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Roald Dahl's Even More Revolting Recipes
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An amusing cookbook provides young readers of all ages easy-to-follow recipes to unusual but edible dishes, including Boiled Slobbages and Grobswitchy Cake. Reprint.
64 pages, Paperback
First published January 1,2001
This edition
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64 pages, Paperback
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October 13, 2003 by Puffin
- ISBN
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9780142501658
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0142501654
- Language
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English
About the author
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Roald Dahl was a British novelist, short story writer and screenwriter of Norwegian descent, who rose to prominence in the 1940's with works for both children and adults, and became one of the world's bestselling authors.
Dahl's first published work, inspired by a meeting with C. S. Forester, was Shot Down Over Libya. Today the story is published as A Piece of Cake. The story, about his wartime adventures, was bought by the Saturday Evening Post for $900, and propelled him into a career as a writer. Its title was inspired by a highly inaccurate and sensationalized article about the crash that blinded him, which claimed he had been shot down instead of simply having to land because of low fuel.
His first children's book was The Gremlins, about mischievous little creatures that were part of RAF folklore. The book was commissioned by Walt Disney for a film that was never made, and published in 1943. Dahl went on to create some of the best-loved children's stories of the 20th century, such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda and James and the Giant Peach.
He also had a successful parallel career as the writer of macabre adult short stories, usually with a dark sense of humour and a surprise ending. Many were originally written for American magazines such as Ladies Home Journal, Harper's, Playboy and The New Yorker, then subsequently collected by Dahl into anthologies, gaining world-wide acclaim. Dahl wrote more than 60 short stories and they have appeared in numerous collections, some only being published in book form after his death. His stories also brought him three Edgar Awards: in 1954, for the collection Someone Like You; in 1959, for the story "The Landlady"; and in 1980, for the episode of Tales of the Unexpected based on "Skin".
Dahl's first published work, inspired by a meeting with C. S. Forester, was Shot Down Over Libya. Today the story is published as A Piece of Cake. The story, about his wartime adventures, was bought by the Saturday Evening Post for $900, and propelled him into a career as a writer. Its title was inspired by a highly inaccurate and sensationalized article about the crash that blinded him, which claimed he had been shot down instead of simply having to land because of low fuel.
His first children's book was The Gremlins, about mischievous little creatures that were part of RAF folklore. The book was commissioned by Walt Disney for a film that was never made, and published in 1943. Dahl went on to create some of the best-loved children's stories of the 20th century, such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda and James and the Giant Peach.
He also had a successful parallel career as the writer of macabre adult short stories, usually with a dark sense of humour and a surprise ending. Many were originally written for American magazines such as Ladies Home Journal, Harper's, Playboy and The New Yorker, then subsequently collected by Dahl into anthologies, gaining world-wide acclaim. Dahl wrote more than 60 short stories and they have appeared in numerous collections, some only being published in book form after his death. His stories also brought him three Edgar Awards: in 1954, for the collection Someone Like You; in 1959, for the story "The Landlady"; and in 1980, for the episode of Tales of the Unexpected based on "Skin".
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Cool but weird recipes
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Fun, often simple, and actually delicious-sounding recipes (The "Dirt with Motor Oil" only *looks* revolting) with recipe names taken from Roald Dahl's books. Good display book or resource for food/craft for events. Also great recommendation for parents who want to cook fun stuff with kids.
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A funny book with some good ideas of treats to make that go along with things in the books.
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Interesting ideas and concoctions that are heavy on either eggs or sugar. Nice full page splash illustrations and references to some of the recent Dahl books I've read...
Need a food processor for lots of these though!
Need a food processor for lots of these though!
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I converted all of the measurements to US measurements (this was a British import) and gave input on the jacket design.
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Great, revolting recipes that actually look good.
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Not quite as creative as the first (in my opinion), but still really cute, and some of the recipes look really tasty!
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