‘ In some of the old folk tales Baba Yaga is depicted as a cannibal, with a long nose for smelling out human blood and iron teeth for biting through flesh and bones!’ She is more likely to cook you for dinner than serve you up a feast. From the Red Fairy Book (Folio) illustrated by Niroot Puttapipat You might know her as the wicked old hag of numerous fairy tales who flies around on an iron pestle wielding her deadly mortar. Trost: ‘ the fiery drink for the dead, named trast after a walking stick, because it helps them on their journey.’ From the Kingdom Under the Sea, illustrated by Jan PienkowskiĪll are created in a poultry themed house by the witch Baba Yaga to send the dead on their way to the afterlife. In the House With Chicken Legs, Sophie Anderson offers up many delightsīeghrir: ‘ a spongy pancake soaked in honey’,Ĭhak-chak: ‘ deep fried balls of dough, drenched in honey and left to harden’ You know you’re in for a treat when a book comes with a glossary that consists almost entirely of new and delicious sounding food.
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