A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat |
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| Author:
| Jenkins, Emily |
| Illustrator:
| Blackall, Sophie |
| ISBN: | 978-0-375-96832-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2015 |
| Publisher: | Random House Children's Books
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| Imprint: | Schwartz & Wade |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $20.99 |
Book Description:
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A New York Times Best Illustrated Book From highly acclaimed author Jenkins and Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Blackall comes a fascinating picture book in which four families, in four different cities, over four centuries, make the same delicious dessert: blackberry fool. This richly detailed book ingeniously shows how food, technology, and even families have changed throughout American history. In 1710, a girl and her mother in...
More Description A New York Times Best Illustrated Book
From highly acclaimed author Jenkins and Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Blackall comes a fascinating picture book in which four families, in four different cities, over four centuries, make the same delicious dessert: blackberry fool. This richly detailed book ingeniously shows how food, technology, and even families have changed throughout American history.
In 1710, a girl and her mother in Lyme, England, prepare a blackberry fool, picking wild blackberries and beating cream from their cow with a bundle of twigs. The same dessert is prepared by an enslaved girl and her mother in 1810 in Charleston, South Carolina; by a mother and daughter in 1910 in Boston; and finally by a boy and his father in present-day San Diego.
Kids and parents alike will delight in discovering the differences in daily life over the course of four centuries.
Includes a recipe for blackberry fool and notes from the author and illustrator about their research.