★ 本書為2015紐約時報最佳繪本
一個美味甜點 ----四個世紀 四個家庭 一個吮指好味道
一個美味甜點 ----四個世紀 四個家庭 一個吮指好味道
18世紀初，英國的一對母女取用自家生產的奶油，加上牛奶，以一束小木枝，攪拌阿攪拌，攪到手痠了，終於打成奶霜。加入水、現採的藍莓，放在布袋裡，扭攪、濾渣，和點糖，哇，味道真好！小女孩忍不住舔了舔手中的勺子。然後，母女倆一起將藍莓奶酪，帶至山坡的地窖冷藏。晚餐用畢，一家共享這道甜點。小女孩更是忍不住連碗裡剩餘的奶酪都舔個精光，多美味的甜點啊！
接著，19世紀初的南卡羅來納、20世紀的波士頓、21世紀的聖地牙哥，不同的世紀，不同的城市，卻做起相同的甜點。不同的時空，發展出不同的攪拌工具（從木枝、鐵絲、手動旋轉到電動攪拌器，攪拌時間也愈來愈短）、不同的冷藏方式和牛奶來源，共同的是每個小廚師，在奶酪剛完成時總是小舔一下手中的勺子，而在大夥享用過後，整碗捧在臉上，舔個乾乾淨淨，因為，真的太好吃了啊！
《尋找小熊維尼》凱迪克金獎畫家 Sophie Blackall 用暖暖的水彩和花草藤蔓呈現，以藍莓奶酪串起四個世紀、四個城市家庭聚會的美味回憶。
About A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat
A New York Times Best Illustrated Book
From highly acclaimed author Jenkins and Caldecott Medal–winning illustrator Blackall comes a fascinating picture book in which four families, in four different cities, over four centuries, make the same delicious dessert: blackberry fool. This richly detailed book ingeniously shows how food, technology, and even families have changed throughout American history.
In 1710, a girl and her mother in Lyme, England, prepare a blackberry fool, picking wild blackberries and beating cream from their cow with a bundle of twigs. The same dessert is prepared by an enslaved girl and her mother in 1810 in Charleston, South Carolina; by a mother and daughter in 1910 in Boston; and finally by a boy and his father in present-day San Diego.
Kids and parents alike will delight in discovering the differences in daily life over the course of four centuries.
Includes a recipe for blackberry fool and notes from the author and illustrator about their research.
【適讀程度】
Age Range: 4 - 8 years