Cook the Books Club: The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge

Every two months, participants in the Cook the Books Club read the same book and then cook up something tasty inspired by our reading. We blog about it and post a roundup of creative recipes and blog posts. So far, we have read Lily Prior's "La Cucina", Diana Abu-Jaber's "The Language of Baklava", and Tony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential".

Our book selection this time is a juvenile fantasy, "The Little White Horse", by Elizabeth Goudge. The book won the British Library Association’s Carnegie Medal in 1946 and J.K. Rowling says it was her favorite book as a child (Harry Potter fans will see where she got inspiration for her luscious descriptions of Butter Beer, Chocolate Frogs, and lavish Hogwarts feasts that pepper the series). The always entertaining Tim Curry is featured in a 2008 film version of this novel, called “The Secret of Moonacre” which debuted at the Toronto Film Festival earlier this year and was released in the United Kingdom in February, but does not yet have a release date in the U.S., so you’ll be very “in the know” when spotted reading this book.

“The Little White Horse” will be our May / June selection, so you should have it read and your dish posted by Friday, June 26th. This is an easy read and will be a fun one to kick off summer!

You don't have to do anything special to join our group other than read the book and blog about it, so feel free to join us. Check out the Cook the Books blog (http://cookthebooksclub.wordpress.com/) to see our past roundups.