Ebook {Epub PDF} A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries Four Families One Delicious Treat by Emily Jenkins

A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat. by Emily Jenkins. Thanks for Sharing! You submitted the following rating and review. We'll publish them on . Four families, in four different cities, over four centuries, make the same dessert: blackberry fool. This richly detailed book shows how food, technology, and even families have changed throughout American history. In , 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.  · A 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 .

A 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. One section of "A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat," by Emily Jenkins and Sophie Blackall, is set on a South Carolina plantation in subtitle is. About A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat. A New York Times Best Illustrated Book From 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.

A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat. Emily Jenkins, illus. by Sophie Blackall. Random/Schwarz Wade, $ (44p) ISBN Tweet. More By and About. Author Emily Jenkins and illustrator Sophie Blackall trace the evolution of the dessert Blackberry Fool over four centuries in this outstanding picture-book, one which opens a window into the massive changes - in food procurement and preparation, in family structure and gender roles, in perceptions of race and the practice (or not) of slavery - that have occurred in the Anglophone world in that period. Jenkins and Blackall combine Literature, History and Home Economics into one most scrumptious and delightful course in their stellar new title A FINE DESSERT. Following one sweet treat – blackberry fool – through four families, four cities, and four centuries, the book succeeds in creating an authentic and engaging portrayal of food history perfect for children and adults alike.