George W. Jacobs

1.Summary & Comments: A collection of Mother Goose nursery rhymes with picture set in the Netherlands.短い詩集になっていて、昔日本語訳でも読んだけれど、言葉の繋ぎ方にリズム感があって、内容はわからない部分もあったけれど読んでいてとても楽しめた。

2.Line or Phrase:" Ba-a, ba-a, black sheep, have you any wool?"

3.Number of words: approximately 450

4.Reading time: 10 min

I read this odd book over vacation last week. It is mostly commentary on food and cooking, with a few recipes in the back -- sort of like an MFK Fisher book, but without the cache. I do not know anything about the author, George Jacobs, or why he wrote a book about cooking. He is not a chef. I gather that he is some kind of bon vivant, artist, occasional ex-pat who enjoys food. His musings are mildly interesting, but nothing memorable. Maybe I could write a book?

1st ed. A Foreign Dish for every day of the year. Including early Asian & Italian. One of series. 2nd copy available.