| #1245784 in Books | Persephone Books | 2008-12-31 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.70 x.90 x5.50l,.70 | File Name: 1906462038 | 264 pages |
||5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| Glimpses of times past|By Clever Gigi|Agnes Jekyll's culinary essays are such a delight--sparkling, evocative prose, with recipes presented in little narratives that give magical glimpses into vanished worlds. The recipes are quaint--very heavy on the cream--and mostly interesting as period pieces. Jekyll had a decided philanthopic dimension that makes the reader long for more|About the Author|
Agnes Jekyll (1860-1937) was the daughter of William Graham, Liberal MP for Glasgow and patron of the Pre-Raphaelites. Agnes's gift for friendship and organizational skills made her an excellent and well-known hostess. She first published
During 1921-2 (the now) 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'.
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Kitchen Essays (Persephone Classics) | Agnes Jekyll. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.
