Such a lovely and cute book!

Taking inspiration from the family scenes of ‘Little Women’,this little book contains creative yet easy-to-follow recipes, quotations from the novel and amazing coloured illustrations. You could find inspiration for breakfast, lunch,party ideas and dinner. It is definitely not your average cookbook as recipes have a little ‘twist’ as they all have a link to the ‘Little Women’s life.

As a fan of Louisa May Alcott, this cookbook made me so happy and I would definitely recommend it as a cute gift for a friend.

Thanks to the publisher and to NetGalley for the ARC of this book in exchange of an honest review.

A fun and fantastic cookbook for Little Women fans! From delicious recipes that apply to the book, to facts about Louisa May Alcott, to snippets from the book...this cookbook has a little something to appeal to every reader! It’s beautifully put together with spectacular illustrations and quotes. A fun and nostalgic cookbook that I thoroughly enjoyed!

Ohhhh this is such a charming little book. I think anyone who enjoyed the adventures of the March sisters would love to have this book even if they never cooked one recipe.  If you want to try the recipes, most of them look very simple to follow, even by a young teen.

Every recipe has a section that tells how in the story of The Little Women it is referenced, and gives some information about where the recipe originated. I love that the dishes are a bit unusual but not weird, so that most young readers would not be afraid to try one. In fact, their interest in the story might push them to try something new on their plates. A cheese, butter & celery sandwich might be turned down if simply offered, but a young Louisa May Alcott reader would likely love to try it.

The dinners sound delicious, but the winning section is probably the desserts. Any young reader would love to throw a tea party or luncheon, and there are the most darling little sweets to try.

Overall the book deserves 5 stars for accomplishing what it attempted. This is a must have for any Alcott lover.

Many thanks to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review. I adore the book and think it would make an excellent gift for a book lover.

Absolutely adorable. I loved the book quotes relating to the recipes, the backstories and the cute illustrations. The recipes look simple and delicious. So excited to cook them up!

I collect cookbooks, especially bookish ones. I love Louisa Mae Alcott's book about the March family. It's been one of my favorite classics ever since I first read it as a child. Reading through the recipes and quotes in this cookbook make me want to re-read the novel! I added it to my TBR list! :)

This cookbook is filled with quotes from the book, many color photographs and wholesome recipes. I think Marmee would be proud of all the yummy food in its pages. She would gladly have served every one of these dishes to her girls, and Laurie, too! There are more than 50 dishes ranging from desserts and breakfasts to dinner and party fare. The ingredients are simple and the instructions are concise. A book lover does not have to be a gourmet cook to enjoy making any of these recipes! The dishes would be fun to make for a book club night, or just for a weeknight dinner.

The front cover art is attractive. It definitely caught my eye and made me want to peruse the recipes in this book. The page layout is easy to read. The photographs complement the recipes, rather than crowding the page. The font is easy to read. Definitely a nicely laid out cookbook! There is a full index to all recipes in the back of the book. The recipes are indexed by main ingredient, making things simple to find!

I am definitely getting a copy of this book for my cookbook shelf! My two favorite recipes are the Spice-Trade Deviled Eggs and Hannah's Cottage Pie. Can't wait to try making them, and just about every other dish in the book!

**I voluntarily read an advanced readers copy of this book from Quarto Publishing via NetGalley. All opinions expressed are entirely my own.**

Wonderful recipes with introductions into their historical roots and intersection with Louisa May Alcott and Little Women. This cookbook is a delight. Delicious food, adorable illustrations and beautiful photography abound. I am sure to purchase a copy for myself for Christmas.

As a long time fan of Little Women I was super excited to this cookbook! What a lovely, unique and creative idea. The book is full of rustic and traditional recipes. I love the historical information that is provided with each recipe. I learned so much! Thank you to Netgalley and Quarto Publishing Group – Harvard Common Press for an ARC copy in exchange for an honest review.

The Little Woman Cookbook by Wini Moranville; Louisa May Alcott is an amazing little book, filled with wonderfully rustic and traditional recipes. A must for any fan.

