The Ivy restaurant is known as a theatrical, literary and artistic haunt, which keeps its roots in quick and simple food, not tied to any style or regional cuisine. A.A. Gill has combined its recipes, all suitable for the home kitchen, with the history of the restaurant.
Adrian Anthony Gill was an English journalist. He was the author of 9 books, including The Angry Island. He was the TV and restaurant critic and a regular features writer for The Sunday Times, a columnist for Esquire, and a contributor to Vanity Fair. He lived in London.