Fish, Flesh And Good Red Herring: A Gallimaufry - Couverture souple

Ellis, Alice Thomas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1844080862 ISBN 13 : 9781844080861

Editeur : Virago Press Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

From the cooking methods of Ulysses to Victorian nursery fare, from Biblical food facts to modern food fads, Alice Thomas Ellis took delight in all things gastronomical, and generously seasoned her gallimaufry with anecdote and wit. Fish, Flesh and Good Red Herring is a delectable culinary history catering to all tastes - as well as revealing some unusual ones: we learn that Charles Darwin proclaimed roast armadillo 'a most excellent dish'; that Elvis Presley adored cooked squirrel; and that British infants once devoured sugared mice - real ones! Garnished throughout with extracts from famous food writers including Brillat-Savarin, Mrs Beeton, and Elizabeth Craig, there are recipes to relish and historical titbits to savour: we are taken from the sumptuous eighteenth-century banquet to the gossipy literary lunch, from the misery of rationing to the gluttony of the Roman feast. And cooking practices of some of the most celebrated chefs are shared with us -- as well as the grisly fates of those not so highly favoured: King Henry VIII boiled two of his cooks, whereas Ivan the Terrible preferred his fried.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Alice Thomas Ellis was born in Liverpool and worked for some years as fiction editor at Duckworth. Her 'Home Life' column in The Spectator (1985-9) was justly famous. Winner of many other awards, Ellis was sho

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Virago Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1844080862
• ISBN 13: 9781844080861
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 416
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible