for me - so disappointing. Jenny Colgan‘s books always make me want to bake something but I haven‘t actually tried her recipes yet. 5y
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KarmonR
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Rarely do I hold paper books in my hand (or photograph them), but the physical copy was the only way to get it from the library. This is a delightful book with stories from a woman who both loves to read and to cook. Definitely worth a Sunday afternoon flipping through stories and recipes. And I have added a few books to by TBR list.

If I actually make any of the recipes, be shocked. I am a 5-ingredients or less woman.

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scripturient
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Look what I got yesterday- recipes from 100 different novels. 😍😍😍

ju.ca.no Lovely! 6y
erzascarletbookgasm Oh my 😍 6y
nelehelen Ooooh i love that! 6y
Itchyfeetreader This looks great 6y
julesG 😍 Hope you share some of the dishes you make. 6y
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LeahBergen
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Look, @saresmoore ! It even has the Ice Pudding recipe from Cold Comfort Farm. 😆😆

Thanks again, @hermyknee . I‘m LOVING this book. 😍😍

#90DayGiveaway

hermyknee 🙌🏼♥️♥️♥️ 6y
saresmoore 😃 Fantastic! 6y
Aimeesue ❤️❤️❤️ 6y
Reviewsbylola 🥰🥰🥰 6y
LauraBeth This book looks delicious 📚 6y
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LeahBergen
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Ohhh, @hermyknee !! 😮😮😮

Thank you SO much for this very generous gift, Liz. It‘s absolutely gorgeous and far more than I was expecting from your #90DayGiveaway!

Hmm... what shall I try first? Marmalade Roll from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe? Sausage Rolls from Harry Potter? Perhaps Chicken Casserole From Barbara Pym‘s Excellent Women? 😆😆

Thanks again, my friend; I love it! 😘😘😘

#BooksAboutBooks

hermyknee I‘m so happy you like it! I can‘t wait to see all the things you cook up! 6y
saresmoore What a fun cookbook! 6y
tpixie @hermyknee what a great book!!!!! 6y
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Reviewsbylola I can‘t wait to see what you whip up! 6y
rubyslippersreads Lovely book (and it‘s always fun to see your tea bag “people.”) 😊 6y
RaimeyGallant This looks so fun! 6y
BiblioLitten What a superb book! A collector‘s delight. 😃😍 6y
Avanders 🥰🥰 6y
Aimeesue Just do NOT try the cauliflower cheese from Excellent Women. Unless you like unexpected guests. 😂 6y
LeahBergen @Aimeesue Eww! Unexpected guests! 🤢 6y
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LapReader
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Reading this delightful book tonight while dinner cooks. I find cooking relaxing and it was a long day at work today so I am really enjoying a nice glass from this month‘s Wine Gallery box. It‘s National Cleaner‘s Day today and my cleaner has left the house sparkling. Never mind that she broke one of my jewellery dishes! I do hate making the kitchen dirty after she has been though but one must eat and I sure do love to eat. How was your day?

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kgriffith
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This bookstore sure saw me coming.

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mcipher
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Yay for bookish cookbooks!! I need to bookmark like crazy - I‘m definitely planning some Harry Potter treacle tart in my life and I have some Christmas baking plans from this! And yay for #LitsyPenPals mail from @shellleigh33 I forgot how much fun real letters are! ❤️ Life right now is hard and little things are such a lifesaver.

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Colleenma
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Looking forward to reading cooking and eating. I love books about books. Any kind!

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Weaponxgirl
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I was perusing the guardian as per usual and found a column of food from books. Then I realised I owned said book from a previous kindle deal and I now want to recommend this to all book lovers who are cooks!
I don't know how good the recipes are (yet) but they do look great so alongside the bookclub cookbook I think I may try to read and cook my way through this beauty. #cookingthebooks