Product Description

Thanks to so many modern superchefs producing classic hearty meals as their signature dishes, we are rediscovering the delights of our native puddings, both sweet and savoury; steak and kidney, pease pudding and bread and butter pudding are all now appearing on the smartest restaurant menus. The culinary pendulum is swinging back to a style of eating consisting of simple, unfussy plates of slow-cooked meats and gently stewed seasonal fruits, many of which virtually cook themselves, and allowing us to eat well without expensive, imported ingredients. As well as a collection of recipes which spans flummeries, syllabubs, fools, fritters, dumplings, pies and tarts, the author also offers an insight into the history of all these now popular dishes.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2170312 in Books
• Published on: 2002-05-31
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 218 pages

Review
"Pudding fanciers need to arm themselves with a collection of recipes... Best of the lot is Mary Norwak's glorious little book English Puddings." Nigel Slater

About the Author
Mary Norwak has been a food writer for many years, and has written more than 100 cookery books as well as one on kitchen antiques. She has contributed to many national newspapers and magazines including The Times, The Guardian, Good Housekeeping and House and Garden. She was cookery editor of the Daily Express, and of Farmer's Weekly, and on the latter began to develop her great interest in regional and traditional food, and in the social history of cooking and eating. Previous best-sellers include The Farmhouse Kitchen, The Lark Rise Recipe Book, British Cakes and A-Z of Home Freezing. When not cooking or writing, she gardens, collects old cookery books and haunts junk shops.

Customer Reviews

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This is a lovely book for anyone who loves traditional English deserts. I am Dutch and live in Pembrokeshire and every time I make a recipe from this book for my dinner guests (Dutch, Welsh, English, Scots and Canadian!) they absolutely love it! A must for your kitchen library.