The Two Fat Ladies Full Throttle - Hardcover

Paterson, Jennifer; Wright, Clarissa; Dickson Wright, Clarissa

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0609604236 ISBN 13: 9780609604236

Publisher: Clarkson Potter, 1999

Synopsis

In a companion volume to their new season of cooking shows, the popular TV chefs present a rich array of indulgent recipes as they prepare a Caribbean Christmas feast, share cooking tips with an Irish abbess, and enjoy a sheep-shearing contest, sharing offbeat humor, food lore, and culinary instruction along the way. TV tie-in. 30,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Dickson Wright--the Two Fat Ladies--must be Britain's quirkiest cooks. They are not only famous for their lard-laden fare, but also for their political incorrectness and their trademark motorcycle and sidecar.

This cookbook coincides with the third series of their BBC television show. In it they visit typically British evens such as a Pony Club gymkhana and cook for the Cambridge First Boat crew. What they dish up is hearty British fare made with good home-grown produce. They provide us with their versions of such British standards as tripe and onions, baked rabbit, and pot roast of beef. But there are also some imports, such as Sardinian artichoke pie and harrira.

Each recipe is accompanied by amusing asides from the Two Fat Ladies on topics like the dangers of vegetarianism and the statistical likelihood of contracting BSE from quality beef products. The recipes are also illustrated with excellent colour photographs. Black-and-white photographs show the ladies on their motorcycle at Kylemore Abbey and dressed up for bee keeping.

Paterson and Dickson Wright are fabulous and so is their food as it's guaranteed to inspire and will have you in the kitchen in no time. --Dale Kneen

About the Author:

CLARISSA DICKSON WRIGHT is a talented professional cook, an inspired food writer, and a columnist for Decanter magazine. Clarissa has become an audience favorite on Radio 4's Curious Cooks and is an occasional reporter for Channel Four's Food File. She runs a specialty cookbook shop in Edinburgh, Scotland.

JENNIFER PATERSON has cooked professionally most of her life and is one of the loudest and best-loved voices on the food circuit, writing regularly in the United Kingdom for The Spectator  and The Oldie. Jennifer is a frequent guest on Radio 4's food quiz, Questions of Taste, and her appearances on BBC2's Food and Drink are legendary. Jennifer  lives in London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Clarkson Potter
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0609604236
• ISBN 13: 9780609604236
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192