The YAWP: Villanova's Graduate English Program Blog

For the first time ever, the Villanova English grad program put on their very own literary bake-off! All contestants had to bake a Shakespeare-inspired sweet for the Bard's 452nd birthday. Our graduate participants in front of their work! The entries were as delicious as they were creative! Traditionally made Elizabethan Lemon Cakes Romeo & Juliet inspired apple crumb Opeelia! - candied orange peels dipped in chocolate Coffee and Chocolate two layer cake "Blood will have blood" so says this Red Velvet cake And finally the bake-off winner, Laura Tscherry's There's Rosemary and Lemon Tart - That's for Remembrance

Dr. Mary Mullen organized and hosted our Alice's Adventures in Wonderland  event this March, to get success! Dr. Mary Mullen - picture from Villanova English blog "Yes, that's it!," said the Hatter with a sigh. "It's always tea time!"  There were games, prizes, trivia and a live reading of the tea party scene! And what would a birthday be without cake? Happy 150th birthday, Alice!