| Description |
xii, 497 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Scoop and distant beachheads -- Red peppercorns-What they really are / Alexandra Hicks -- Manifold Absurdity / Rose Arnold -- A spicy mystery, or which soap on our hand and foam at our mouths / Helen J Saberi with Anissa Helou and Esteban Pombo-Villar -- A spicy mystery, part two: now with the help of the INTEPSPI Team -- A spicy mystery, part three: Bois de Panama, the Verdict from Kew / Anissa Helou -- Among the Yoruba mushroom-Eaters / Esther Balogh -- Summer pudding / Various -- Het of Atworth's Purple Mountain / Audrey Levy -- Chicken Yassa / Eva Gillies -- 'The Ultimate Anchovy' and tea soup: brief notes on the foods of the Dong people of Guangxi Province, South China / Chris Hilton -- What was the old woman doing? Or what Velasquez was really showing us / Gillian Riley -- Culinary history -- An Experiment in bronze age cooking: the Fulacht Fiadh, Castlemary 1993 / Diarmuid A Ó Drisceoil -- Early Arab cooking and cookery manuscripts / Claudia Roden -- The Saracen connection: Arab cuisine and the Mediaeval west / C Anne Wilson -- One swans, cranes and herons: part 3, Herons / Joop Witteveen -- Historic kitchen restoration: the example of ham house / Caroline Davidson -- Yule-Doos, pop-ladies and pig-hogs / Peter Brears -- Whims and fancies of a trifle-lover, or 'an idle tale, a thing of no importance' / Helen J Saberi -- Curry rice: Gaijin Gold: How the British version of an India dish turned Japanese / Keiko Ohnuma -- On your plate -- Do you know skyr? / Sigríđur Thorlacius -- Long pepper: a short history / Philip and Mary Hyman -- Tuscan cold pressed extra virgin olive oil / Leslie Zyw -- The nut oils of berry / Jane Grigson -- Mad, bad, despised and dangerous / Elizabeth David -- Snail Trails / Philip Hyman -- Les Galettes des Rois: the eating of fine art / James Bauman -- El Arte del Tapeo / Alicia Rios -- The Norwegian porridge feud / Astri Riddervold and Andreas Ropeid -- Encounters with the elusive stockfish / Peter Graham -- The Denby Dale pie, or une fiche à faire monter les sourcils / Laura Mason -- On long-cooked eggs / Harold McGee -- The legacy of western camas / Rose-Ellen Hope -- Books and cooks -- Breakfast with Jane Austen / Eileen White -- Chekhov and food / Jan Redwood -- Tournedos Rossini / Lesley Chamberlain -- Of food, prejudice and discovery / Chitrita Banerji -- The wedding feast of caranus the Macedonian by Hippolochus / Andrew Dalby -- Elizabeth David, 1913-1992 / Alan Davidson -- M F K Fisher, 1908-1992 / Alan Davidson -- From quarter-deck to cooking pot / Michael D Coe and Ernesto Vitetti -- Mae Khloa Hoa Paa ('Head cook from the forest') / Su-Mei Yu -- Jane Grigson: a celebration in three parts / Various -- Quizzing classe, or hannah scrutinized / Jennifer Stead -- A nuanced apology to rotted barely / Charles Perry -- A dubious competition / the editors -- Hell upon earth, or the joys of viper soup / Simon Varey -- Viper soup, viper broth, viper wine / Jennifer Stead -- A rattle in the throat: the unmentionable cuisine / Sam Arnold -- The subject of worms / Anon -- Army worms / the editors -- 'Snails', 'Caterpillars' and 'Worms' / Marjorie Cohn -- Elder: 'A Good Udder to Dinner' / Lynda Brown -- Feasts of raw meat / Russell Harris -- 'Wah-to-Yah': a teenager's reports about food on the Taos trail 1846-7 / Johan Mathiesen -- The mushroom-growing termites of Uganda / Arthur French -- The candle-scented cakes and sweets of Thailand / Richard Hosking -- Recipes -- Aubergine gratin / Nathan D' Aulnay -- Kibbeh Nayyeh / Suda Aljure -- Mole poblano and turkey / Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz -- In Pescod time I went to gather strawberries / Elizabeth David -- To make strawberry jam / Richard Olney -- A mussel-feast in the Charente-Maritime / Rosemary Hanson -- Elderflower / Jenny Kenrick -- Filets de sole à la marguery / James M Andrews -- Kulich / Sophie Coe -- 'Aubergines Dursun' / Osman Mardin -- Photographer's cheesecake / B A Henisch -- Cocido / Alicia Rios -- Saunders / Rita O' Brien -- Notes and queries -- Pineapple tart / the editors. |
| Subject |
Food writers.
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Food writers. |
| Added Author |
Davidson, Alan, 1924-2003.
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Saberi, Helen.
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| Added Title |
Petits propos culinaires.
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| ISBN |
1580084176 |
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9781580084178 |
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