Eccentric inventor and chocolatier Willy Wonka, once opened the largest chocolate factory in the world, but spies stole his recipes, so he closed the factory to the public. The factory mysteriously started producing again, and now Wonka is reopening it, but only to the five lucky children who find a golden ticket, hidden inside the wrappers of his Wonka bars. Charlie Bucket lives in poverty with his mother and his four elderly grandparents and there is barely enough money to buy food, let alone chocolate bars. After his birthday chocolate bar and a bar purchased with a coin his Grandpa Joe gives him do not yield the coveted golden ticket, Charlie thinks he has no chance to win a tour of the factory and a lifetime supply of chocolate candy. At the last minute, with money found on the street, Charlie buys a final bar and finds the last golden ticket. Now he and Grandpa Joe are headed to visit Wonka’s factory, along with some obnoxious companions. Wonka’s wonderland is full of amazing inventions, fabulous candy treats and mysterious little workers called Oompa-Loompas–but beware–dangers lurk there for bratty. misbehaved children!
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl is my pick for our February-March Cook the Books round. I read and re-read this book as a child, along with Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach, but I had not revisited it since reaching adulthood. I thought it would fun to find my inner child by going back to this fun classic and I hope you will join in. With all the fantastical and mouth-watering treats imagined in the book, I can’t wait to see what sort of scrumdillicious treats and dishes everyone makes!
The deadline for your entry for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is Monday, March 26. To join in the fun, simply read the book, make a dish (or dishes) inspired by it, and post your thoughts about the book and what you cooked up. Let me know when your post goes live by leaving a comment below and/or by sending me an email at debinhawaii@gmail.com. Judging information will be forthcoming.
Happy (& delicious) reading!
Yay, this will be fun (and I already own the book)!
I had forgotten how enjoyable Dahl’s books are; funny, biting and bizarre in equal amounts, I think. This was great fun to reread and I’m entertaining all sorts of fun ideas for my post. Great pick, Deb!
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I had never read this! About half way through and really enjoying it. Thanks Deb for picking this one and helping me round out that missed literary portion of my childhood!
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Good book, I enjoyed it (again) and just posted my review.
Certainly had fun with this playful book. Dahl was so clever. And though I enjoyed both film versions of the book, there’s just such a different “flavor” to savor with his writing. Just posted my CTB entry.
http://foodycat.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/cooking-books-tempering-chocolate-for.html my entry is up! In the nick of time.
http://eliotseats.com/?p=8603
Mine is up too.
Thanks everyone! I am glad you had fun with the book. I am waiting until the last minute of course to get my post up!
But it will be up before tomorrow’s deadline!
This was fun, and my post is up: http://honeyfromrock.blogspot.com/2012/03/claudia-and-nancys-chocolate-factory.html
I am really sorry, but I cannot make it this time. I am sad, since, first of all I have read the book and second because I am a chocolate lover. However, I could not realize my original plan and I don’t have time to work on plan B, so this time, I will enjoy the event from the sidelines.
Do we already have the book selection for the next few editions?
Thanks!
I am such a bad host but I did manage to finally get my post up before the deadline.
http://kahakaikitchen.blogspot.com/2012/03/lemon-blueberry-white-chocolate-fizzy.html
I’ll be doing the round up and introducing you to our two fabulous guest judges in a day or so.
Simona–sorry you couldn’t join in this round. Our next book is The United States of Arugula hosted by Jo for April-May and we will get a post up soon with the next three picks for the rest of the year.
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