Kitchen Essays (Persephone Classics) - Softcover

Jekyll, Agnes

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1906462038 ISBN 13: 9781906462031

Publisher: Persephone Books Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

"Three cheers to Persephone Books for publishing this witty, sharp writer, nostalgic but unsentimental, humorous but precise, erudite and always elegant." - "Country Living". ""Kitchen Essays" is a rare thing, a cookbook that is as fun to read as its food is to eat." - "Sunday Herald" (Glasgow). The author of "Kitchen Essays" (1922) was sister-in-law to the great Gertrude Jekyll, whose biographer wrote that if she 'was an artist-gardener, then Agnes was an artist-housekeeper.' Agnes was a famous hostess (the guests at her first dinner party included Browning, Ruskin and Burne-Jones) and her home, Munstead House, 'was the apogee of opulent comfort and order without grandeur, smelling of pot-pourri furniture polish and wood smoke'.During 1921-2 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'.

About this title

Review:

'Full of good observation... wit and comfort...the theme is that cooking should always be fitted to the occasion and temperament.' -- The New Statesman 5 November 2001 Bee Wilson

Agnes Jekyll tells us how it's done crisply and precisely, with humour but without trickery.' -- The Oldie November 2001 Elizabeth Luard

This is one of the best reads outside Elizabeth David. -- gastropodo.com

Three cheers to Persephone Books for publishing this witty , sharp writer, nostalgic but unsentimental, humorous but precise, erudite and always elegant. -- Country Living May 2002

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 Kitchen Essays in The Times in 1922. She lived in a large house in Surrey, England.

About this edition

• Publisher: Persephone Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1906462038
• ISBN 13: 9781906462031
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264