Elizabeth David's Christmas
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Elizabeth David's Christmas
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Throughout her distinguished career, Elizabeth David wrote and collected many articles about Christmas food. She put together a file of these artic... read full description

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Sep 15, 2011
Chris rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Elizabeth David is always worth a read. I do not read her so much to get a recipe or instructions but to get her take on things. Her recipes are almost always accompanied with some personal commentary on the food and its place in her life. The Christmas book is a posthumous collection of writings that may have ended up in a book like this, but in this version not particularly cohesive or complete. More of a box of miscellaneous things one might have collected over the years and found valuable. S More...
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Jul 13, 2011
David R. rated it: 5 of 5 stars
"If we were to bushwack our way back to the true source of modern American food culture, we would find that it is not Julia Child, but Elizabeth David. (Her) recipes are all charm. . . ."
– The New Yorker

"Elizabeth David's Christmas is based on a box of essays, recipes, and writings David collected over the years for a Christmas book she never found time to compile. In 2003, her editor and literary executor, Jill Norman, first published this project in Great Brita More...
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Jul 14, 2011
Laura rated it: 3 of 5 stars
If you ever wanted to know where your Christmas traditions come from (and you're English), this is a great book. It includes lots of classic holiday traditions and recipes, along with the recipes and people they came from - often going back to the 1700s and sometimes farther. Most of these recipes are pretty time-consuming to make, but some of the drinks and deserts and starters would fit more modern tables (and timetables). An interesting read, if you like culinary history. If not, don't bo More...
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Aug 15, 2011
Sarah marked it as to-read
Recommended by Mom. Food book.
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Feb 11, 2012
Ann rated it: 3 of 5 stars
Classic Eliz David, very charming and well written.
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Dec 09, 2011
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