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From: Chicago Sun-Times
Date: 20040804
Author:Kathie Smith

Scripps Howard News Service

Thanks to Harry Potter, I've discovered there's a world of food in children's books.

After reading three of the five Harry Potter books and seeing two of the three movies, I remember countless references to treacle tarts as a favorite food served at Hogwarts school.

When I noticed a treacle tart recipe in The Whole Beast by Fergus Henderson (Ecco, $19.95), I knew we had to try it. Later, a colleague said, "Sure, it's a food in Agatha Christie's books and Lewis Carroll [Alice in Wonderland]."

Despite my familiarity with these books, I must say it was Harry Potter's ...

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