Tails of Tangleby Gardens - Sue Heazlewood
Welcome to the wonderful world of Tangleby Gardens.
Sue Heazlewood has a huge passion for cooking, gardening and children. She has six children of her own who are all very close in age. There are three boys and three girls who are all adults now.
After creating her dream garden, she decided to include a rather elaborate playhouse in preparation for the arrival of potential grandchildren. While she was decorating the playhouse her mind wandered onto an imaginary life there, with talking animals.
'And so my beautiful and smart characters were born.'
Over 100 pages of story and recipes. The animals in the story make their way to their new home at Tangleby Gardens through many adventures. Together they forge a new life in the playhouse surrounded by gardens.
The story is based around actual areas in the garden. The next part came naturally, as she loves to see children learning to cook. They gain such confidence and satisfaction from being able to make something for their family and friends to enjoy.
The recipes are in three stages of ability – very easy, easy and some skill required.
Reviews:
“The author has a passion for cooking, gardening and children, and these loves shine through in this gorgeous hardback. It has a slightly retro feel with the illustrations, story and recipes. The illustrations are suitably dreamy and in a soft colour palette to complement the story. The recipe images are fun, a blend of photography of the dish with illustrations of the various creatures added. ”
“There are colour illustrations on every page, the work of Jane Smith, a Mapua artist and designer, who has succeeded brilliantly in creating the various animals, dressing them appropriately and fitting them together in scale. The best picture shows Montgomery and Hemi echanging a hongi; the rabbit and the frog are formally dressed, complete with bowler hat and cufflinks but both have carefully removed their spectacles so they can press noses.
Neil Smith’s fine photos of the food have been carefully adapted so that the animals painted by Jane Smith also appear in them. The various animals can be seen cutting up sausage rolls and cakes, squeezing lime juice on to rainbow fruit salad, or simply enjoying the first bite of various dishes.
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See also A Table at Tangleby in our Cook Book section!
Hardcover
