An alphabetical guide to vegetables from artichokes, asparagus and aubergines to tomatoes, watercress and yams. There are favourites like cabbage and parsnips and new vegetables such as the chayote from Jamaica and the cardoon from the Mediterranean. The author also wrote "Fruit Book". Jane Grigson won the Glenfiddich Writer of the Year Award.
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" As usual, Jane Grigson combines a dry wit with her scholarship and reading. Most of her recipes are refreshingly simple and uncomplicated. " -- Observer
" Her recipes work, they are sensible and yet have that flair which makes this an invaluable book for anyone to have in their kitchens. " -- Sunday Telegraph
" The best cookbooks stimulate your imagination so that the freshest flavours come across as temptingly as if they were on the plate in front of you. This is that kind of book. " -- Scotsman
"As usual, Jane Grigson combines a dry wit with her scholarship and reading. Most of her recipes are refreshingly simple and uncomplicated."--"Observer"
"Her recipes work, they are sensible and yet have that flair which makes this an invaluable book for anyone to have in their kitchens."--"Sunday Telegraph"
"The best cookbooks stimulate your imagination so that the freshest flavours come across as temptingly as if they were on the plate in front of you. This is that kind of book."--"Scotsman"
'The most companiable presence in the kitchen' - The Independent
Brought up in the north-east of England and educated at Cambridge, Jane Grigson started writing cookery articles in 1968. She has won numerous awards including the Glenfiddich Writer of the Year Award, the Andre Simon Memorial Fund Book Award and Cookery Writer of the Year. Her books include: Fish Cookery, English Food, Fruit Book, The Mushroom Feast and The Enjoyment of food. She died in March 1990.
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