picture from BonAppetit.com
An alternative to a typical cookbook are these absolutely stunning titles from Penguin's Great Food Series. You may have seen them around online, but they have only recently (October) been made available in the US. And the covers are by the fabulous Coralie Bickford-Smith (read an interview with her here). These are sorely tempting me, even as I am getting rid of books by the bagful I will happily carve out some space for these slim volumes on my newly tidy shelves. How about you? Here's the list of titles:
picture from Penguin Blog UK
1. The Pleasures of the Table/ Brillat-Savarin
2. The Well-Kept Kitchen/ Gervase Markham
3. The Chef at War/ Alexis Soyer
4. A Little Dinner Before the Play/ Agnes Jekyll
5. Buffalo Cake and Indian Pudding/ Dr A W Chase
6. A Dissertation Upon Roast Pig & Other Essays/ Charles Lamb
7. The Campaign for Domestic Happiness/ Isabella Beeton
8. Murder in the Kitchen/ Alice B Toklas
9. Everlasting Syllabub and the Art of Carving/ Hannah Glasse
10. Recipes and Lessons from a Delicious Cooking Revolution/ Alice Waters
11. Notes from Madras/ Colonel Wyvern
12. A Taste of the Sun/ Elizabeth David 13. Eating with the Pilgrims and Other Pieces/ Calvin Trillin 14. The Joys of Excess/ Samuel Pepys 15. Exciting Food for Southern Types/ Artusi 16. An Alphabet for Food Lovers/ Alexandre Dumas 17. The Elegant Economist/ Eliza Acton 18. Recipes from the White Hart Inn/ William Verrall 19. Love in a Dish/ M F K Fisher 20. A Middle Eastern Feast/ Claudia Roden
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