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The Little Women Cookbook: Recipe Outtakes
Alcott · Little Women

The Little Women Cookbook: Recipe Outtakes

October 11, 2019November 10, 2019 MikoLeave a comment

Here on our blog, we’ll be posting extra recipes we tested for The Little Women Cookbook that didn’t make it into the final edit!

Recipe Outtakes …

Part of our Little Women Cookbook Blog Series

Sneak Peek: Amy’s French Chocolate
Alcott · Little Women

Sneak Peek: Amy’s French Chocolate

September 13, 2019September 13, 2019 MikoLeave a comment

One last sneak preview from The Little Women Cookbook! Get a little fancy with a cup of Amy’s French Chocolate.

Part of our Little Women Cookbook Blog Series

Sneak Peek: Amy’s Cold Tongue & Ham Sandwiches
Alcott · Little Women

Sneak Peek: Amy’s Cold Tongue & Ham Sandwiches

September 4, 2019September 4, 2019 Miko2 Comments

Time for another sneak peek recipe from The Little Women Cookbook! If you thought the gingerbread nuts and lemonade were a bit basic, here’s more of a challenge, both for skill and palate: cold tongue.

Part of our Little Women Cookbook Blog Series

Sneak Peek: Three Hebes’ Lemonade
Alcott · Little Women

Sneak Peek: Three Hebes’ Lemonade

August 28, 2019August 28, 2019 MikoLeave a comment

Another preview recipe from The Little Women Cookbook: a lovely lemonade, perfect for these last days of summer.

Part of our Little Women Cookbook Blog Series

Sneak Peek: Jo’s Gingerbread Nuts for Roars
Alcott · Little Women

Sneak Peek: Jo’s Gingerbread Nuts for Roars

August 22, 2019August 22, 2019 Miko3 Comments

On our blog, we’ll be posting previews of a few of our recipes from The Little Women Cookbook! Today, we’re having some of Jo’s gingerbread nuts for tea.

Part of our Little Women Cookbook Blog Series

Little Women Story Timeline
Alcott · Little Women

Little Women Story Timeline

August 15, 2019August 15, 2019 Miko3 Comments

Before choosing recipes for our Little Women Cookbook, we first needed a definitive timeline of the story. Why? To make sure the dishes we picked were seasonally appropriate for the scenes, of course!

Part of our Little Women Cookbook Extras Series

Our Timeline …

Every Food & Drink in Little Women
Alcott · Little Women

Every Food & Drink in Little Women

August 13, 2019December 5, 2019 Miko4 Comments

Aaah! The new Little Women trailer is out! Planning a party menu to celebrate the movie? Here’s a list of all of the food and drink consumed in book.

Part of our Little Women Cookbook Blog Series

Index, Concordance & Notes …

Our Little Women Cookbook Blog Series
Alcott · Little Women

Our Little Women Cookbook Blog Series

August 1, 2019August 2, 2019 MikoLeave a comment

Did you pre-order a copy of The Little Women Cookbook? From now through Christmas, we’ll be posting all the extra content that we couldn’t fit in its pages!

Get a Free Jo Pin!
Alcott · Announcement · Little Women

Get a Free Jo Pin!

July 25, 2019June 3, 2025 MikoLeave a comment

Our publisher is offering a free Jo pin to the first 100 people who prove their pre-order of The Little Women Cookbook: Novel Takes on Classic Recipes from Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy, and Friends.

Coming Soon: The Little Women Cookbook!
Alcott · Announcement · Little Women

Coming Soon: The Little Women Cookbook!

May 22, 2019June 3, 2025 Miko1 Comment

We are SO EXCITED about our Little Women-themed cookbook that’s coming out this fall!

You can pre-order a copy now!

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The 36 Eggs Project

When we were kids, we always wondered what that pound cake in Anne of Windy Poplars tasted like. A recipe that called for 36 eggs! We were dying to know. Not to mention Doc Spencer's meat pie, Bruce Bogtrotter's chocolate cake, Mr. Tumnus's tea, Heidi's grandfather's bread with cheese.... We spent our childhoods a teeny bit sad that we'd never get to try these fictitious dishes.

And then we grew up and became librarians, and suddenly, everything was possible.

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Difficulty Levels & Deliciousness Ratings

Difficulty Levels
We have chosen well-known book titles to represent the levels of difficulty for making our dishes:
1. Green Eggs and Ham: Very Easy
You could do this without any extra tools, and it doesn’t require heating of any kind.
2. Matilda: Easy
There is a chemical process involved, but just about anyone can do it. You should be able to make this in a basic dorm kitchen.
3. Little Women: Medium
Basic cooking experience is required, but it’s doable with instructions. You may need equipment that’s not in the basic kitchen set.
4. Pride and Prejudice: Hard
You will need a tool or two that’s not available in a standard kitchen. The recipe takes sustained attention or manual dexterity, or requires cooking instincts that come with varied cooking experience.
5. Anna Karenina: Very Hard
It takes a really long time, maybe multiple days. The recipe requires sustained attention and specialized equipment. You may need to consult various experts. Cooking the dish becomes a project that takes strategic planning.
6. Ulysses: Pretty Much Impossible
You can probably only manage this dish if it’s a family recipe you’ve been making every day with your grandmother since age 4, or you are a professional chef.

Deliciousness Ratings
We have decided on a Jane Austen-based rating scale for deliciousness:
1. Misery of the Acutest Kind: Absolutely inedible. We couldn’t even finish a bite.
2. Odious: We hated it.
3. Disagreeable: We did not like it.
4. Tolerable: It was okay.
5. Handsome Enough to Tempt Me: We liked it.
6. Ardent Admiration: We loved it.
7. You Pierce My Soul: True love. It was magical. A once-in-a-lifetime experience.

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