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Cookbook provides tastes of wizard world.

From ‘Sorcerer’s Stone’ to ‘Half-Blood Prince’Memorable Moments

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When Arthur Levine started his own imprint at Scholastic Inc., his goal was to fi nd and publish a timeless book that individuals would remember fondly for the rest of their lives. With J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” book series, the U.S. publisher did just that.

In 1997, Levine was at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in Italy when editors from the small U.K. publisher Bloomsbury told him about a book they had coming out that he might be interested in — “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.” Levine was given a set of “Potter” galleys and read the book on his plane ride home.

Levine was hooked on the story from the fi rst chapter, he told Toledo Free Press in a phone interview.

“I was completely confi dent this was going to be one of those books kids are going to read and love — bring it to colleges with them and

on freshmen fl oors, say ‘Do you remember when you read ‘Harry Potter’?’ And I think I was right,” he said.

When the U.S. rights for the book went on sale, Levine outbid other American publishing imprints and purchased the book for $105,000.

Levine, who still heads Arthur Levine Books and is vice president of Scholastic, said he would have paid even more for the rights.

Aft er publishing “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” in 1998,

Levine worked with Rowling on subsequent U.S. releases. Levine would spend several

days with Rowling, going through confusing words or phrases that didn’t translate and Rowling would come up with some acceptable English word or phrase to replace it with, he said. It was Rowling who came up with the alternate U.S. title for the fi rst book, Levine said.

As the books grew in popularity, Levine felt a lot of pressure, but never while working on a manuscript with Rowling, he said.

“Th ere was a bubble around that. I

would think about treating her the same way I would treat any other author with care,” Levine said. “I didn’t want her to be slighted because there was time pressure or because she was famous.”

Since the fi rst book was published in the U.K. in 2007 by Bloomsbury and in the U.S. in 2008 by Scholastic, the “Harry Potter” se-ries has sold more than 400 million copies and spurred the creation of eight Warner Brothers’ fi lms and a Universal Studios theme park.

While for Levine, “Harry Potter” will always be about the books, he is still able to enjoy the theme park and movies as a fan.

“I was there for the opening [of the park]. It was tremendous fun,” he said.“I come from a very specifi c per-spective, which is about the books, a lover of the books them-selves. Everything else can be fun but is kind of secondary to me.”

Levine doesn’t believe the release of the “Harry Potter” fi lms, the newest of which,

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1,” opens Nov. 19, prevents individuals from picking up the books. Th e movies are “his-

torical archives themselves at this point” and have a diff erent audience than

the books, he said. “I think as time goes on and

those movies are no longer box offi ce, kids will be on equal

ground between the books and fi lms,” he said.

Th ree years have passed since the release of the last

“Harry Potter” book, and Levine said it’s still too soon to

measure the full extent of the series’ impact of the popularity of “Harry Potter.” Rowling still receives bags of fan mail each month, he said.

“I would say ‘Harry Potter’ opened the

p h e n o m e n o n for large copies of hard covers for young people. It proved young readers will love a story as long as it’s fast-paced and well-written,” he said.

“It helped turn a generation of kids into readers. It encouraged those who were al-ready good readers and gave kids who didn’t know what to read, something to read.”

Levine believes “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” won’t be the last thing Rowling writes.

“Jo has such a passion to write. She’s a writer and that hasn’t changed. I’m sure she’ll write more and I cross my fi ngers that I will be the one working with her,” he said. ✯

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By Jeff McGinnisTOLEDO FREE PRESS STAR STAFF WRITER

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By the time “Harry Potter and the Sor-cerer’s Stone” was released in 2001, the uni-verse created by J.K. Rowling had already become a phenomenon. Th e pressure was on for the makers of the “Potter” fi lm series. Th ey weren’t just adapting a popular book for the big screen. Th ey were the custodians of a universe and characters that were be-loved by rabid fans of all ages. If they didn’t succeed, they would be the victims of a fury that even Lord Voldemort could not rival.

Fortunately, the fi lms have been widely praised by critics and fans alike. Here are moments most will never forget.

SPOILER ALERT1. “Sorcerer’s Stone” — Harry plays

his fi rst game of Quidditch. One of Row-ling’s most arresting creations is this sport of wizards, played on broomsticks fl ying high above the ground. In print, the game inspired imaginations with what the sight

might be like. Th ese visions were made magnifi cent reality by director Chris Co-lumbus in the fi rst fi lm, which brought Quidditch to life in an exciting and visu-ally arresting sequence.

