This is a charming and beautiful cookbook inspired by literary tales and is one that foodies and book lovers will enjoy. While I haven't made any of the recipes yet, I have enjoyed reading through the book and have bookmarked several that I want to try out. I love how it tells what book inspired a recipe and how it gives and little quote from that book under the title. For example, BLACKBERRY LEMON SWEET ROLLS from A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett: "She looked straight at the shop directly facing her. And it was a baker's shop, and a cheerful, stout, motherly woman with rosy cheeks was putting into the window a tray of delicious hot buns, fresh from the oven..." Beautiful photos and there's a tea pairing at the end of most of the recipes. Loved this! The book would be perfect for those in a book club for some "themed" gatherings! This could be another cookbook that I might purchase in hardcover to include in my cookbook collection.

I absolutely loved this book and the recipes are to die for. I can't wait to try some these out just looking through made my mouth water and Oh! My! Goodness! the tea recipes to make the teas that accompany the recipes are spectacular. I am going to be in heaven. It will be amazing just imagine reading the book and eating the recipe and drinking a spot of tea it would be so great. I love it. Go grab a copy today. You will not be mad.

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Tea lovers will be not disappointed with this precious pearl. The recipes are inspired and classified accordion to the classic literature and illustrate with wonderful pictures. I loved it.

seeing food from books come alive in this cook book was really fun., The recipes are simple to follow and understand and the pictures aid the process further. I really enjoyed reading this book and cant wait to try out one of the recipes and take part in eating food from some of my favourite books.

Are you a fan of tea? Dessert? Books? All of the above? Then this book is for you. It takes classic literature and features foods either from the pages or inspired by the stories. As a fan of books and food, I couldn’t pass it up.

The recipes aren’t entirely desserts, there is a section for savory treats such as Poetical Egg Salad Sandwiches (from my favorite Anne of Green Gables), Haycorns for Piglet, or Sherlock’s Steak Sandwiches. Then there is a section for bread and muffins, sweets, and of course tea, with special tea blends that go with each recipe. Whether you like Shakespeare, classic children’s literature like Winnie the Pooh or Alice in Wonderland, or Lord of the Rings, there is a recipe for every kind of reader.

If you have a friend or family member who loves tea and books, this would make a very thoughtful gift if only for the tea recipes, which make this book unique.

This book is perfect for anyone who loves baking, cooking and reading.
My favourites are Arrietty’s mini cherry cakes, Jo’s Gingerbread, and Turkish delight from Narnia.
This is a lovely book to have on your shelf!

I absolutely adore this cookbook! Every single recipe made me smile. Either because I have read the book & was transported back to those scenes or because the scene described made me want to read the book which inspired the recipe.
The recipes aren't too difficult & I love that there are savory and sweet recipes.
I definitely recommend this to all the bookworms out there.

A friend of mine once gifted me a book of Jane Austen-inspired recipes as a souvenir from her travels to England. I appreciated it, but it was not a great fit, and I never made any of them. We have received other themed cookbooks, and sometimes, in the case of a particular children's cookbook, the ingredients are more elaborate than I tend to have on hand in my well-stocked kitchen.

All this to say, I wanted to like this book, but I was hesitant based on prior themed cookbook experiences. Fortunately, those worries were unfounded. Alison Walsh opens this book with a story of how she was approached for the project and then developed these recipes.

She has taken some classic works (from Alice in Wonderland to Sherlock Holmes to Anne of Green Gables and more) and, inspired by food and drink references in those texts, created recipes to complement them. Each recipe opens with a short food-related quotation from the text that inspired it, and each food recipe has a recommended drink pairing (and the drink recipes also include food pairing suggestions).

I haven't made any of the recipes yet, but I've earmarked several I'm hoping to try soon. My daughters love tea parties, and if I had a spread of delicious offerings, they would be ecstatic. Also, I have a monthly book club (naturally, we discuss books over food and drink), and some of these would be easy to prepare but present well and taste delicious.

There are color photographs of nearly every recipe, and some recipes that might need more clarification on steps include additional progress photos.

One slight criticism -- I'm more of a coffee drinker than a tea drinker, but I do still have quite a variety of bagged and loose leaf teas. However, I've never blended my own teas so I found the tea section difficult to grasp -- there weren't nearly as detailed directions as the other sections, but this is where I would have appreciated more hand-holding; as it is, some sound good when I look at the ingredients, but I'm unsure of how to mix them together. All the same, the book is still a great resource and I think it would help create some special memories with my daughters this summer, for starters.

Good mix of books and the recipes are all suitable to their themes, but I was confused on the tea making in the back. It lacked measurements. I've never made tea before so I wouldn't know how much to use to give the flavors a good ratio. The tea blends did sound delicious, but a little more instruction on how to make them would be great.

A few months ago, my mom and I went to a traditional English Tea at a local Bed and Breakfast. Neither of us had attended a tea before, but we decided it would be a great way to kick off the holiday season and do something different. Sometimes life demands a distraction from the mundane every day routine. What better way to slow down and refresh yourself than with delicious food and flavorful teas?

The experience was very pleasant. In fact, we enjoyed it so much, my mom and I have talked about hosting a tea for my great-aunts. Imagine how delighted I was to discover A Literary Tea Time. I have often thought the concept of tracking the foods in literature to be brilliant. I’ve seen books that have different variations on the concept, but this book was a bit different because each recipe is designed for tea time.

