The Clatter of Forks and Spoons

Corrigan, Richard

ISBN 10: 0007248903 / ISBN 13: 9780007248902

Published by Fourth Estate, London, 2008

About this Item

392 pages - includes INDEX. The white pages (majority) hold recipes and preparation techniques. The blue pages hold either : memories of restaurant favourites of the chef/author such as Ballymaloe House; or thoughts of farming and food - an example being Seed Savers as sketched on pp. 250 - 262. If you are like me the mere names of recipes : Tipsy Trifle, Alfonso Mango, Janssons Frestelse, Crushed Duck Egg, Quince Paste, Elderflower Fritters, and Caponata - can get me to salovating. Plenty on fish and Ireland. Colour photographs - noteably softly artistic are scattered throughout. . Author has signed the title page. Cond : Lettering is white. Blue spine band. Issued w/o dust jacket. End-papers are aquamarine blue. Very minor corner wear at hinge corners. Clean, square, tight, and bright. No names, marks, creases, nor tears. Collectible ! ! ! Front cover (photo)graphic features well used cutlery on a washboard. Quote (p. 09) : " We frequently have to babysit young chefs who arrive from other Michelin-starred kitchens and might have learned the skills but they are cooking by numbers, not by instinct. They are looking for puree of ._._._. ." Size: Quarto.

Seller Inventory # 007122

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Clatter of Forks and Spoons
• Publisher: Fourth Estate, London
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0007248903
• ISBN 13: 9780007248902
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Colour Photographs
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: None -as Issued
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Cookbooks and Food

About this title

Synopsis

'The Clatter of Forks and Spoons' is about joyous eating and the sharing of recipes that all carry the distinctive Richard Corrigan imprint and have been carefully adapted for the home kitchen. It includes an account of the suppliers Richard has come to know and trust.

About the Author

Richard Corrigan was born in County Meath, Ireland, to a farming family for whom `the supply chain was as short as it gets'. He now runs the acclaimed and Michelin-starred Lindsay House in Soho and is a presenter on BBC2's Full on Food.