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Abigail Wheatley Books

Join families from all corners of the globe as they share their much-loved recipes for special occasions and festivals. Whether they’re for Ramadan or Passover, for a national day, a birthday or just a big family get-together, all the recipes are simple, heartfelt and delicious. The families, and the simple, step-by-step instructions, are illustrated in a bold, graphic-novel style. From Nigerian party rice to U.S. Halloween cookies, each recipe brings authentic international cuisines, traditions and stories to your table. Also featuring fascinating facts about regional festive traditions and ingredients.

All the recipes are vegetarian, and instructions are also included to make them vegan, nut-free, dairy-free, egg-free and gluten-free – or any combination of these.

Celebrations featured include:
St David’s Day (Wales); Halloween (USA); birthday (Italy); Passover (Jewish diaspora); Twelfth Night (France); family time (Sudan); Girls’ Day (Japan); Barbados Day (Barbados); Christmas Eve (Germany); Day of the Dead (Mexico); Palm Sunday (Spain); Lunar New Year (South Korea); ANZAC Day (New Zealand); pool party (Brazil); Rice Festival (Indonesia); Shrovetide (Finland); Thanksgiving (Canada); Ramadan (Bangladesh); wedding (Guyana); party (Nigeria); New Year (Bulgaria)

This is a wonderfully constructed recipe book that clearly has children as its audience but can be enjoyed by anyone. There is a ‘Getting Started’ page which gives a range of sensible advice and guidance before introducing the recipes as well as pages on ‘Cooking Basics’. The ‘Recipe Map’ highlights all of the recipes featured in the book, including food from North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. Each double-page recipe includes an introduction to a character and the country that the recipe originates from. The ingredients and instructions for each recipe are clear with illustrations to support the guidance. Pages also include tips, variations and facts about the featured food.

Throughout the book, there are feature pages, including facts about different fruits and vegetables, cooking tools, festive food, herbs and spices and different cooking pots. All of the recipes are vegetarian but all of them can be made vegan, nut-free, gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free or any combination of these with a ‘Swapping Ingredients’ section at the back of the book. A contents page and index also help to navigate the book in a quick and easy way.

This is a wonderful, diverse, informative book that children (and adults) of all ages can enjoy.

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