Deze auteur werd beroemd om haar levendige kookboeken, waarmee ze lezers kennis liet maken met de smaken van het Middellandse Zeegebied. Haar schrijven is diep geworteld in persoonlijke ervaringen, en omvat een avontuurlijk leven van acteren tot oorlogsontsnappingen die haar door diverse culturele landschappen voerden. Ontmoetingen in Griekenland en Egypte, samen met studies in Parijs, vormden haar kijk op voedsel en inspireerden haar kenmerkende stijl. Door haar unieke benadering om exotische ingrediënten en keukens te populariseren, had ze een aanzienlijke invloed op de Britse culinaire scene en inspireerde ze tallozen anderen.
In this most elusive of her books, Elizabeth David presents English recipes notable for their use of spices, salt and aromatics. As is usual in her writing she mixes instruction with information, explaining the origins and uses of ingredients such as nutmeg, cardamom and juniper. schovat popis
This volume contains three of Elizabeth David's most popular cookery books: Mediterranean Food, French Country Cooking and Summer Cooking.
Here, Elizabeth David deals with all aspects of flour-milling, yeast, bread ovens, and the different types of bread and flour available. The recipes cover yeast cookery of all kinds, including old-fashioned spiced buns, buns, pancakes, and muffins. schovat popis
A guide to provincial French cooking. Divided into sections on soups, fish, eggs, luncheon, supper and family dishes, meat, poultry, game, vegetables, salads, sauces and sweets, it gives recipes that range from a primitive peasant soup of the Basque country to the refined Lyonnaise dish of Poulet a la Creme.
There are over 200 recipes in the book organised around courses and ingredients such as eggs and cheese, fish and shellfish, meat, poultry and game, vegetables, pasta, pulses and grains, sauces, sweet dishes and cakes, and bread, all interspersed with extracts and articles making it a delightful compendium to dip into as well as cook from.
Elizabeth David's Italian Food was one of the first books to demonstrate the enormous range of Italy's regional cooking. For the foods of Italy, explained David, expanded far beyond minestrone and ravioli, to the complex traditions of Tuscany, Sicily, Lombardy, Umbria, and many other regions. David imparts her knowledge from her many years in Italy, exploring, researching, tasting and testing dishes. Her passion for real food, luscious, hearty, fresh, and totally authentic, will inspire anyone who wishes to recreate the abundant and highly unique regional dishes of Italy. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Elizabeth David aims to induce a desire to use each recipe as soon as it is read, describing recipes like pot au feu in all their simplicity. She presents cooking without elaboration. Advice is also included on the choice of the tools that would always be needed in any kitchen.
Long acknowledged as the inspiration for such modern masters as Julia Child and Claudia Roden, A Book of Mediterranean Food is Elizabeth David's passionate mixture of recipes, culinary lore, and frank talk. In bleak postwar Great Britain, when basics were rationed and fresh food a fantasy, David set about to cheer herself --and her audience-- up with dishes from the south of France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, and the Middle East. Some are sumptuous, many are simple, most are sublime.
Throughout her distinguished career, eminent food writer Elizabeth David published many articles on Christmas cooking and countless seasonal recipes. Elizabeth David's Christmas brings these together into one volume. Containing over 150 recipes, all the classics are here -- mince pies, stuffings, sauces and -- of course -- the perfect turkey, as well as simple party dishes, indulgent desserts and some less conventional ideas inspired by the author's travels and her own personal favourites. Peppered with her practical advice and wry commentary, this book will inspire an elegant and memorable Christmas while taking the strain out of cooking for a crowd.
Elizabeth David revolutionized British cooking by introducing Mediterranean flavors and ingredients, transforming post-war culinary practices. Her celebrated recipes, which feature staples like olive oil, pasta, and fresh herbs, are now presented in a stunning full-color collection for the first time. This beautifully illustrated book captures the vibrancy and diversity of her dishes, showcasing the passion she had for food. Without any prior photographs in her original works, this collection highlights the richness of her culinary legacy.