My classmates and I have been assigned a literature task at school-to find a chapter in a book of our choice where a particular food is mentioned, prepare that food, and bring it to class to present the chosen book. I would appreciate a recommendation for a book that mentions brownies, because they are really easy for me to prepare and they are delicious. I would appriciate your help.
I don’t have any book that has brownie in it, but the cupcake bakery mystery books have… well, cupcakes lol. They even have recipes at the back.
There are several mystery series that involve catering/baking and include recipes!
OP, try Diane Mott Davidson’s series with Goldy Bear. Surely one of those books features brownies!
Another series is Recipes for Love and Murder, by Sally Andrew. This series is set in South Africa, so some of the recipes might be difficult because of ingredients, but it would be fun to make something from this series.
Thanks!
If I may ask…why???
I’m a teacher, and honestly, my principal would chew me up one side and down the other if I gave this assignment.
Are you from the USA? I am Croatian btw so the school programe is really different here. I would say that teachers have a lot of creative freedom. The idea behind this project is to present chosen books in a new, egdy way. In my country we really love food so this is a great way to make studens more interested in reading. The other goal is to motivate students to learn a few things about baking because we dont have cooking class of anykind. Also so far we had a lot of hard tests and homework so this is a way for my class and I to relax and socialise while reading and enjoying sweets. Hope this helps.
This is a really fun assignment, really engaging.
As a teacher, I would suggest going with the spirit of the assignment, instead of trying to find a book that mentions a recipe that you find easy.
The point of the assignment is that you share something from a book you enjoy, and because so many books mention food at some point, you are not going to be too limited.
Choosing a book solely for the recipe means that you may very well end up choosing a book you don’t like, and end up not really reading properly. And believe me, it will be pretty obvious if that happens.
This doesn’t mean you just have to randomly read a bunch of books and hope you find something. You could start with thinking what kind of cuisine you like and look for books from that culinary food culture - such as The Queens of New York for Chinese food. Or, you could decide to focus on a time period, and try something from then, such as making marchpane (a bit like marzipan) from Romeo & Juliet. And don’t forget, there’s a whole genre of culinary detective fiction, such as Inspector Pamplemousse - as well as the Nero Wolf mysteries which, though not culinary, talk about food at length.
Of course, if you desperately want to make brownies, try googling “book that mentions brownies being eaten.” You have to be this specific in order to avoid books about the mythological figures.