Kitchen Essays: With Recipes and Their Occasions

Persephone Books Ltd, 2001. Softcover. Like New/Fine . 5x0x7. Uncommon in dustjacket. A vintage collection of delicious recipes by Lady Jekyll. The recipes are arranged according to different meals and occasions ranging from a simple breakfast to three-course meals and even large dinner parties. Full of expert tips and simple instructions, Kitchen Essays is perfect for those who like to throw parties and cook to impress, and it would make for a wonderful addition to any culinary collection. Contents include: Old Friends with New Faces, Le Mot Juste in Food, In the Cook's Absence, Of Good Taste in Food, On the Serving of Food, Children's Bread, For Men Only, Thoughts of Venice from Home, Home Thoughts of Florence and some Tuscan Recipes, Some Breakfast-time Suggestions, etc. Dame Agnes Jekyll, DBE (1861-1937) was a British writer, artist, and philanthropist. Gertrude Jekyll was her sister in law. Gertrude Jekyll's biographer remarked that if she was an artist-gardener, then Agnes was an artist-housekeeper. Lady Jekyll (as she had also become) first published Kitchen Essays (1922) in The Times in which she was persuaded to pass on some of the wit and wisdom of her rare gift for clever and imaginative housekeeping.