A two-volume culinary memoir features some of the author's favorite recipes
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He] will be read for a long time, because while he was turning his vegetables and reducing his sauces he had an eye to the social context of what he was doing, and to the rich ragout of Zola-esque characters by whom we was surrounded. --The Guardian
Nicolas Freeling is the author of two of the best books about cooking in the English language. The Kitchen Book and The Cook Book have long been favorites of mine. That they will appear under one cover, with the original illustrations, is fine news indeed. I can't help regretting that Ludwig Bemelmans is not here to see this new edition of his good friend's prose. The two men were strangely alike in their abilities to describe the true joys of cooking and eating like civilized human beings. --M.F.K. Fisher
He] will be read for a long time, because while he was turning his vegetables and reducing his sauces he had an eye to the social context of what he was doing, and to the rich ragout of Zola-esque characters by whom we was surrounded. --The Guardian
Sensitively civilized and very European . . . absolutely delightful to read. --The Times (London)
Sensitively civilized and very European . . . absolutely delightful to read. --The Times (London)
He] will be read for a long time, because while he was turning his vegetables and reducing his sauces he had an eye to the social context of what he was doing, and to the rich ragout of Zola-esque characters by whom we was surrounded. --The Guardian
Sensitively civilized and very European . . . absolutely delightful to read. --The Times (London)
He] will be read for a long time, because while he was turning his vegetables and reducing his sauces he had an eye to the social context of what he was doing, and to the rich ragout of Zola-esque characters by whom we was surrounded. --The Guardian
Sensitively civilized and very European . . . absolutely delightful to read. --The Times (London)
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