$60.00 NZD

Her, together in one volume, are three culinary classics ( Mediterranean Food, French Country Cooking and Summer Cooking ) from England's most famous food writer, who has inspired and influenced a whole generation of cooks. Elizabeth David, as james Beard points out in his forward, was a leader, ahead of her time who shook readers out of their culinary rut, challenging them to explore a different world of food. Today, some of the foods she introduced to the english speaking world have become household words, like gazpacho and pesto!! Mrs david lived in France, Italy, Greece & Egypt, learning to master the local dishes. She had an unerring palate, an instinct for everything rational, wholesome, and genuine in cooking, and a gift for evoking the colour, the lore and magic not only of the sun drenched Mediterranean but also of the lovely, honest dishes of her own country. Here are hundreds of marvelous recipes and ideas for preparing simple foods in exciting ways.