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Jolly Good Food
Delicious and easy recipes, inspired by the beloved stories by Enid Blyton. Bake your own pop-cakes and google buns, and wash them down with homemade ginger beer!
Have you ever dreamed of having picnics with the Famous Five, midnight feasts with the Malory Towers girls or party teas with the Folk of the Faraway Tree? With this cookbook, inspired by Enid Blyton's stories, you can! Packed full of yummy recipes, lively artwork and extracts from Enid Blyton's stories, this cookbook will inspire children - and the whole family - to get busy in the kitchen. It's the perfect way to share the pleasure of making and eating food with your child. There are 42 exciting new recipes designed by top chef and Junior Bake Off TV judge, Allegra McEvedy, with fabulous illustrations by Mark Beech and glorious food photography too.
- GenresCookbooks
144 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 2017
About the author
Enid Blyton
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Ένιντ Μπλάιτον (Greek)
Enida Blaitona (Latvian)
Энид Блайтон (Russian)
Inid Blajton (Serbian)
Інід Блайтон (Ukrainian)
Enid Mary Blyton (1897–1968) was an English author of children's books.
Born in South London, Blyton was the eldest of three children, and showed an early interest in music and reading. She was educated at St. Christopher's School, Beckenham, and - having decided not to pursue her music - at Ipswich High School, where she trained as a kindergarten teacher. She taught for five years before her 1924 marriage to editor Hugh Pollock, with whom she had two daughters. This marriage ended in divorce, and Blyton remarried in 1943, to surgeon Kenneth Fraser Darrell Waters. She died in 1968, one year after her second husband.
Blyton was a prolific author of children's books, who penned an estimated 800 books over about 40 years. Her stories were often either children's adventure and mystery stories, or fantasies involving magic. Notable series include: The Famous Five, The Secret Seven, The Five Find-Outers, Noddy, The Wishing Chair, Mallory Towers, and St. Clare's.
According to the Index Translationum, Blyton was the fifth most popular author in the world in 2007, coming after Lenin but ahead of Shakespeare.
See also her pen name Mary Pollock
Ένιντ Μπλάιτον (Greek)
Enida Blaitona (Latvian)
Энид Блайтон (Russian)
Inid Blajton (Serbian)
Інід Блайтон (Ukrainian)
Enid Mary Blyton (1897–1968) was an English author of children's books.
Born in South London, Blyton was the eldest of three children, and showed an early interest in music and reading. She was educated at St. Christopher's School, Beckenham, and - having decided not to pursue her music - at Ipswich High School, where she trained as a kindergarten teacher. She taught for five years before her 1924 marriage to editor Hugh Pollock, with whom she had two daughters. This marriage ended in divorce, and Blyton remarried in 1943, to surgeon Kenneth Fraser Darrell Waters. She died in 1968, one year after her second husband.
Blyton was a prolific author of children's books, who penned an estimated 800 books over about 40 years. Her stories were often either children's adventure and mystery stories, or fantasies involving magic. Notable series include: The Famous Five, The Secret Seven, The Five Find-Outers, Noddy, The Wishing Chair, Mallory Towers, and St. Clare's.
According to the Index Translationum, Blyton was the fifth most popular author in the world in 2007, coming after Lenin but ahead of Shakespeare.
See also her pen name Mary Pollock
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March 9, 2019
If you were to ask me which books I remember from my childhood, many of Enid Blyton’s works would be on the list.
My mum was a big fan and passed on that love. The Magic Faraway Tree, Malory Towers and Famous Five were among my favourites.
But, while I was compelled to buy this book by nostalgia, it has definitely been a practical purchase.
My five-year-old and I have tried two recipes so far - Melty Swirly Whirls and the Bloomer Loaf - and I was really impressed with both the amount of fun we had making them and also how well they turned out (although I do have quite a low threshold when it comes to baking).
The bread, which we made into rolls instead of a bloomer, was particularly delicious – even my husband, who never eats anything we make, gave them a thumbs up.
The recipes are all clear and easy to follow (and quite entertaining in parts). There are quite a few which contain meat but, as I’m vegetarian, I will probably try them with an alternative.
What’s more, the snippets of stories have inspired me to get my daughter some of the actual books now.
My mum was a big fan and passed on that love. The Magic Faraway Tree, Malory Towers and Famous Five were among my favourites.
But, while I was compelled to buy this book by nostalgia, it has definitely been a practical purchase.
My five-year-old and I have tried two recipes so far - Melty Swirly Whirls and the Bloomer Loaf - and I was really impressed with both the amount of fun we had making them and also how well they turned out (although I do have quite a low threshold when it comes to baking).
The bread, which we made into rolls instead of a bloomer, was particularly delicious – even my husband, who never eats anything we make, gave them a thumbs up.
The recipes are all clear and easy to follow (and quite entertaining in parts). There are quite a few which contain meat but, as I’m vegetarian, I will probably try them with an alternative.
What’s more, the snippets of stories have inspired me to get my daughter some of the actual books now.
January 17, 2018
This Enid Blyton-themed cookbook is, indeed, jolly good. Each chapter centres around a mealtime (eg breakfast, supper) and is introduced by a relevant excerpt from a Blyton book. Good range of recipes based on classic English treats (that do look delicious and are fairly easy to make). The whole package has been very nicely put together - colourful design, nice thick paper and bright illustrations - and should be a popular and interesting gift idea for kids.
Two small criticisms, however - firstly, the book-connected-to-a-meal conceit seems strained by the final chapter on supper, which resorted to referencing a minor work (called Secret Island; apparently her first published novel, but not regularly reprinted). Secondly, the illustrations seem too similar to Quentin Blake's style, but are not the real thing (and in fact Quentin Blake did a special anniversary cover for Famous Five recently).
Two small criticisms, however - firstly, the book-connected-to-a-meal conceit seems strained by the final chapter on supper, which resorted to referencing a minor work (called Secret Island; apparently her first published novel, but not regularly reprinted). Secondly, the illustrations seem too similar to Quentin Blake's style, but are not the real thing (and in fact Quentin Blake did a special anniversary cover for Famous Five recently).
February 27, 2018
The recipes are OK, but the Enid Blyton link was extremely tenuous. Few of the foods actually appear in any of the books. If the author was the fan of EB she claims to be in the introduction, she would have known that one of the excerpts attributed to EB wasn’t even written by her!
March 19, 2024
this reading app is the worst reading app i have ever used and set my eyes on
is says you can read it but you fing cant
p.s. i dont give a living shiz about rude comments on this
p.s.s im not giving any hate on the book its self just this shit app
is says you can read it but you fing cant
p.s. i dont give a living shiz about rude comments on this
p.s.s im not giving any hate on the book its self just this shit app
September 28, 2021
As a family cookbook it’s average - obscure ingredients at times and nothing wow worthy. My wife rated it as 4/5…..as a gift for a 9-11/12 year older though it would be great; excerpts from the big hits (Secret Seven, Famous Five, Far-away Tree, Mallory Towers) and lots of illustrations, brightly coloured.
For me, as a dad looking for family-friendly recipes using every day ingredients it’s only slightly better than average.
For me, as a dad looking for family-friendly recipes using every day ingredients it’s only slightly better than average.
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