Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #734835 in Books
• Published on: 1995-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

Synopsis
Including extracts and recipes from Elizabeth David's writings, this book covers life in France, picnics, bread ovens and the making of mayonnaise.

Customer Reviews

Simply a ‘taste’ of Elizabeth David.
Simply a ‘taste’ of Elizabeth David, from the Penguin
60s series:-

‘I’ll Be With You in The Squeezing of a Lemon’
by
Elizabeth David

‘Writings and recipes from our most distinguished food
writer.’

'Elizabeth David was one of the most influential
cookery writers of the post-war period.
Her first book ‘Mediterranean Food’, was published
in 1950 while food was still rationed, but it fostered
a desire for good ingredients cooked simply and
unpretentiously.
All of her books received great critical acclaim and
the publication of ‘French Provincial Cooking’ ,in
1960, confirmed her position as the most
inspirational cookery writer in the English language.
She was awarded the CBE in 1986 and died in
1992.’

89 pages split over 12 chapters:-

‘Paris and Normandy’ from ‘French Provincial Cooking’
‘The True Emulsion’ from ’An Omelette and a Glass of Wine’
‘Picnics’ from 'Summer Cooking’
‘Juanita’s Tortilla’ from ‘A Book of Mediterranean Food’
‘Golden Delicious’ from ’An Omelette and a Glass of Wine’
‘Italian Dishes in Foreign Kitchens’ from ‘Italian Food’
‘Chez Barattero’ from ‘An Omelette and a Glass of Wine’
‘Measurements and Temperatures’ from ‘Spices, Salts
and Aromatics in the English Kitchen’
‘Les Potages : Soups’ from ‘French Provincial Cooking’
‘Cassoulet Toulousain’ from ‘A Book of Mediterranean
Food’
‘I’ll be with you in the Squeezing of a Lemon’ from ‘An
Omelette and a Glass of Wine’
and
‘Cottage Loaves’ from ‘English Bread and Yeast Cookery’

Recipes include ‘Pesto’, ‘English Lemon Curd’, ‘Cream
of Tomato and Potato Soup’ and that greatest of
French regional dishes - ‘Cassoulet’.

It should be noted that these books are just ‘tastes of
the author’, are written in a fairly small print and
contain no pictures.

Just a ‘taste’ of Elizabeth David, excerpts from her books
From the Penguin 60s series:-
‘Writings and recipes from our most distinguished food
writer.’

‘‘Elizabeth David was one of the most influential
cookery writers of the post-war period.
Her first book ‘Mediterranean Food’, was published
in 1950 while food was still rationed, but it fostered
a desire for good ingredients cooked simply and
unpretentiously.
All of her books received great critical acclaim and
the publication of ‘French Provincial Cooking’ in 1960
confirmed her position as the most inspirational
cookery writer in the English language.
She was awarded the CBE in 1986 and died in
1992.’

89 pages split over 12 chapters:-
Paris and Normandy, The True Emulsion, Picnics,
Juanita’s Tortilla, Golden Delicious, Italian Dishes in
Foreign Kitchens, Chez Barattero, Measurements and
Temperatures, Les Potages : Soups, Cassoulet
Toulousain, I’ll be with you in the Squeezing of a
Lemon and Cottage Loaves.
Recipes include ‘Pesto’, ‘English Lemon Curd’, ‘Cream
of Tomato and Potato Soup’ and that greatest of
French regional dishes - ‘Cassoulet’.
It should be noted that these books are just ‘tastes of
the author’, are written in a fairly small print and
contain no pictures, hence the price!