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A Little Dinner Before the Play by Agnes Jekyll
Category: Food & Wine | Series: Penguin Great Food Ser.
Whether extolling the merits of a cheerful breakfast tray, conjuring up a winter picnic of figs and mulled wine, sharing delicious Tuscan recipes, or suggesting a last-minute pre-theatre dinner, the sparkling writings of the society hostess and philanthropist Agnes Jekyll describe food for every imagina ...Show more
A Taste of the Sun by Elizabeth David
Category: Food & Wine | Series: Great Food
Legendary cook and writer Elizabeth David changed the way Britain ate, introducing a postwar nation to the sun-drenched delights of the Mediterranean, and bringing new flavours and aromas such as garlic, wine and olive oil into its kitchens. This mouthwatering selection of her writings and recipes embra ...Show more
Fresh Start - Great Low-Fat Recipes, Day-by-Day Menus--The Savvy Way to Cook, Eat, and Live by Julee Rosso
Category: No Category | Series: The\Great Good Food Ser.
Fresh Start is a guide for beginning a healthy, lower-fat lifestyle with step-by-step help in changing old eating habits to newer, better ones. "In Fresh Start you'll find four weeks of menus designed to get those of you who strive to understand low fat cooking off to a fresh start and give those of you ...Show more
The Pleasures of the Table by Brillat-Savarin
Category: Food & Wine | Series: Penguin Great Food Ser.
Epicure and gourmand Brillat-Savarin was one of the most influential food writers of all time. His 1825 book The Physiology of Taste defined our notions of French gastronomy, and his insistence that food be a civilizing pleasure for all has inspired the slow food movement and guided chefs worldwide. Fro ...Show more
The Well-Kept Kitchen by Gervase Markham
Category: Food & Wine | Series: Penguin Great Food Ser.
In 1615 the poet and writer Gervase Markham published an extraordinary handbook for housewives, containing advice on everything from planting herbs to brewing beer, feeding animals to distilling perfume, with recipes for a variety of dishes such as trifle, pancakes and salads (not to mention some amusin ...Show more
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