Leprechaun Cake and Other Tales: A Vegetarian Story-Cookbook

by Vonnie Winslow Crist (Illustrator), Debra Wasserman, Vegetarian Resource Group

A leprechaun in the kitchen, baby dragon down the block, friendly forest deer from South America, and the Snow Queen's Unicorn teach children and the adults who love them, about friendship, caring, and healthy cooking!

Forty-three easy to prepare recipes including: Sweet Rainbow Delight, Troll's Tasty Hot Apple Cider, Jaguar's Wedding Stew, Rainy Day Lemonade, and, of course, Leprechaun Cake. Over 100 illustrations. Keys to cooking. Cooking terms. Clean-up time. Safety tips.

Genres: Cookbooks, Childrens

128 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1995

About the author

Born in the Year of the Dragon, Vonnie Winslow Crist has had a life-long interest in reading, writing, art, myth, fairytales, folklore, and legends. Having been a night person since infancy, she is also quite fond of stars, moonlight, forests, owls, and other creatures of the darkness.

After attending Perry Hall Elementary, Parkville Junior High, and Perry Hall High, she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Art Education from Towson University. She married, then raised three children, did freelance illustrating and writing, and taught poetry for the Maryland State Arts Council’s Artists in Education Program. Thirty years after graduating from Towson, she returned to her alma mater and earned a Masters in Professional Writing.

A firm believer that the world around us is filled with miracles, mystery, and magic, Vonnie still sees fairies amidst the trees, mermaids on jetties, and ghosts and goblins of all sorts in the shadows. Her garden overflows with herbs and statues of animals. Toadstool rings sprout regularly on her lawn. And she's found so many four-leafed clovers that she keeps them in a jar.

Vonnie invites bookstores, book groups, science fiction and fantasy cons, book festivals, teachers, home schoolers, writing groups, faerie festivals, and interested readers to contact her via her website: http://vonniewinslowcrist.com or blog: http://vonniewinslowcrist.wordpress.com or Facebook Author's Page: http://tinyurl.com/Fb-Vonnie-Winslow-... for appearances, signings, school visits, interviews, and workshops.

Reviews

[Melanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I bought this title for my 4-year-old daughter knowing that the stories would probably be over her head. I really wanted the recipes, and I planned to keep it for later. As it turned out, she adores the stories, which all have an element of fairy tale and fable in them. She especially like the one about the Snow Queen's Unicorn. The stories don't talk a lot about being vegetarian, which surprised me. All the recipes are vegan, and there is a strong multi-cultural focus to the stories. I hope your children love this one as much as mine does!

[Lisa Vegan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great vegan recipes and the stories are okay too. Got this one as a gift for 2 young, omnivorous children and so I read it too. It was one of the first vegan friendly books for children that I had read. There are so many more out now.