2. “Chamber of Secrets” — Kenneth Branagh as Gilderoy Lockhart. Each Potter fi lm is a fi rst-rate production, and each has cast fi rst-rate actors. Such is the case of egomaniacal braggart Gilderoy Lockhart, a memorably funny character who might have been ludicrous on fi lm — if an actor as good as Branagh had not been playing him.

3. “Prisoner of Azkaban” — A Moonlit Transformation. David Th ewlis had made Professor Lupin a memorable character in the minds of “Potter” fans with his perfor-mance by the time it was revealed he was a werewolf. T h e n

he stood by the light of the full moon. His morphing from man to beast is a special-eff ects creation of the highest order.

4. “Goblet of Fire” — The Return of Voldemort. The fourth film — and the entire series — builds to a head with the resurrection of Harry’s greatest villain. Lord Voldemort had existed as a char-acter mainly by word-of-mouth for three films before he arrived, so when he fi-nally appeared, he had a lot to live up to. But when Harry’s friend Cedric (played by future vampire Robert Pattinson) is killed without thought and the villain is revealed with a terrifying performance by Ralph Fiennes, fans knew Herm-ione’s closing line was very, very true: “Everything is going to change now, isn’t it?”

5. “Order of the Phoenix” — Th e Death of Sirius Black. “Phoenix” saw Har-ry’s beloved godfather — the closest thing to a parent he had ever known — killed by the villainous Bellatrix Lestrange in the fi lm’s shattering fi nale.

As wonderfully played by Gary Oldman, Sirius had been Harry’s most loyal supporter for the previous two fi lms, and his death was a symbol of Harry becoming more alone in a more terrifying world.

6. “Half-Blood Prince” — I’m the Half Blood Prince. Severus Snape, played by Alan Rickman, had always been one of the most in-triguing characters of the “Potter” franchise. Neither hero nor villain, the former servant of Voldemort never made it clear where his loy-alties lied. It all seemed to climax in the sixth fi lm, as aft er killing Harry’s beloved head-master Dumbledore, Snape casually defl ects all Harry’s attempts at reprisal with seem-ingly no eff ort. And Snape’s revelation that he was the titular “Prince,” whose notes Harry had learned so much from over the year, is yet another rug pulled out from underneath the

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By Kristen Rapin-CriswellTOLEDO FREE PRESS SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR

krapin@toledofreepress.com

Ever wonder what pumpkin pasties or treacle tarts taste like? “The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook” provides Potter fans with recipes for Har-ry’s favorite treats and other English cuisine.

In addition to treacle tarts and pumpkin pasties, the book provides recipes for Hagrid’s rock cakes and Dumbledore’s favorite muggle treat lemon drops, as well as numerous Honeydukes’ sweets and cauldron cakes. Other recipes include British classics, such as steak and kidney pie, English strawberry trifl e and crumpets.

“I think it would be fun for “Harry Potter” fans to try out the different recipes,” said Dinah Bucholz, author of the cookbook.

“The food would be perfect for any ‘Harry Potter’ themed party.”

The mother of four said the cookbook’s target au-dience is children, but some of the recipes require adult supervision.

“Not all the recipes are easy for kids to do,” Bucholz said. “When I was making the cookbook, I was trying to make it as close to authentic as possible. I wanted it to be traditional British cooking … but I see [kids]

having fun in the kitchen with it.”While running errands one day, Bucholz had a

flash of inspiration and decided to write a Harry Potter cookbook.

“It just kind of happened. I had been a big Harry Potter fan and was always very curious about the food in the books. It all sounded so good,” she said.

Bucholz, for whom cooking was a hobby, began rereading the Harry Potter books (one through five) and trying recipes from various cookbooks.

“I did a tremendous amount of research,” she said.

Bucholz tried a number of recipes from her own cook-books, as well as from the In-ternet for each entry, she said.

Some recipes Bucholz had to find her favorite for, while others, such as recipes for the different fudge and

toffees, required experimentation be-cause she had no experience cooking them, she said.

“[Researching for this book] I learned a tremendous amount about kitchen science and cooking,” Bucholz said.

In addition to recipes, the cookbook features a brief his-tory of each dish, as well as lo-cations within the “Harry Potter” series where the food is referenced.

“I wanted people to know where they could find the food in the book, that way they could look back,” Bu-cholz said. “I think it makes it a little more interesting to read.”

Amateur chefs and bakers can ask Bucholz for cooking tips at the cook-book’s official website, www.unofficial-harrypottercookbook.com. A video of how to make treacle tarts is also available

on YouTube. ✯