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Book Description: Persephone Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2009. Paperback. Book Condition: New. 188 x 137 mm. Brand New Book. "These essays are noble relics indeed, and Jekyll has the puff-pastry touch."--BookForum"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)"[An] exquisitely reprinted period piece."--"BBC Good Food" magazineFirst published in "The Times" (London) during the 1920s, "Kitchen Essays" explains the proper way to make Lobster Newburg while offering fascinating insight into the social history of England.Agnes Jekyll felt that cooking should fit the occasion and temperament 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 intimidate 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 (1860-1937) 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 included Robert Browning, John Ruskin, and Edward Burne-Jones. She lived in Surrey, England. Bookseller Inventory # AAC9781906462031

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Book Description: PERSEPHONE BOOKS, 2008. Paperback. Book Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from US. Bookseller Inventory # IB-9781906462031

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Book Description: Persephone Books Ltd, 2008. paperback. Book Condition: New. *** NEW COPY *** TITLE SHIPPED FROM UK *** Binding paperback A cook book featuring short essays with titles such as Tray Food and Sunday Supper as well as For the Too Fat and For the Too Thin. Three cheers to Persephone Books for publishing this witty, sharp writer, nostalgic but unsentimental. Bookseller Inventory # 1906462038

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Book Description: Persephone Books Ltd. Paperback. Book Condition: new. BRAND NEW, Kitchen Essays, Agnes Jekyll, "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'. Bookseller Inventory # B9781906462031

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Book Description: Persephone Books Ltd, 2009. Paperback. Book Condition: Brand New. 263 pages. 7.75x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock. Bookseller Inventory # x-1906462038

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Book Description: PERSEPHONE BOOKS, 2008. Paperback. Book Condition: New. 13.72 x 18.8 cm. Our orders are sent from our warehouse locally or directly from our international distributors to allow us to offer you the best possible price and delivery time. book. Bookseller Inventory # 241916

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Book Description: Paperback. Book Condition: New. 137mm x 23mm x 188mm. Paperback. "These essays are noble relics indeed, and Jekyll has the puff-pastry touch."?BookForum"Three cheers to Persephone Books for publishing this witty, sharp writer, nostalgic but u.Shipping may be from our UK, US or Australian warehouse depending on stock availability. 263 pages. 0.318. Bookseller Inventory # 9781906462031

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Book Description: Paperback. Book Condition: New. 137mm x 23mm x 188mm. Paperback. "These essays are noble relics indeed, and Jekyll has the puff-pastry touch."?BookForum"Three cheers to Persephone Books for publishing this witty, sharp .Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. 263 pages. 0.318. Bookseller Inventory # 9781906462031

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