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A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat

內容簡介

內容簡介 一個美味甜點 ----四個世紀 四個家庭 一個吮指好味道 18世紀初，英國的一對母女取用自家生產的奶油，加上牛奶，以一束小木枝，攪拌阿攪拌，攪到手痠了，終於打成奶霜。加入水、現採的藍莓，放在布袋裡，扭攪、濾渣，和點糖，哇，味道真好！小女孩忍不住舔了舔手中的勺子。然後，母女倆一起將藍莓奶酪，帶至山坡的地窖冷藏。晚餐用畢，一家共享這道甜點。小女孩更是忍不住連碗裡剩餘的奶酪都舔個精光，多美味的甜點啊！接著，19世紀初的南卡羅來納、20世紀的波士頓、21世紀的聖地牙哥，不同的世紀，不同的城市，卻做起相同的甜點。不同的時空，發展出不同的攪拌工具（從木枝、鐵絲、手動旋轉到電動攪拌器，攪拌時間也愈來愈短）、不同的冷藏方式和牛奶來源，共同的是每個小廚師，在奶酪剛完成時總是小舔一下手中的勺子，而在大夥享用過後，整碗捧在臉上，舔個乾乾淨淨，因為，真的太好吃了啊！《尋找小熊維尼》凱迪克金獎畫家 Sophie Blackall 用暖暖的水彩和花草藤蔓呈現，以藍莓奶酪串起四個世紀、四個城市家庭聚會的美味回憶。◎本書為2015年紐約時報最佳童書。 About A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious TreatA New York Times Best Illustrated BookFrom highly acclaimed author Jenkins and Caldecott Medal–winning illustrator Blackall comes a fascinating picture book in which 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 an enslaved 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.

作者介紹

作者介紹 EMILY JENKINS has written many highly acclaimed books for children, including Water in the Park, a Booklist Editors' Choice and a Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book; Lemonade in Winter, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year; and two Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Books: Five Creatures and That New Animal. She is also the author of the popular Toys trilogy: Toys Go Out, Toy Dance Party, and Toys Come Home. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit the author at emilyjenkins.com. SOPHIE BLACKALL received the Caldecott Medal for Finding Winnie by Lindsay Mattick. She is the illustrator of The Mighty Lalouche by Matthew Olshan, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year; Edwin Speaks Up by April Stevens, a Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year; and Ruby's Wish by Shirin Yim Bridges, an Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award winner. She has also illustrated the Mr. and Mrs. Bunny series by Polly Horvath and the bestselling Ivy and Bean series by Annie Barrows. A native of Australia, she lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit her at sophieblackall.com, where she has regularly posted about the process of making this book.

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