Cookbook: "Cherry Cake and Ginger Beer" (about foods from popular books!)

[Lenona]

Just stumbled on this.....

http://www.amazon.com/Cherry-Cake-Ginger-Beer-Brocket/dp/0340960892/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

Description:

"If as a child you devoured Enid Blyton's classics like the Famous
Five or Malory Towers, or loved to lose yourself in the adventures of
Pippi Longstocking or What Katy Did, then CHERRY CAKE AND GINGER BEER
is the book for you. A wonderfully nostalgic cookery book, it will
take you straight back to your favourite children's books and show you
how to cook the feel-good foods that feature so strongly in them. So,
you'll find recipes for Swallows and Amazons Squashed-Fly Biscuits,
the Famous Five's Gorgeous Ginger Beer, and Gloriously Sticky
Marmalade Roll from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe amongst
others. Divided into appropriate sections like Proper Elevenses,
Picnic Treats and Lessons in the Kitchen each recipe is introduced
with an evocative description of the book that inspired it...."

(Seems there's a bit of controversy attached to it too, as you'll see
from the second customer review.)

Also, from Goodreads:

"Be warned, this is a British book, with metric measurements and
usage."

The author's top ten food scenes:

http://books.guardian.co.uk/top10s/index/0,,2290902,00.html

More about the book:

http://lacer.wordpress.com/2008/07/06/the-sunday-salon-cherry-cake-and-ginger-beer/

http://www.ayearfromoakcottage.com/2008/08/cherry-cake-and-ginger-beer.html

http://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/2008/08/12/cherry-cake-and-ginger-beer-by-jane-brocket/

http://somemomentsofpleasure.blogspot.com/2009/06/cherry-cake-and-ginger-ale.html

Enjoy!

Lenona.