Elizabeth David was born into a upper-class family and pursued a
rebellious and bohemian life as a student of art and then an actress
in Paris, before running off with a married man to Greece and then
settling in Cairo, where she worked for the British government. After
the Second World War, she returned to England, where she was shocked
by poor food into writing first articles, then books on Meditteranean
cooking. _A Book of Mediterranean Food_ was published in 1950,
inspiring a cookery revolution, bringing new flavours and ingredients
to the drab, post-war British diet. Over the next few years, David was
to become a major influence on British cooking, yet her classic
cookery books show little of the colourful personality behind the
public persona. Artermis Cooper, in this refreshing biography, reveals
an adventurous and uncompromising personality - a woman with a passion
for food, life and men. This is the whole story: of her strong
friendships, her failed marriage, tempestuous affairs and the greatest
love of her life, told with extensive refererence to David's private
papers and letters.
'In this wonderful and creative book, Cooper has brought David to
life... she not only writes like an angel, but has done her research
with great skill and obvious enjoyment.' Derek Cooper, _Sunday Times_
'Engagingly well-written, thoroughly researched and documented. One of
the delights of Artemis Cooper's book is that it makes you go back,
time and again, to the source. And suddenly I will find that I have
whiled away the afternoon re-reading, for the sheer pleasure of it,
half of _Spices_ or _An Omlette and a Glass of Wine._' Frances
Bissell, _The Times_
'Fluent, engaging and astonishingly readable.' Clarissa Dickson
Wright, _Mail on Sunday_
'Artemis Cooper is skilled and wise enough to handle the contradictory
sides of David's character without being either censorious or
sensational.' Arabella Boxer, _The Times Literary Supplement_
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ISBN
9780571279777
Publisert
2015
Utgiver
Vendor
Faber & Faber
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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