Thank you to NetGalley for a Kindle ARC of The Little Women Cookbook.

I was stoked when my request was approved. I'm a big fan of Little Women, especially Jo, since I'm so much like her.

This cookbook was so much fun to read. There are beautiful illustrations, photos, quotes from the novel, and fascinating anecdotes about the Alcotts'. That was my favorite part. I love reading the factoids!

The author does a great job providing historical details and setting the time and place in which the Alcotts' lived and the traditional meals they would have eaten.

Also, as some readers noted, I didn't realize mac and cheese is not a modern recipe but old school.

Who knew?

Some of the recipes are odd, but that's expected considering the time period and the ingredients they had to work with but still interesting to learn about.

This is a great book for fans of Little Women or any one interested in recipes from this particular era.

This book was super cute. All the factoids and illustrations were just so dang cute. The recipes seemed to fall into two categories. They either looked genuinely tasty or like a novelty that I would never eat. Just learning about the history of the weirder ones made it worth them being in the book though. If you are a fan of vintage recipes or Little Women I definitely recommend it.

This is a completely charming cookbook! It ties in with perhaps every scene where food is mentioned. The illustrations are lovely, and the recipes are not too hard for a young reader to attempt. This would make a lovely gift for a young person, an Alcott fan, or even a teacher or homeschool parent to help visualize the world in which the books took place.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for a digital ARC!

The Little Women Cookbook by Wini Moranville is a delightful cookbook perfect for any reader who loves the book Little Women. Moranville has modernized many of the older recipes found in the book Little Women. She writes the food history and offers menu suggestions based on how people ate during the time Little Women was written. She also writes some of the recipes were inspired by events found in the book Little Women. A good example of this is how Amy loved pickled limes and shared them with her school friends. The author took a bit of artistic license by creating "Pickled Lime" Sugar Cookies.

You will find menu suggestions and explanations of how meal patterns have changed from the 1800s to how eat today. Moraniville explains how dinner was the main meal of the day while supper eaten in the evening had lighter fare.

Some of the recipes you'll find in her cookbook include:

"Indian Meal" Griddle Cakes
Hannah's Cottage Pie
Meg's Macaroni and Cheese
Creamed Ham on Toast
Chicken Salad with Grapes and Almonds
Classic Roast Beef Tenderloin
Apple Slump
Pink and White Ice Cream Dessert

Recommend.

Review written after downloading a galley from NetGalley.

This book is perfect for the Little Women lover in your life. My favorite thing about this cookbook is that with each recipe the author talks about a little historical tidbit that connects with the recipe. Bringing the historical facts and the yummy food together make for a fun time in the kitchen. It is also a great reminder that many of the foods we enjoy regularly at home and in restaurants have a long history in our country. Many of the recipes are those I have eaten variations of throughout my lifetime, but connecting them back to the Little Women time frame shows how a good recipe can last for generations.

This cookbook is utterly charming! It pays tribute to Louisa May Alcott with quotes and background, including a very informative introductory essay. Food plays an important part in the novel as readers of the book know and as the author of this cookbook knows as well. There are so many fpasssages about food as the Little Women grow. There are Amy who has issues with her limes, Meg who has trouble with her jam, breakfasts given to those in greater need and much more. Reference to all are made and give the reader the opportunity to enjoy memories of reading Little Women.

The recipes themselves are easy to follow. They are organized into four chapters:

-Hannah's Breakfasts

-Gatherings with Family and Friends

-March Family Dinners and Suppers and

-Sweet Treats, Desserts and Drinks

A few of the featured recipes include:

Buckwheat Pancakes, A better Omelet for Marmee and Milk Toast in the breakfast section.

Roast Beef Picnic Sandwiches, Jo's Much Improved Corned Beef and Spice Trade DEviled Eggs in the Gatherings section and of course more as you move through the additional chapters. The recipes are clearly delineated and look easy enough for those who are not kitchen stars.

The illustrations throughout are delightful. They definitely enhance the text. There are also some photos, including one of the Orchards, the Alcott home.

