{"id":1425,"date":"2014-12-15T03:40:49","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T03:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/?p=1425"},"modified":"2015-08-11T01:59:42","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T01:59:42","slug":"how-to-make-an-apple-pie-and-see-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/?p=1425","title":{"rendered":"How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Making an apple pie is really very easy.
\nFirst, get all the ingredients at the market.
\nMix them well, bake, and serve.<\/p>\n

Unless, of course,
\nthe market is closed.<\/p>\n

In that case, go home and pack a suitcase.<\/em><\/p>\n

The pie-craving protagonist travels to Italy (for wheat), Frances (for a chicken that lays “elegant eggs”), Sri Lanka (for kurundu bark), England (for a cow to provide milk), Jamaica (for seawater and sugar cane), and Vermont (for apples). Once the traveling is through, all she will have to do is:<\/p>\n

mill the wheat into flour,
\ngrind the kurundu
\nbark into cinnamon,
\nevaporate the seawater
\nfrom the salt,
\nboil the sugar cane,
\npersuade the chicken
\nto lay an egg…<\/em><\/p>\n

Well, you get the idea. This book is thoughtful, colorful, and quietly funny. Perhaps it was inspired by the famous Carl Sagan quote: “If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.” (My youngest swears by the apple pie recipe on the last page.)<\/p>\n

Author: Marjorie Priceman
\nIllustrator: Marjorie Priceman<\/p>\n