| Description |
xi, 258 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"85 recipes for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the New Year"--Cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (249-250) and index. |
| Contents |
Christmas. A Christmas Carol : a Dickensian Christmastide. Applesauce -- Onion and sage roasted goose -- Chocolate profiterole Christmas pudding -- Duchess potatoes -- The Chronicles of Narnia : Food for the long winter. Diggory's apple bites -- Turkey from Aslan's table -- Turkish delight -- Mrs. Beaver's potatoes -- Little Women : Christmas with the March family. Rustic whole wheat bread -- Turkey roulade -- Baked apples -- Jo's gingerbread -- "The nutcracker and the mouse king" : feast of the sugar plum fairy. Garlic rosemary toasted almonds -- Pesto and bacon puff pastry christmas trees -- Mouse king cheese bites -- Sugar plums -- White Fang : hearty wilderness fare. Arctic trail coffee muffins -- Seared salmon with lemon dill butter -- White whiskey baked beans with bacon -- S'mores baked alaska -- Thanksgiving. The Hobbit : a long-expected journey. Beorn's honey nut banana bread -- Melton Mowbray : mini pork pies -- Hobbit door giant chocolate chip cookie -- Bag end orchard salad -- The Little House books : holiday on the homestead. Skillet cornbread with homemade butter -- Simple roasted sweet potatoes -- Venison pot roast -- Maple candy -- Redwall : an autumnal abbey feast. Loamhedge nutbread -- Leek and potato soup with parsnip and garlic -- Deeper 'n ever turnip 'n tater 'n beetroot pie -- Damson plum and pear crumbles with meadowcream and mint -- "The legend of Sleepy Hollow" : dinner at the Van Tassel mansion. Apple cider crullers -- Brown sugar glazed turkey -- Smashed pumpkin soup -- Maple walnut apple pie -- Winnie-the-Pooh : a hundred acre celebration. Haycorns -- Cottleston pie -- Rabbit's autumn harvest salad -- Pooh's honey lemon cookies -- Halloween. Dracula : a few quick bites. Renfield's spider chips and salsa -- Robber "stakes" -- Dracula's dinner rolls -- Monstrous moon pies -- Complete tales and poems by Edgar Allen Poe : once upon a midnight party. Deviled raven eggs -- Coffin pizza pockets -- Moon phase fries -- Masque of the red death skeleton cookies -- Sherlock Holmes : snacks for sleuths. Blood orange scones -- Roasted tomato deviled scotch eggs -- Sherlock's steak sandwiches -- London fog mystery cookies -- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz : a technicolor banquet. Emerald City popcorn -- Pizza pinwheel cyclones -- Melted witch chips and guacamole -- Pumpkin winged monkey bread -- New Year. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland : a mad New Year's party. Card suit cheese bites -- The Queen of Hearts's tomato tart -- Herbed mushroom puffs -- Eat me cakes -- The Phatom of the Opera : a New Years's masquerade. Devils on horseback : bacon-wrapped dates -- Apple rose tartlets -- Savory strawberry éclairs -- Chocolate strawberry opera cake -- "The Snow Queen" : winter wonderland dainties. Fried snowballs -- Savory snowflake bread -- Gerda's cherry bites -- Mirror shard mini ice cream cakes -- Festive sips. Drink me punch -- Jo March's hot chocolate -- The Phantom's rose -- Poe's nevermore cocktail -- Pumpkin cider -- THe White Witch's white chocolate chai latte -- Wicked witch punch -- Delectable gifts to suit the season. Candied walnuts -- Spiced pine nuts -- Flavored butter -- Fruit curd -- Homemade marshmallows -- Honeycomb candy -- Infused honey -- Infused sugar -- Pesto (basil and sun-dried tomato) -- Syrups (blueberry, pumpkin, and strawberry). |
| Summary |
"Some of the most famous instances of fictional fare have become synonymous with the holidays. Who can forget the plentiful food surrounding the Ghost of Christmas Present in A Christmas Carol? The simple but generous and joy-filled Christmas gatherings at the Marchs' in Little Women? Or the Van Tassel's autumnal feast in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow? Finally, these literary meals can become a reality on your table with A Literary Holiday Feast. From Christmas and Thanksgiving to Halloween and New Year's, this seasonal cookbook offers 17 full four-course holiday meals from 25 classic books--each including an appetizer, entrée, side dish, and dessert. Additionally, whip up festive sips and delectable edible gifts to share with loved ones."--Amazon. |
| Subject |
Holiday cooking.
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Literary cookbooks -- Specimens.
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Cooking.
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Baking.
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Cookbooks -- Specimens.
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Books and reading.
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Books and reading (OCoLC)fst00836454
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Cooking (OCoLC)fst01754966
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Holiday cooking (OCoLC)fst01753824
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| Genre/Form |
Cookbooks.
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Recipes.
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Literary cookbooks.
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| Added Author |
Stewart, Haley, writer of foreword.
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| ISBN |
9781510754966 |
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1510754962 |
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