Review: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Title: Little Women
Author: Louisa May Alcott
Genre: Fiction
Audience: Independent Reader through Adult
B & B Rating: ★★★1/2

Recipe: Rich Damp Cake with Green Sugar (Peter Pan)

He stood for a long time lost in thought, and at last a curdling smile lit up his swarthy face. Smee had been waiting for it. "Unrip your plan, captain," he cried eagerly.

"To return to the ship," Hook replied slowly through his teeth, "and cook a large rich cake of a jolly thickness with green sugar on it. There can be but one room below, for there is but one chimney. The silly moles had not the sense to see that they did not need a door apiece. That shows they have no mother. We will leave the cake on the shore of the Mermaids' Lagoon. These boys are always swimming about there, playing with the mermaids. They will find the cake and they will gobble it up, because, having no mother, they don't know how dangerous 'tis to eat rich damp cake." He burst into laughter, not hollow laughter now, but honest laughter. "Aha, they will die."

Review: Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

Title: Peter Pan
Author: J.M. Barrie
Genre: Fantasy
Audience: All Ages (though honestly, I recommend it more for adults)
B & B Rating: ★★★★★

I couldn't start this blog with any other book. I honestly don't know how many times I have read this book; if I had to guess I would say at least eight times cover-to-cover. (This is saying something, since the first time I read it was six years ago in college.) Of course I saw the old Disney movie when I was a kid, and I didn't much care for it. In fact, I've discovered that a lot of people my age didn't like that movie and some have avoided the book specifically because of that movie (or because of cheesy plays involving grown women pretending to be little boys and flying around on wire contraptions).

Trust me, the book is not the "what makes a red man red" cartoon. It is not a corny stage production. It is, in a word, amazing.

Books and Biscuits

There are a lot of book review blogs out there, and there are a lot of recipe blogs out there. In a burst of minute-before-you-fall-asleep genius, I decided to combine the two. For every book I review, a recipe. Want to dine like the lost boys or the March girls? Want some fun ideas to get kids involved in books or spice up your book club? Well it is my hope to help.

I'm sure I'll also include other recipes that are delicious but unrelated to a particular book.  And I may include movie reviews, too.  Who knows?  I don't. But I'm excited to see how it goes.