Begun in 2010, this blog offers analysis and reflection by Susan Bailey on the life, works and legacy of Louisa May Alcott and her family. Susan is an active member and supporter of the Louisa May Alcott Society, the Fruitlands Museum and Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House.
Podcast interview with Wini Moranville, author of “The Little Women Cookbook: Tempting Recipes from the March Sisters and Their Friends and Family”
I recently spoke with food writer Wini Moranville about her cookbook and the role of food in Little Women. It was a fascinating discussion which I am sharing with you as a podcast.
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The article referred to in the podcast is “Strawberries and Salt: Culinary Hazards and Moral Education in Little Women” by Yvonne Elizabeth Pelletier. Chapter 11 of Culinary Aesthetics and Practices in Nineteenth-Century American Literature, Part of the series Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters, editors M. Drews and M. Elbert, pp 189-204