European Peasant Cookery

Elisabeth Luard

GRUB STREET, 2007 - Cooking - 546 pages

There are over 500 recipes in this classic work from one of the country's most respected food writers. returncharacterreturncharacterFirst published in the 1980 and twenty years in the making but unavailable for many years Elisabeth Luard has now revisited the work for the first time since publication to revise, expand and update it. returncharacterreturncharacterThe recipes come from twenty-five countries, ranging from Ireland in the west to Roumania in the east, Iceland in the north to Turkey in the south. This enormous compendium covers Vegetables dishes, Potato dishes, Bean, Lentils, Polenta and Cornmeal, Rice, Pasta and Noodles, Eggs, Milk and Cheeses, Fish, Poultry, Small Game, Pork, Shepherd's Meats, Beef, Breads and Yeast Pastries, Sweet Dishes, Herbs, Mushrooms and Fungi, Oils, and Preserves. Written with the scrupulous attention to detail and authenticity that is the hallmark of Elisabeth Luard's cookery writing, the recipes are peppered with hundreds of fascinating anecdotes and little known facts about local history and folklore. returncharacterreturncharacterElisabeth Luard is the is the author of ten cookbooks and two volumes of autobiography.returncharacterreturncharacter returncharacterreturncharacter REVIEWS returncharacterreturncharacter"finely recommended read as both a historical interest and a fine cookbook." The Midwest Book Review, 05/2009

About the author

Elisabeth Luard is an award-winning food writer and is the current holder of The Glenfiddich Trophy. In the judges' estimation, "in addition to scooping the much coveted Glenfiddich Trophy, Elisabeth Louard was named best Cookery Writer for her recipes in the The Oldie. Elisabeth's seemingly effortless style of writing, self-drawn illustrations and understanding of the way in which ordinary people's cooking reflects their history, culture, and everyday life, makes her one of the most individual and distinctive food writers of all time." She is a contributing editor to Waitrose Food Illustrated. In the 90's she covered regional cooking in Britain for Country Living, was the food columnist of The Scotsman and The Telegraph. .

Bibliographic information

• Title: European Peasant Cookery
• Author: Elisabeth Luard
• Edition: revised
• Publisher: GRUB STREET, 2007
• ISBN: 1904943365, 9781904943365
• Length: 546 pages
• Subjects: Cooking / Regional & Ethnic / European