Many people of my vintage would certainly remember reading the book called the "Secret Garden", and what a fascinating and wonderful story it was.
This captures the food of the time, food that is no longer made but can now be tried. With simple recipes, lovely photos and interwoven with the snippets from the Secret Garden. Beautifully presented and easy to make, a great cookbook which invokes the times of the Victorian era.

Thank you Net Galley for the opportunity to review this book for my honest opinion. This is a cute cookbook using The Secret Garden as the theme. The recipes were well researched and adapted to our current time period with notes about how things were done during the time period that The Secret Garden was set. This would be a cute display cookbook as well as the basis for a time period luncheon.

I really liked this cook book. As an avid reader it was a great view into a world I grew up with. The recipes are easy to follow and conclude clear pictures so I understand what I'm making. The author also included info directly from the book as well as the time period the characters lived.
If you were a fan of the Little Women cookbook, you need this one for your collection.

This is just the perfect little cookbook! I have always adored the Secret Garden and as a child I read the book many times, I could also quote the movie word for word at one point!

The book is broken down into different sections which include
Breakfast
Lunch
English tea
From the kitchen garden
Dickons cottage food
A taste of India
Garden Picnics

The recipes are fab and I will definitely be trying out the
Little sausage cakes, warm cranberry scones with orange glaze and the cornish Pasties.

Perhaps I may even throw a little movie party with my son and have some of the dishes from the book!

Easy to follow recipes that go along with the classic book.
Would make a wonderful gift to that special someone who loves classics and cooking.


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The Secret Garden Cookbook is a recipe collection and cookbook tie-in to Burnett's classic story. Originally published in 1999 this reformat and re-release, due out 14 Jan 2020 from Quarto on their Harvard Common Press imprint, it's 112 pages and will be available in hardcover format.

This is a beautifully illustrated homage to good food and the settings and characters from the book.

The recipes are grouped by category: Yorkshire breakfasts, manor lunches, English tea, kitchen garden, Dickon's cottage food, taste of India, and garden picnics. The book is lavishly and appealingly illustrated with large clear recipe and serving photographs. Each of the recipes includes yields, prep and cooking time, ingredients (including metric measurements, yay!), a short description, and step by step instructions.

There's a comprehensive index at the end with cross-linked recipes. The author's writing style is homey and friendly and for readers who like some culture with their cookbooks, this one has a very classic and nostalgic feeling. There's a lot of comfort and hospitality as well as quotes from The Secret Garden in hand illustrated whimsical sidebars scattered throughout.

Five stars for lovers of Victorian English cooking and for lovers of the original book. The recipes are not overly fancy or difficult, they're heirloom recipes.

I have tried some recipes from this book and I have absolutely loved the results! They are delicious! They are accompanied by some explanations about the food lifestyle in the Victorian era depending on the social classes and ages. It is very insteresting and I learned a lot about the Yorkshire region. I highly recommand this book and it is a must read for the fans of the Secret Garden! Moreover, there is a special bonus at the end, just read and discover. ;)

What a beautiful book! I enjoy cookbooks with stories or histories of foods in them. This book tells of the recipes, standards of cooking, help staff duties, meal times and courtesies of the time period. Beautiful illustrations of many of the recipes and side notes on the pages make it an enjoyable read. This is one of those cookbooks that I enjoyed more for the read than the recipes.

The Secret Garden Cookbook: Newly Revised Ed
By Amy Cotler
Published by Quarto Publishing Group
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The Secret Garden Cookbook promised to bring to life the food from the classic children's book of the same name written by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The majority of the recipes seem quite easy, there are fifty in total spread across beautiful and simple designs.

Some of the food is directly mentioned in the book where as Cotler has also added food that would have been eaten at the time and not just by Mary Lennox or Colin but by their poorer friend Dickon. You would think this almost enough to fill fifty pages but then Cotler does one better and also includes recipes from English ruled India. Here Cotler shows what Mary would have eaten while growing up in India.

I chose this book for one reason I wanted to decide if it was something my "The Secret Garden" obsessed sister would like. I had not even reached the first recipe when I knew that I would be buying this book for her when it comes out.

Filled with a robin, gingham and flower design it is already beautiful add to it the pictures of the food created then it also becomes a salivating display.

I will admit that I was glad to realize that Welsh Rabbit was not an actual Rabbit. And also in the text Irish stew made an appearance so I was glad we were represented.

Having watched the movie only I can see that I missed out on what a big part food was in the book, almost as important as the garden it's self. This is down to Cotler's writing, not only did this book include recipes but also quotes from the book that show how the food and characters related to each other, even how it showed their social statues.

As if all this was not reason enough to love this "Cookbook" Cotler did more, where relevant she has gone in to detail about what real Victorian life was like. Little notes here and there also add atmosphere to what should be referred to as a book.

This is much more than "Mix together until" or "Put in the oven at" this IS a story. I expected a cookbook and got a crash course in The Secret Garden.

