Product Description

This is a collection of the very best writing about food of the last 100 years. This anthology of food covers the classics, such as the French chef Escoffier as well as the modern, such as Jane Grigson. It includes entries from Orwell, Steinbeck and Hemmingway, and the Monty Python's ode to spam!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #588677 in Books
• Published on: 2000-09-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

Review
Food, and how we think of it, has changed drastically over the last century. This fascinating anthology from Dickson Wright (one of the 'two fat ladies') has compiled wonderful titbits on writing about food from the last century, from advice on how to make sponge cake in a frying pan to Monty Python's Spam song. There are lots of illustrations and the writing comes from people as diverse as Somerset Maugham and Elizabeth David. A truly wonderful book to dip in and out of, and to savour. (Kirkus UK)