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Summer Cooking
For the great English food writer Elizabeth David, summer fare means neither tepid nor timid. Her stress is always on fresh, seasonal food-- recipes that can be quickly prepared and slowly savored, from Gnocchi alla Genovese ("simply an excuse for eating pesto") to La Poule au Pot to Gooseberry Fool. Divided into such sections as Soup, Poultry and Game, Vegetables, and Des...more
Paperback, 248 pages
Published
April 30th 2002
by NYRB Classics
(first published 1955)
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Think the obsession with fresh, local ingredients is recent phenomenon?
Elizabeth David was urging a populace obsessed with newly-improved freezing techniques to return to simple, seasonal foods. Some sections of the book, such as her explanations of the uses of now-common herbs, are quite dated; others, such as her instruction that salads should be made from fresh greens, washed and dried, and lightly dressed, seem obvious at first -- but then I think of how many limp leaves soaked in dressing...more
Elizabeth David was urging a populace obsessed with newly-improved freezing techniques to return to simple, seasonal foods. Some sections of the book, such as her explanations of the uses of now-common herbs, are quite dated; others, such as her instruction that salads should be made from fresh greens, washed and dried, and lightly dressed, seem obvious at first -- but then I think of how many limp leaves soaked in dressing...more
Now THIS is what a cookbook should be. Nothing precise, no quarter-teaspoon of anything, just a bit of butter or a sprinkle of oregano. A cookbook for the confident, a lovely excursion for those unwilling to dive in. David had as sure a hand with prose as she did with food. My copy came from Laurie and has been languishing in the TBR pile for far too long.
Recommended!
Recommended!
butter and herbs, you can't go wrong. eggs, too. and just plain good reading. her other classics will be added to my to-read pile.
Maybe it's because I'm no longer very into cookbooks, but I remember enjoying her others much more than I did this book, which I so looked forward to since the edition is from NYRB.
she's a ball to spend even an hour with. If you think at all about food, you should get to know Elizabeth David.
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Born Elizabeth Gwynne, she was of mixed English and Irish ancestry, and came from a rather grand background, growing up in the 17th-century Sussex manor house, Wootton Manor. Her parents were Rupert Gwynne, Conservative MP for Eastbourne, and the Hon. Stella Ridley, who came from a distinguished Northumberland family. They had three other daughters.
She studied Literature and History at the Sorbonn...more
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