Author: Garmey, Jane

Brand: William Morrow & Company

Binding: Paperback

Number Of Pages: 320

Release Date: 06-05-1992

Details: Product Description This book is a revelation to Americans who have never tasted real Cornish Pasties, Scotch Woodcock (a splendid version of scrambled eggs) or Brown Bread Ice Cream. From the sumptuous breakfasts that made England famous to the steamed puddings, trifles, meringues and syllabubs that are still renowned, no aspect of British cooking is overlooked. Soups, fish, meat and game, vegetables, sauces, high teas, scones, crumpets, hot cross buns, savories, preserves and sweets of all kinds are here in clear, precise recipes with ingredients and utensils translated into American terms. Review "A wry, delightful, and learned volume."-- Suzanne Hamlin, "New York Daily News"""Great British Cooking" has the festiveness of a flaming plum pudding. . . . If great British cooking was a well-kept secret, Ms. Garmey has let it out."-- Edmund Fuller, "Wall Street Journal""Garmey's book offers a complete course in British home culinary art . . . and the book is a reliable working guide to a broad spectrum of British home cooking."-- "Publishers Weekly""Garmey has written an excellent book on a much maligned subject. [She] makes you long for hot scones and beef Wellington and thoroughly proves her main point--that the best British cooking, done at home, has been a well-kept secret."-- Jean Strouse, "Newsweek" From the Back Cover This book is a revelation to Americans who have never tasted real Cornish Pastries, Scotch Woodcock (a splendid version of scrambled eggs) or Brown Bread Ice Cream. About the Author Jane Garmey, who is British is currently producing a public televisionseries on the arts for children. The author of Great New British Cooking, shefrequently writes about food.

EAN: 9780060974596

Package Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches

Languages: English