Wrigley Maggie Editor (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, cornerrs very slightly bruised, some slight yellowing to extremities of largely white jacket. Not price clipped (£1.95), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 160pp, lavishly illustrated. A self taught cook, Mary Norwak (1929-2010), famous for her wholesome English recipes, who described herself as 'not a cook who writes but a writer who cooks', She combined an interest in food with a fascination with the social history of cooking and eating. In compiling her books she trawled old bookshops and junk shops for recipes, both printed and handwritten, rescuing near forgotten dishes from the path of the juggernaut of the processed food industry. In this historically quite important cookbook, she and her colleagues attempt to introduce the British to the food and cooking of their new partners in the Common Market (European Union to be). An ideal present for all Remainers out there. Jacket and illustrations by Denis Wrigley (illustrator).…

hardcover. Condition: As New. Still in original shrink wrap, slight edge wear. Hardcover in jacket.