Alice Winkler

This is an enormously sweet book aimed at children from perhaps 6 to 10, although I think that kids were younger in the seventies than they seem to be now. Certainly they were less jaded and knowing, sadly.

It's worded simply, and explains reading recipes, and provides some recipes for making bread. It also explains how to make butter. It's written in a way that I (or my mother) might have spoken to a child, and it offers a certain intimacy without condescension that this type of book seldom achieves.

I really need to upload the cover for this book, which is very sweet. Such a shame that it seems to be out of print.… (más)