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The storyteller's supper : a feast of food folk tales / written by Taffy Thomas MBE ; illustrated by Dotty Kultys.

Thomas, Taffy, (author.).

Summary:

A feast of folk tales about food, with a foreword from Carlo Petrini, founder of the Slow Food Movement.

Record details

ISBN: 9780750996693
ISBN: 0750996692
Physical Description: 137 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : History Press, 2021.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Cover -- Title -- Dedication -- Copyright -- Contents -- Prologue -- A Welcome Toast -- About the Author -- About the Illustrator -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I From Field & Furrow -- Jack and the Boggart -- The Wheat Flower -- A Baker for the Fairies -- The Rice Stone -- Strawberry Porridge -- As Good as Gold -- The Golden Harp, 'Y Delyn Aur' -- Part II From Orchard & Hedgerow -- Blackberry Ginny -- Dividing Apples -- Just Desserts -- Sweet and Sour Berries -- The Pear Pip -- The Yazzle Tree -- Part III The Storyteller's Supper -- Menu and Recipes -- Part IV From Farmyard & Dairy

The Milkmaid and Her Pail -- The Cheshire Cheese that Went to Heaven -- Salt in the Milk -- The Chicken and the Egg -- Oonagh's Special Soda Bread -- Part V From the Kitchen Garden -- The Queen Bee -- Jack and the Magic Beans -- The Parsley Queen -- Soup for a Saint -- A Pumpkin for the Party -- The Princess of Turnips -- Part VI From Sea & Shore -- Why the Sea is Salty -- Shrimps for a Giant -- The Grasmere Gingerbread Man -- Stargazey Pie -- Smugglers' Rum Butter -- Davy and the King of the Fishes -- Petit Fours -- Epilogue -- A Farewell Toast -- Bibliography -- Picture Sections