Celebrity chefs inspire with dates

November 3, 2008

Jack and Annie dropped by the cookery this weekend. These two children’s literature characters are always cooking up curiosity with young readers. Mary Pope Osborne planted the seed for our next cookery adventure with dates. In her Magic Tree House series #34, “Season of the Sandstorms,” Jack and Annie shake the delicate fruit from date palm trees in the desert. Read “Season of the Sandstorms” http://www.marypopeosborne.com/

listen to music of the desert

http://www.last.fm/music/Turbo+Tabla

taste the fruit of the date palm

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15282847

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