Snow White Fire Red

08/03/21 • 9 min

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In which we discover that tales can have familiar titles but different endings, depriving an ogress of free olive oil is never a good idea and balls of wool are deadly in the right hands. We also find out that Rapunzel is not the only one with tower length hair and that a wine fountain is a possibility.

The episode story is Snow White Fire Red, an Italian fairy tale collected by Thomas Frederick Crane in Italian Popular Tales.

There is no episode recipe this time but maybe you will be inspired by the olive oil or the wine in the story.

The episode story is Snow White Fire Red, an Italian fairy tale collected by Thomas Frederick Crane in Italian Popular Tales.

There is no episode recipe this time but maybe you will be inspired by the olive oil or the wine in the story.

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Pintosmalto & A Gothic Cookbook

A slightly different episode with a story and interview about A Gothic Cookbook instead of our normal format. Pintosmalto is the story of a strong -minded, brave and resourceful woman, her sweetheart (literally) and his abduction by a distant queen. Our heroine triumphs due to her cleverness, the generosity of a wise-woman and her beloved's instinct for theft.

The interview is with Alessandra Pino from A Gothic Cookbook. We chatted at length about this fantastic book as well as taking a trip down a few rabbit holes and I hope you enjoy it.

The episode story is Pintosmalto from The Pentamerone or Tale of Tales by Giambattista Basile as translated by John Edward Taylor

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You can also find out more at Hestia's Kitchen which has all past episodes and the connected recipes on the blog. If you'd like to get in touch about the podcast you can find me on Twitter or Instagram at @FairyTalesFood.

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The Magic Cane, The Gold Donkey and the Little Stick that Hits

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In which we discover that if you have a magic cane your gourmet desires will always come true, if you have a gold donkey your financial problems will be at an end even if in a slightly disgusting fashion and finally if you have magic stick and a magic hat even the king won't bother you again.

This story from Laura Gonzenbach's Great Treasury of Sicilian Folk and Fairy Tales tells the tale of an unlucky builder, his beautiful & patient patron and his interesting magical gifts.