Our English Domain leader suggested that we all bring a dish that had some literary connection. She circulated the following web site from The Little Library Cafe and encouraged us to choose a dish that we could bring.
Library staff helped out with signage to make it a bit more formal looking using Canva.
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Simple dishes such as "Picnic at Hanging Rock".
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Turkish Delight from the local Middle Eastern Deli (much better than the commercial brands).
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And some amazingly creative Mandrake Cup Cakes by one of our English Language teachers.
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She bought the baby's and the folage from one of our local $2 shops and hot glue gunned them together. Chocolate packet mix for the cupcakes and icing and chocolate sprinkles complete the illusions of soil.
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These are some of the other delectable offerings at morning tea. Staff were encouraged to bring along the book that inspired the piece as well. See more images here.
Coffee and Walnut cake The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Lemon Cakes The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Circular cut Sandwiches The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Lady Bracknell’s Cucumber Sandwiches The importance of being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
The Queen of Hearts Jam Tarts Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Mandelines Madeleines by Marcel Proust
Mandrake Cupcakes Harry Potter by JK Rowling
Hummas H is for Hummas Joel Rickett
Turkish Delight The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis
Cheese, Crackers, Fruit Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay
Pumkin Pasties Harry Potter by JK Rowling
Quiche Lorraine The Quiche of Death: Agatha Raisin mystery by Marion Chesney (MC Beaton)
Resources:
Dugdale, J. (2019). Books’ best bakes: cakes in fiction from Dickens to George RR Martin. [online] the Guardian. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2014/oct/08/baking-in-books-cakes-in-literature
Canva. Web based desktop publishing.https://www.canva.com/
The Little Library Cafe
http://thelittlelibrarycafe.com/
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