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    A Literary Tea Party: Blends and Treats for Alice, Bilbo, Dorothy, Jo, and Book Lovers Everywhere
    A Literary Tea Party: Blends and Treats for Alice, Bilbo, Dorothy, Jo, and Book Lovers Everywhere
    A Literary Tea Party: Blends and Treats for Alice, Bilbo, Dorothy, Jo, and Book Lovers Everywhere
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    A Literary Tea Party: Blends and Treats for Alice, Bilbo, Dorothy, Jo, and Book Lovers Everywhere

    By Alison Walsh and Sara Letourneau

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    A Literary-Inspired Cookbook for Voracious Readers at Teatime
    Tea and books: the perfect pairing. There's nothing quite like sitting down to a good book on a lovely afternoon with a steaming cup of tea beside you, as you fall down the rabbit hole into the imaginative worlds of Alice in Wonderland, The Hobbit, and Sherlock Holmes . . .
    Fire up your literary fancies and nibble your way through delicate sweets and savories with A Literary Tea Party, which brings food from classic books to life with a teatime twist. Featuring fifty-five perfectly portioned recipes for an afternoon getaway, including custom homemade tea blends and beverages, you will have everything you need to plan an elaborate tea party. Cook up and enjoy:
  • Turkish Delight while sipping on the White Witch’s Hot Chocolate from The Chronicles of Narnia
  • Drink Me Tea with the Queen of Hearts’s Painted Rose Cupcakes from Alice in Wonderland
  • Eeyore’s “Hipy Bthuthday” Cake with Hundred Acre Hot Chocolate from Winnie the Pooh
  • Hannah’s Sweet Potato Bacon Pastries and Jo’s Gingerbread from Little Women
  • Tom Sawyer’s Whitewashed Jelly Doughnuts from Tom Sawyer
  • And more!

    • Accompanied with photographs and book quotes, these recipes, inspired by the great works of literature, will complement any good book for teatime reading and eating.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSkyhorse
    Release dateJun 5, 2018
    ISBN9781510729124
    A Literary Tea Party: Blends and Treats for Alice, Bilbo, Dorothy, Jo, and Book Lovers Everywhere
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    Alison Walsh

    Alison Walsh lives in Dublin with her husband and their three children. She is the author of In My Mother's Shoes, her account of three generations of women in her family.

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    • 5/5
      Loved this cookbook. Looking forward to making some of these teas and recipes. Definitely makes me want to host a tea party.
    • 5/5
      I received a free copy from netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This book was such a clever idea! I loved it!! I loved that each recipe was inspired by literature. I also loved the mouth watering pictures, tea pairings, and cooking tips! I will be buying a copy for my personal library.
    • 5/5
      A Literary Tea Party from Alison Walsh is a fun little cookbook for those who might want to throw a themed party or just want to relax with a themed tea and treat reading break. The book is designed to be relatively accessible for any cook or baker, though admittedly some cooks insist on asserting that THEY would be able to improve on the recipes. Well, yeah, okay, whatever. When you publish your book I'll be interested in reading it. Until then...Yes, as some know-it-alls like to point out, the idea of books at the juncture of literature and food is not brand new. So what. Almost every one of those books have elicited a comment along the lines of "I would love to see this done with [fill in the blank with a genre, a time period, etc], that would be so fun." And it is, except for those who must, simply must, point out the idea is not brand new. Guess what, I just finished a mystery the other day and the protagonist was a detective. That has already been done. Anyway, those people feel so much better now, so, whatever...I first received a copy of this book for review and loved the idea. I thought I had reviewed it already but I hadn't. I bought a couple copies as gifts and that was when I realized my lapse. So, here I am. I obviously thought highly of the book, I bought copies as gifts, so I do recommend it.The recipes are straightforward and easy to follow, the pictures are lovely, and the connections to the stories, whether direct or assumed, were fun as well. As the title says, there are blends, which are the teas. With the advent of the internet finding teas are not that difficult any more and special blends are so much more fun than just a standard blend. That said, unless you have a love of tea you may well find yourself substituting in this area unless you're throwing a party, in which case who cares if it is a little extra work. It is a party. For day to day drinking, maybe try a blend periodically and find some you particularly like. I am personally looking forward to trying my hand at a few of the blends.I recommend this to anyone who enjoys the fun of such a concept. If you're one of those cooks who only like cookbooks that challenge even the best chefs, you'll be disappointed, this is about the joy of gathering together and sharing treats, tea, and literary conversation, not bragging rights about the difficulty of the recipes.As an aside, I recently read another interesting book that combined food and history, The Course of History by Struan Stevenson. It has complete meals from 10 import historical meals/events. Harder to duplicate than these but the history surrounding each meal was fascinating.
    • 5/5
      An unusual and lovely book containing recipes inspired by books. The recipes are interesting and the picture gorgeous.
      Recommended for anybody for is looking for something off the the beaten track.
      Many thaks to Netgalley and Skyhorse Publishing.

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    A Literary Tea Party - Alison Walsh

    themed tea party ideas

    Planning a party can be overwhelming, but a theme helps narrow down your options to make the whole experience more manageable. With that in mind, I’ve provided some tea party themes below with suggested recipes and tea blends. Some are book-specific (such as Aslan’s Feast), while other themes are more general and draw their inspiration from multiple books (like the Children’s Tea Party). Many work well in multiple scenarios, so try them out at birthdays, baby showers, and even book club meetings!

    Alice’s Mad Tea Party

    Bread and Butterflies Through the Looking Glass (p. 19)

    Panther’s Pasties Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (p. 37)

    Stuffed Button Mushrooms Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (p. 46)

    Queen of Hearts’ Painted Rose Cupcakes Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (p. 107)

    Drink Me Tea Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (p. 121)

    Aslan’s Feast

    Apple of Life Bites The Chronicles of Narnia (p. 13)

    Mr. and Mrs. Beaver’s Ham Sandwiches The Chronicles of Narnia (p. 35)

    Scotch Eggs The Chronicles of Narnia (p. 43)

    Lemon Turkish Delight The Chronicles of Narnia (p. 99)

    White Witch Hot Chocolate The Chronicles of Narnia (p. 139)

    Tea with Tumnus The Chronicles of Narnia (p. 126)

    An Autumnal Tea Party

    Haycorns for Piglet Winnie-the-Pooh (p. 31)

    Deeper ‘n Ever Turnip ‘n Tater ‘n Beetroot Pie Redwall (p. 23)

    Beorn’s Honey Nut Banana Bread The Hobbit (p. 53)

    Candied Nuts with Meadowcream Redwall (p. 77)

    Autumn Harvest Cider Redwall (p. 131)

    Abbot’s Chocolate Hazelnut Tea Redwall (p. 119)

    Children’s Tea Party

    Cracked China Deviled Eggs The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (p. 21)

    Bread and Butterflies Through the Looking Glass (p. 19)

    Toasted Cheese Buns Treasure Island (p. 65)

    Fairy Dust Star Cookies Peter Pan (p. 89)

    Eeyore’s Birthday Cake Winnie-the-Pooh (p. 87)

    Raspberry Cordial Anne of Green Gables (p. 137)

    Arrietty’s Cherry Tree Tea The Borrowers (p. 119)

    Murder Most Delicious: A Detective Tea Party

    Blood Orange Scones Sherlock Holmes (p. 57)

    Miss Marple’s Pocket Full of Rye Tea Sandwiches Agatha Christie (p.

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