I thoroughly enjoyed this cookbook both for the recipes and for the joy of browsing through the book itself. Last year, I read Little Women for the second time. It was more substantive than I had recalled. Read it while your food is cooking and while you wait for the newest version of the movie to be released this December. Enjoy!

Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for this book in exchange for an honest review.

This is a. beautifully presented book. I love that it is inspired by little women and that the recipes have been researched. I am looking forward to trying some of the dinner recipes and the trifle recipe sounds delicious. I would also think about buying a paper copy of this book. I love to flick backwards and forwards easily in cookery books. I also think that this book would make a great Christmas present.

Thank you to Netgalley for my copy.

This has some really yummy looking recipes in it!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ebook copy in exchange for an honest review.

***Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review***

Little Women is a classic and this was a fun way to give the audience a more in-depth look into that world. Wonderful-looking recipes that I will actually try (I'm not the best cook out there!) and a beautifully crafted book that brings together scenes and quotes from Little Women.

Little Women fans will love this cookbook. Wini Moranville presents passages from the book and creates similar recipes for you to enjoy. The authors describe recipes from the time period but update them a little bit for a modern audience. It's these bits of history that makes it truly unique. There are even menus for particular days such as picnics or tea events so you can create your own.
This is a cue, fun, and yummy book for any Little Women fan.

For one hundred and fifty years readers have identified with the March sisters. Louisa May Alcott drew from her family members and life, making Little Women a beloved story with relatable characters.

Set during the Civil War, with Mr. March at war far from home, the March sisters and their mother struggle to obtain their basic needs. Food insecurity impacts their home and the community. The novel begins with the preparation of a Christmas breakfast feast which the girls valiantly donate to an immigrant family. The women content themselves with a meal of bread and milk. The book ends with a meal as well, a picnic supper.

Wini Moranville, "writer, cookbook author, and lover of historic and heirloom recipes," was asked to write The Little Women Cook Book in conjunction with the 2019 Little Women movie.

With charming illustrations and quotations from the novel, it is a delight. I enjoyed revisiting the novel through the lens of communal meals. Well-chosen quotations from Little Women keep our attention on the inspiration source for the recipes.

Wini researched American cookbooks from the mid 19th c. Some foods from the novel, like the pickled limes traded between schoolgirls, would not appeal today, so Wini gives us "Pickled Lime" Sugar Cookies.

Milk-Toast was a simple meal of warm milk poured over buttered toasted bread, perhaps seasoned with salt or sugar and cinnamon. I recall my grandfather, born in 1905, enjoying it as a dessert from his country childhood.

From the passage, "The omelet was scorched, and the biscuits speckled with saleratus", Wini gives two recipes, omelets and Maple-Cornmeal Drop Biscuits, and a history of baking powder.

Other recipes from the past include:

"Meg was already covering the buckwheats..."~Buckwheat Pancakes

"It was too bad to laugh at the poor little jelly pots."~ Meg's Currant Jelly Sauce

"We'll have lettuce and make a salad."~ Jo's Lettuce Salad

"...and Amy made lemonade..."~Amy's Lemonade

Also appearing are Mr. Bhaer's Chocolate drops; Bonbons and mottoes, candies wrapped in papers printed with riddles and sayings; Jo's Gingerbread; the apple turnovers from the picnic; and Meg's Plum Pudding.

Where the novel is silent on specifics, Wini turns to recipes popular during the time period.

Newlywed Meg uses a popular cookbook, The Young Housekeeper's Friend. Indian meal--cornmeal--was popularly used in many dishes. Wini offers us Indian Meal Griddle Cakes, with a version with blueberries that caught my attention.

Meg also has Mrs. Corneliu's Receipt Book and Wini shares Meg's Macaroni and Cheese from that book. It is very like the recipe I have used all my life.

The recipes are tempting!

I was given access to a free ebook by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for a fair and unbiased review

I am so excited to be receiving this for review. I love Little Women. I remember reading it a couple of times when I was a little girl. This cookbook brightens my day and my moms.