Fairy House Cooking: Simple Scrumptious Recipes & Fairy Party Fun!

by Liza Gardner Walsh

Scrumptious fun for fairies, friends, and families

The fairies (and kids) are invading the kitchen. Following up on the popular Fairy House and Fairy Garden handbooks, Liza Gardner Walsh presents a new dimension in fairy-themed activities--Cooking!
In this delightful book, there are lots of delicious recipes, such as pretty fairy muffins, tiny confetti cookies, candied violets, and many more. There are also recipes for tiny snacks meant for fairies, and fun recipes for treats to leave out for the animal friends of fairies.
Complementing the recipes will be fun sidebars of fairy lore and guides for hosting fairy-themed teas and birthday parties.
Simple steps and easy-to-follow recipes help kids and parents make yummy food for parties, friends, or just for fun.

Genres: Cookbooks, Nonfiction

113 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 30, 2017

Reviews

[Beyond the Pages with Eva K · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a delightfully colorful and engaging cookbook. I found this book to be extremely kid and parent friendly. The recipes were fairly easy and not overwhelming in the least. My daughter adored the fairy perspective. She really liked the muffins, wands, toadstool cupcakes and fairy hearts. I loved the mushroom meringues, the stained glass fairy door and window cookies, and the fairy trifle.

Rating: 4/5
Recommend: Yes
Audience: Family
Status: Baking/Cooking and Entertainment
Source: NetGalley

[Boom! · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pretzel wands? Toadstool cupcakes? Magic puffy pancakes? No this is not make-believe! These are actual recipes found in Fairy House Cooking. Now you and your children can make these fantasies an edible reality. The recipes take familiar kid-friendly foods and make them into something that transports you into a fairy wonderland.

[roxi Net · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wasn't sure what to expect with "Fairy House Cooking" -- maybe it would be delicately decorated desserts for a fairy party? I thought there were several clever ideas (toadstool cupcakes, mushroom meringues, stained glass fairy door and window cookies), yet some recipes seemed basic ones that had something remotely to do with fairies? I honestly think it's my brain -- this book was obviously full of creativity, kids, and love but I couldn't make the connection of how the recipes were more 'fairy' than 'tea' party (but rather than fancy hats at tea, one would wear fairy wings? Either way, I'm sure it would be fun as long as there was the creativity and belief behind it!

[Psusan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fairy House Cooking, Simple Scrumptious Recipes & Fairy Party Fun! by Liza Gardner Walsh is a fun book in deed. It is jam packed with recipes, with clear directions, colorful photographs and delightful little tidbits giving insight into the fairy world. They are sandwiches, sweets, breakfast food and edible flowers. Something for everyone. Not every recipe had a photo of the finished product but there are many that do.

The Purple Power Puffs and Edible Fairy Houses were favorites of mine as well as the chapter on Recipes for the Fairies &Friends that are for play only but include mud pies. Not really a child’s book but for anyone who wants to have fairy food fun with children as their assistant.

The publisher through Net Galley provided a copy.

[Ryan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This kids cookbook will get checked out a lot. It has recipes both simple and hard for kids to make, but it's all their favorite foods. The book is broken down in chapters such as good morning, food for fairy houses, and Birds and Blooms. This cookbook is unusual in that there are more pictures of the kids cooking and eating the food, than of the actual food being made. It’s a little odd, But at the same time the pictures are not just full of little girls. They show boys having fun making and eating as well. One of the hardest both to do, and convince kids to eat, would be the candied violets. But maybe not.

[Sue · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a delightful cookbook for little girls to create some fairy inspired treats for a party. There are pancakes, cookies, meringue mushrooms, pie, sandwiches, drinks, and so much more. Children can create their own food with some help from adults with this beautifully created cookbook.
I have yet to try some of the recipes but know my daughters would enjoy this. We plan on dressing up as fairies and having a small garden party with this little book very shortly.

[Brindi Michele · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is quite the fun, creative, fairy party book. I like that more than just recipes are included, such as the fairy soup, edible fairy dust, invitations, the perfect pot of tea, and birdseed cookies. However, since this book is for children (and they tend to be quite visual and needing a little extra guidance), I wish there were photos accompanying every recipe/activity. If so, this would have easily been 5 stars for me.

[John Duggan · Rating 4 out of 5]

a lot of ideas, great colour and pictures, my only gripe very heavy on the sweets (yes I know!). I did like some of the fruit instead of junk food recipes.

[Penmouse · Rating 3 out of 5]

The author, Liza Gardener Walsh, has created a hybrid cooking and craft book. My only complaint is the lack of clarity when it comes to using edible ingredients versus inedible ingredients. At the beginning of her book she writes about creating "fairy soups" in her backyard which I presume was not "real" cooking as the ingredients were not meant for eating. In fairness there are sections of the cookbook where she warns young cooks about selecting safe food ingredients.

I do believe her book would have been far better if she had focused on either writing a cookbook or a craft book. Her attempt to to do both muddled the issue.

At the end of her book you'll find a chapter called Mud Pies. This chapter is a perfect example of lack of clarity.

When it comes to imagination and play her book is superb. I loved the fairy drawings, her ideas on how to present a tea party, and I loved the color photos strewn throughout her book.

I would highly encourage parents to supervise and explain how to use her book.

I'd give her book 5 stars for creativity and 3 stars for implementation.

Recommend with caveats given.

Review written after downloading a galley from Net Galley.

[Patricia Romero · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fairy House and Fairy Garden are two of my favorite books. In a house full of fairy lovers, we never miss an opportunity to use our imagination and play like the fairies!

In the newest book, with help, the kids can try their hands at Toadstool Cupcakes, Toadstool Meringues and Marzipan Mushrooms,Pixie Dust Popcorn or Pretzel Fairy Wands and much more.

The photos in the book are a hit. Not staged, just kids having fun and making a mess while pretending they are fairies and having a bit of a party.

The books are aimed at stretching the imagination in the out of doors and now we have some tasty and quite easy treats to take with us on our adventures!

I am in favor of all things imaginary and I thought this was one of the most charming books I've seen on the topic.

[Anni Welborne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a darling little book! Fairy House Cooking is a sweet little cookbook and craft book all in one. Young fairy lovers will greatly enjoy the simple recipes that help create human-edible and fairy-edible delights.

The writing style was conversational and simple, probably about a third grade level, but younger learners would enjoy listening or reading along. The human-edible recipes vary from breakfast treats to afternoon tea fare. I love that the author included some edible flower recipes with clear warnings about which flowers are safe to eat and which are not. Some of the recipes (such as candied violets) will obviously require adult assistance. After the human-edible recipe chapters, the author provides a chapter of recipes that fairies, birds, and other animals in nature would love. She’s very clear in the opening of this chapter that these recipes are only for fairies, etc. and not for humans. The pictures throughout were sweet and engaging. The human shots did not looked staged but instead just looked like kids having fun.

I gratefully received this book as a free eARC from the author, publisher, and NetGalley in exchange for my unbiased review.