A dessert four centuries in the making! Emily Jenkins and Sophie Blackall take us through the four different eras depicted in their new picture book, “A Fine Dessert”! Learn how to create Blackberry Fool, one of the oldest desserts in western culture. Sophie and Emily begin with a hand made twig whisk then progress to a whirring blender that sends whipped cream everywhere! Join us in celebrating family, food, and fun in the KidLit TV kitchen!
From Penguin Random House:
A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat
In this fascinating picture book, 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 a slave 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.
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