Though I'm not a novice at cooking I can not wait to try the easy to follow recipes over Christmas. And now I know what I'll be getting my sister as an Easter present.

An extremely well-done, thoughtfully presented, cookbook. More than a cookbook, it’s also contains short history lessons along with a smattering of British culture during the time period of which this story takes place... Victorian Era. This book is one of those few that can be enjoyed by both child and parent (or guardian, etc.). Would make a wonderful addition on the shelves of any public library. Would make a terrific library program where young girls and boys could experience what life was like for children a long time ago. A wonderful way to bring the characters in this book to life!
I received an advanced reader copy from NetGalley in exchange for my volunteer review.

A delightful cookbook that not only relates to the classic story but also offers bite-sized history lessons about what life (and food!) were like during the story's time period. Great for adults and kids alike. The recipes appear easy to follow and not too difficult to find ingredients for.

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

I love these cookbooks adapted from classic novels! The first one I saw was from Little Women and loved it! The Secret Garden was just as beautiful and fun. It made me nostalgic for when I was a child.

I love the idea of having a cookbook coincide with a classic book. The Secret Garden Cookbook gracefully did this. Not only does Cotler bring in recipes, but she also breaks the cookbook sections into the background of the main characters (manor house, cottage, India, etc.).
One of my favorite things about this book is the connection between the recipes, the characters, and the time during which the novel is set. The book begins with a review of the characters and story, and then into how this novel relates to food. I appreciate the highlights of the time, like how the industrial revolution created fewer gardens because more people were living and working in the cities, and how this affected nutrition. I also enjoyed the vocabulary and trivia tidbits to help readers learn more than just recipes.
The story and the recipes are all timeless. I have had the pleasure of enjoying many of the foods within the book both at home and in restaurants in the UK.

This is a charming cookbook with some really sweet illustrations and some fun recipes to try. The recipes are clear and easy to follow, so it will not be too problematic trying them.

The Secret Garden was one of my favorite books when I was younger, and one of my daughter's favorites at the same age. The original book has enchanted several generations. My nieces were my chosen helpers when testing these recipes. They found all of them easy to follow with great results and thoroughly enjoyed my version of the original story, taking both recipes and my well loved copy of the book home to try more. This cookbook helped make some very good memories in this household. Try it yourself and see how many smiles you can make!

I could t open the file so can’t do a review but I will be buying a copy at some point to do a review

The Secret Garden Cookbook, Newly Revised Edition by Amy Colter is a very good cookbook featuring some great old time fashioned recipes.

This is a beautifully presented book. It felt like a privilege to sit and read it. It was informative and interesting. I loved reading the different recipes and finding out about what was eaten in that era. There is a wide selection of recipes which is great. I am looking forward to trying some of them.

Thank you to Netgalley for my copy.

The Secret Garden is truly a childhood classic. It is a great read aloud for an adult and child. Now, Secret Garden lovers can expand and enhance their experience with the book through this cookbook.

Following an introduction the cookbook is divided into seven sections; these are Yorkshire Breakfasts, A Manor Lunch, An English Tea, From the Kitchen Garden, Dickon’s Cottage Food, A Taste of India and finally, Garden Picnics. The introduction includes information on the reign of Queen Victoria, ruler at the time that the book is set, and the kinds of food that were available to different social classes at that time.

The book is lavishly illustrated with photographs, starting with a statue of Mary and Dickon that is in Central Park in New York City and appealing drawings. There are also many quotes from the book. There are additional interesting facts throughout as well.

Each of the sections begins with an introduction that gives context to the recipes. Some of these are Savory Muffins Spiked with Cheddar Cheese, Roast Chicken with Bread Sauce, Toffee Pudding with Butterscotch Sauce, A Proper Pot of Tea, Lemon Curd Tartlets, Spring Peas with Fresh Mint, Pease Pudding, Cottage Loaf with a Topknot, Sooji with Fresh Fruit and English Crumpets. It is very tempting to list each recipe as they all look so good, but this is just a sample.

The recipes come with clear and easy to follow directions. Some have as few as three steps so cooks can choose the recipes that they feel most ready to tackle.

All in all, this is a lovely and appealing book. I recommend it highly!

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this read in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group - Harvard Common Press for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Amy Cotler's 'The Secret Garden Cookbook' is a collection of classic English recipes (jam roly poly, crumpets, Cornish pasties etc.), ideas for breakfast, lunch, picnics and afternoon tea, and even a 'Taste of India' section (mango chutney, fruit lassi etc.) that transport you to the kitchens at Misselthwaite Manor.

My first thought was that this book would make a great gift! It's perfect for anglophiles, book nerds, and anyone that loves The Secret Garden or as a not-so-guilty pleasure gift to buy for yourself. The photos of garden scenes and illustrations of robins, plants, and garden tools are adorable and I would proudly display it as a coffee table book. I would describe the book as charming, cozy, and joyful. The design, especially the photographs, are clean and fresh and have a calming effect.