Is There a Nutmeg in the House?Viking, 2001 - 318 pages Along with M.F.K. Fisher and Julia Child, Elizabeth David changed the way we think about and prepare food. Her nine books, written with impeccable wit and considerable brilliance, helped educate the taste (and taste buds) of the postwar generation. Insisting on authentic recipes and fresh ingredients, she taught that food need not be complicated to be delicious.Elizabeth David, who died in 1992, was a very private person who seldom gave interviews. However, a 1984 collection of her journalism entitled An Omelet and a Glass of Wine greatly revealed David to her readers and is now considered the best food book written in the twentieth century. Now, nearly twenty years later, Viking will publish the sequel to that landmark book. Is There a Nutmeg in the House? contains material that has never appeared in previous collections. The emphasis throughout is on the practical aspects of cooking and eating and the book includes 150 recipes. These may come from around the world -- Mediterranean tomato consomme or classic English raspberry cream -- but they all have Elizabeth David's unmistakable touch. Delightful essays on her various likes and dislikes -- from the wonders of nutmeg to the utterly useless garlic press -- complete a unique picture of what for so long made David the most influential writer on food in the English language.Both immensely readable and wonderfully instructive, Is There a Nutmeg in the House? is a must-have for David fans and food lovers everywhere. |
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... Madeira Era " I WAS BORN SATURATED IN MADEIRA , " WRITES NOËL COSSART IN HIS recently published , wholly absorbing Madeira : The Island Vineyard ( Christie's Wine Publications ) . He is to be envied . He is also to be con- gratulated ...
... Madeira Era " I WAS BORN SATURATED IN MADEIRA , " WRITES NOËL COSSART IN HIS recently published , wholly absorbing Madeira : The Island Vineyard ( Christie's Wine Publications ) . He is to be envied . He is also to be con- gratulated ...
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... Madeira won a lengthy lawsuit against a firm of French shippers who had been caught by one of the brothers unloading a cargo of Spanish wine labelled vin de Madère at Le Havre . Thereafter French imitations of Madeira wines ceased ...
... Madeira won a lengthy lawsuit against a firm of French shippers who had been caught by one of the brothers unloading a cargo of Spanish wine labelled vin de Madère at Le Havre . Thereafter French imitations of Madeira wines ceased ...
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Elizabeth David. land to London . By 1820 a Lot of Curious East India Madeira from the stock of John Grant , wine merchant , fetched £ 6 7s od per dozen bottles . At about the same time a Sercial direct from Madeira could be pur- chased ...
Elizabeth David. land to London . By 1820 a Lot of Curious East India Madeira from the stock of John Grant , wine merchant , fetched £ 6 7s od per dozen bottles . At about the same time a Sercial direct from Madeira could be pur- chased ...
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Kitchens and Their Cooks | 1 |
Elizabeth Davids Dream Kitchen | 7 |
Scoff Gaffe | 15 |
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