MARGUERITE PATTEN'S BEST BRITISH DISHES [Hardcover]

Marguerite Patten (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2009

Marguerite Patten is one of Britain's best known and best loved cookery writers. She is the author of over 170 books and numerous newspaper and magazine articles. Her Cookery in Color was first published in 1960 and with sales of over 2 million copies has broken all records in cookery book publishing. She was awarded an OBE in 1991 for 'services to the art of cookery' and in addition she received Lifetime Achievement Awards in 1995 from the Guild of Food Writers, in 1996 from the Trustees of the Andre' Simon Award, in 1998 from the BBC Good Food Awards and in 2007 Woman of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award.

Here she turns her attention to one of her real true passions - the classic cookery of the British Isles. From traditional breakfasts, to high teas, from roasts to hearty soups she has selected a collection of over 400 of her favorite recipes showing the enormous and exciting variety of British produce and cooking. She covers soups, fish dishes, meat, poultry and game, vegetables, salads and savory dishes as well as puddings, baking and preserves.

Marguerite Patten's career spans more than half a century and began before World War II working for the Ministry of Food. She had a weekly television program in the early days of broadcasting in the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s. Since then she has lectured, given countless thousands of demonstrations and written articles and cookery cards and many, many successful books. She celebrated her 90th birthday in 2005 but still works full-time and lives in Brighton.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 366 pages
• Publisher: Grub Street Cookery (January 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1906502234
• ISBN-13: 978-1906502232
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #312,524 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #52 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Regional & International > European > English, Scottish & Welsh

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5.0 out of 5 stars Marguerite Patten's Best British Dishes, April 9, 2009

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It took a long time to receive the book, but it was well worth the wait. I come from the UK and have lived in the US for several years. My mother bought a cook book by Marguerite Pattern in 1965 which I aquired after her death. I did some research and was surprised to find she is still alive, I even saw her on YouTube! She has written about 170 books. This book has nice thick pages and indeed the recipes are certainly the best. It has a lot of the familiar traditional recipes I grew up with. It actually has most of them, Cornish pasties, Victoria sponge, Eccles cakes, Flapjacks, Almond Macaroons, Brandy snaps, Christmas pudding, Yorkshire pudding, Mincemeat, Brandy butter, toffee apples, Steak & Kidney pie and Trifle just to name a few. My first recipe will probably be Flaky pastry and Hot Cross buns, Yum! The cover is also nice and thick, there are about a dozen or more pictures. I love the fact that it encludes U.K and U.S measurements. I can't wait to get started. A great book.