![]() ![]() Luckily, at the back of the book, there is Louisa May Alcott’s recipe for apple slump, so my daughter and I made it a few years ago. With a name like that, I was really curious what it would taste like. Along with the story there are descriptions of the food the family ate for their Thanksgiving meal. I was so excited to read a book by one of my favorite authors to my children, and they have enjoyed it too. ![]() ![]() It is a book geared for young children, full of scenic illustrations and a simple, heart-warming story of a New England family in the 1800s. ![]() When I became a mother and my children were young, my mother gave me the above-mentioned adaptation of Alcott’s An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving. That novel made a huge impact on me as a girl growing into a young woman and aspiring writer. I have been a fan of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women since I was an adolescent. One book that I like to pull out for inspiration around Thanksgiving time is An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving by Louisa May Alcott, illustrated by James Bernardin. For me, baking is a way to stretch across space and time and connect with people from the past and the present. In anticipation of the Thanksgiving holiday, my mind has been filling up with visions of warm, wonderful homemade food shared with family and friends. ![]()
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