Omelette and a Glass Of Wine [electronic resource] / Elizabeth David.

ISBN:

9781909808508

Title:

Author:

David, Elizabeth.

Personal Author:

David, Elizabeth.

Publication Information:

Havertown : Grub Street Cookery, 2009.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

General Note:

Description based upon print version of record.

Contents:

Introduction; John Wesley''s Eye; Fast and Fresh; The True Emulsion; Lucky Dip; Summer Holidays; Big Bad Bramleys; Crackling; Your Perfected Hostess; Secrets; Ladies'' Halves; Letting Well Alon; An Omelette and a Glass of Wine; Chez Barattero; Dishes for Collectors; Eating out in Provincial France 1965-1977; Confort anglais, French fare; Roustidou; Golden Delicious; A la marinière; Fruits de mer; Waiting for Lunch; Para Navidad; Pizza; Sweet Vegetables, Soft Wines; Bruscandoli; Mafalda, Giovanna, Giulia

Have It Your Way South Wind through the Kitchen; The Englishman''s Food; Home Baked Bread; West Points; If You Care to Eat Shark; Moorish Recipes; Fine Bouche; How Bare is Your Cupboard?; Chez Gee-Gee; Franglais; Exigez le véritable Cheddar français; Having Crossed the Channel; Pomiane, Master of the Unsacrosanct; Table Talk; Whisky in the Kitchen; A Gourmet in Edwardian London; I''ll Be with You in the Squeezing of a Lemon; Pleasing Cheeses; Sweet Aristo; English Potted Meats and Fish Pastes; Syllabubs and Fruit Fools; Operation Mulberry; Foods of Legend; The Markets of France: Cavaillon

Yvetot Montepellier; Martigues; Valence; Oules of Sardines; Trufflesville Regis; The Magpie System; Traditional Christmas Dishes; Welsh Doubles; Too Many Cooks; Isabella Beeton and her Book; Index

Subject Term:

Gastronomy.

International cooking.

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2009

Publication Information:

Havertown : Grub Street Cookery, 2009.

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Summary

A classic collection of articles, book reviews, and travel essays from "the best food writer of her time" (Jane Grigson, The Times Literary Supplement ).

An Omelette and a Glass of Wine offers sixty-two articles originally written by Elizabeth David between 1955 and 1984 for numerous publications including the Spectator , Gourmet magazine, Vogue , and the Sunday Times .

This revered classic volume contains delightful explorations of food and cooking, among which are the collection's namesake essay and other such gems as "Syllabubs and Fruit Fools," "Sweet Vegetables, Soft Wines," "Pleasing Cheeses," and "Whisky in the Kitchen." Elizabeth David's subjects range from the story of how her own cooking writing began to accounts of restaurants in provincial France, of white truffles in Piedmont, wild risottos on the islands of the Venetian lagoon, and odd happenings during rain-drenched seaside holidays in the British Isles. Here we can share her appreciation of books, people who influenced her, places she loved, and the delicious meals she enjoyed.

Casually interspersed with charming black-and-white illustrations and some photographs, An Omelette and a Glass of Wine is sure to appeal to the 'Elizabeth David' book collector and readers coming to know Ms. David for the first time, who will marvel at her wisdom and grace.

"Savor her book in a comfortable chair, with a glass of sherry." -- Bon App étit

"Elizabeth David has the intelligence, subtlety, sensuality, courage and creative force of the true artist." -- Wine and Food

Author Notes

Elizabeth David was the author of nine books, including Mediterranean Food, French Provincial Cooking, and English Bread and Yeast Cookery, for which she won the Glenfiddich Writer of the Year Award. Awarded a Chevalier de l'Ordre du Merite Agricole in France, she lived in England, France, Italy, Greece, Egypt, and India at different periods of her life. She died in 1992.