Isbn: 9781906462031 - kitchen essays (persephone classics) (32 resultados)

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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. "Three cheers to Persephone Books for publishing this witty, sharp writer, nostalgic but unsentimental, humorous but precise, erudite and always elegant." - "Country Living". "Kitchen Essays" is a rare thing, a cookbook that is as fun to read as its food is to eat." - "Sunday Herald" (Glasgow). The author of "Kitchen Essays" (1922) was sister-in-law to the great Gertrude Jekyll, whose biographer wrote that if she 'was an artist-gardener, then Agnes was an artist-housekeeper.' Agnes was a famous hostess (the guests at her first dinner party included Browning, Ruskin and Burne-Jones) and her home, Munstead House, 'was the apogee of opulent comfort and order without grandeur, smelling of pot-pourri furniture polish and wood smoke'.During 1921-2 Lady Jekyll wrote unsigned essays for "The Times" with titles such as "Tray Food" and "Sunday Supper". "The Observer Food Magazine" commended - 'lovely Persephone Books' for reprinting "Kitchen Essays", "India Knight in The Shops" called it 'beautifully written, sparkling, witty and knowing, an absolute delight to read', while the "BBC Food Magazine" praised 'this exquisitely reprinted period piece'. Witty and useful essays (published in The Times and reprinted as a book in 1922) about cooking, with recipes, including titles such as 'Tray Food' and 'Sunday Supper'. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Condición: New. 2008. Paperback. Series: Persephone Classics. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 312. . . . . .

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Paperback. Condición: Very Good. 263 pages. These essays are noble relics indeed, and Jekyll has the puff-pastry touch. BookForumThree cheers to Persephone Books for publishing this witty, shar p writer, nostalgic but unsentimental, humorous but precise, erudite and always elegant.Country LivingKitchen Essays is a rare thing, a cookbook that is as fun to read as its food is to eat.Sunday Herald (Glasgow)[An] exquisit ely reprinted period piece.BBC Good Food magazineFirst published in The T imes (London) during the 1920s, Kitchen Essays explains the proper way to make L obster Newburg while offering fascinating insight into the social history of Eng land.Agnes Jekyll felt that cooking should fit the occasion and temperame nt and states that a large crayfish or lobster rearing itself menacingly on its tail seems quite at home on a sideboard of a Brighton hotel-de-luxe, but will in timidate a shy guest at a small dinner-party. And that a hardy sportsman should not be fed in the same way as a depressed financier.Agnes Jekyll (1860193 7) was the daughter of William Graham, Liberal MP for Glasgow and patron of the Pre-Raphaelites. A celebrated hostess and entertainer, her first dinner party in cluded Robert Browning, John Ruskin, and Edward Burne-Jones. She lived in Surrey , England.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - A collection of short essays about food, which were first published in 'The Times' in the early 20th century. Jekyll was the sister-in-law of gardener Gertrude Jekyll.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. "Three cheers to Persephone Books for publishing this witty, sharp writer, nostalgic but unsentimental, humorous but precise, erudite and always elegant." - "Country Living". "Kitchen Essays" is a rare thing, a cookbook that is as fun to read as its food is to eat." - "Sunday Herald" (Glasgow). The author of "Kitchen Essays" (1922) was sister-in-law to the great Gertrude Jekyll, whose biographer wrote that if she 'was an artist-gardener, then Agnes was an artist-housekeeper.' Agnes was a famous hostess (the guests at her first dinner party included Browning, Ruskin and Burne-Jones) and her home, Munstead House, 'was the apogee of opulent comfort and order without grandeur, smelling of pot-pourri furniture polish and wood smoke'.During 1921-2 Lady Jekyll wrote unsigned essays for "The Times" with titles such as "Tray Food" and "Sunday Supper". "The Observer Food Magazine" commended - 'lovely Persephone Books' for reprinting "Kitchen Essays", "India Knight in The Shops" called it 'beautifully written, sparkling, witty and knowing, an absolute delight to read', while the "BBC Food Magazine" praised 'this exquisitely reprinted period piece'. Witty and useful essays (published in The Times and reprinted as a book in 1922) about cooking, with recipes, including titles such as 'Tray Food' and 'Sunday Supper'. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. "Three cheers to Persephone Books for publishing this witty, sharp writer, nostalgic but unsentimental, humorous but precise, erudite and always elegant." - "Country Living". "Kitchen Essays" is a rare thing, a cookbook that is as fun to read as its food is to eat." - "Sunday Herald" (Glasgow). The author of "Kitchen Essays" (1922) was sister-in-law to the great Gertrude Jekyll, whose biographer wrote that if she 'was an artist-gardener, then Agnes was an artist-housekeeper.' Agnes was a famous hostess (the guests at her first dinner party included Browning, Ruskin and Burne-Jones) and her home, Munstead House, 'was the apogee of opulent comfort and order without grandeur, smelling of pot-pourri furniture polish and wood smoke'.During 1921-2 Lady Jekyll wrote unsigned essays for "The Times" with titles such as "Tray Food" and "Sunday Supper". "The Observer Food Magazine" commended - 'lovely Persephone Books' for reprinting "Kitchen Essays", "India Knight in The Shops" called it 'beautifully written, sparkling, witty and knowing, an absolute delight to read', while the "BBC Food Magazine" praised 'this exquisitely reprinted period piece'. Witty and useful essays (published in The Times and reprinted as a book in 1922) about cooking, with recipes, including titles such as 'Tray Food' and 'Sunday Supper'. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

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Condición: New. &Uumlber den AutorAGNES JEKYLL (1860-1937) was brought up among the pre-Raphaelites and was the sister-in-law of the great gardener Gertrude Jekyll her gift for friendship and organisational skills made her a renowned and remarkable ho.