I have had a lot of fun trying to recreate some of the recipes in A Literary Tea Time. I decided that this would be a super fun summer activity with my kids (ages 15 and 10) because they love to eat. I didn’t experiment with all of the recipes because the kiddos were not familiar with some of the stories. I chose to only focus on some of the selections that they would know and be able to appreciate. Those happened to be: The Chronicles of Narnia, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Winnie the Pooh, The Wizard of Oz, A Christmas Carol, Romeo and Juliet, and The Hobbit. I did add The Adventures of Tom Sawyer to the list since I’m making the oldest do a lot of reading from the “classics” to prepare for the SATs and his upcoming AP Literature courses.

(On a side note, everyone should read the author’s introduction letter for this book. What a great inspiration!)

You can tell a lot of thought and effort went into the organization of this book and the recipes. I just love how themes are already thought out with a listing of recipes that could match. For instance, if you wanted a Chronicles of Narnia themed tea, there is a list of all the recipes that would fit from the various books in the series. For broader themes, there is also a listing of recipes from various books that could work.

One of my favorite books in the Narnia series is The Magician’s Nephew, even though I don’t think it gets enough attention. While I must admit, I do not remember the “apple of life” reference, this recipe sure sounded yummy! As a bonus, it was a quick breakfast and fit within my macros. I will say, I used turkey bacon instead of regular bacon just because that’s what we eat around here. I bet these are even better with the real deal. To make the apple slicing easier, I used a mandola. I stuck with other recipes from these novels since they were favorites of both kiddos growing up (and me too). Plus, we’ve seen the recent movie adaptations that are pretty awesome too. My youngest loved “Mr. and Mrs. Beaver’s ham sandwiches”—who doesn’t love prosciutto and pesto?!

Sadly, I have not had a chance to make many of the teas from the book yet since my favorite loose tea shop has gone out of business. I was able to brew up a batch of “Second Star to the Right” tea from Peter Pan since I had the ingredients. (I almost always have lavender handy because I love it so much!) All I can say about this tea is that it’s perfect for rainy days when you just want to be mellow.

A Literary Tea Party is such a great book! Little snippets from the stories accompany the inspired recipes, which help set the mood for the dish. This was a really well thought out concept and I hope to see more in this series. I would love to see a Jane Austen inspired cook book (hint, hint).

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. As someone who loves teatime. This was a truly amazing book for me.

A wonderfully quirky book of themed tea party recipe ideas based on Alices adventures in Wonderland, Peter Pan, the Chronicles of Narnia and Agatha Christie to name but a few. Lots of lovely recipes and tea blends with clear illustrations. A great gift for the book obsessed and perfect for themed party ideas.

This book was a lot of fun to read through! I'm not a great cook/baker, but after reading this book, I'm willing to put my apron on for the chance at enjoying some of these treats. I'm especially intrigued by the Winnie-the-Pooh and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland recipes as those are my two favorite children's books. I think overall my favorite part of the book was the tea recipes. These seem so simple yet so delicious, and I'm anxious to give each one a go!

What a delightful book!

If you are a booklover planning or participating in a get-together, part of a book club that would like to add a special spark to your meeting or even someone planning a book-themed celebration, you will love this book! Each recipe is inspired by and connected to foods presented in literary classics that appeal to both children and adults. As a booklover myself, I am inspired by the various recipes presented in the book and see them as opportunities to introduce or highlight various books in delightful ways. I voluntarily reviewed an Advanced Reader Copy of this book.

This was just a fun cookbook to read. I loved going through all the recipes. If I ever wanted to have a themed tea party, this is my go to book. I think it is awesome and highly recommend it.

This was a lovely book! The concept and execution are flawless. The premise is that the recipes remind you of literary favorites and it has achieved success in doing so. The guide for a book themed tea party is so fun and well done. I also really enjoyed the "make your own tea" section that allows you to brew a tea to go with a selection. The book is well organized into categories making ease in planning your tea or luncheon. The book ultimately had me thinking about other of my favorite works and how I could re create the food in them to "feel closer to the character and story" which is what Alison Walsh is attempting to help us do with her delightful cookbook.
I was given this book by my friends at Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.

This is like the Geeky Chef, just putting on airs. Not to say this is a bad book, but it's got that High Tea With The Duchess feel to the whole set up, which I guess does work for the subject matter and chosen literature.

There are some really great recipes in here, for everything from finger sandwiches to flavored teas. Some of the recipes are very odd, but a lot of them are really great, and some of them are even simple enough for a heathen like me to replicate. Nice enough cookbook, fun idea.

This cookbook is a really lovely idea, and I thought it was a perfect length. I love that it features a variety of recipes - sweet and savory foods as well as tea. The recipes looked delicious in the photos and were, for the most part, comprehensive in their explanation. They didn't seem difficult to follow or have a bunch of obscure ingredients. The recipe I made myself turned out to be less pretty than Alison's but still really delicious, so for that I give it a thumbs up.

Where I thought it lacked was in further explanation on how to make the tea blends. For those of us who don't typically make our own tea blends, I really felt some additional description would've helped make it clearer and less intimidating. Lastly, there was just a taste about the books that were chosen for each recipe, and I would've loved a little more there to really bring the recipe choice to life.

This is a cute book. A great, easy read with fun ideas for a literary-themed get-together. There are a few recipes I'd like to try by themselves but most of them seem best in a party setting.

A Literary Tea Party is a lovely book filled with wonderful ideas! I cannot wait to hand sell this title and try some of these recipes! I love that the Tea party ideas could be adapted for young and less young tea party guests. Delightful, thank you for the chance to preview it!