Jane Grigson's Fruit Book - Jane Grigson, Yvonne Scargon

Delia Smith taught me to put food on the table, but two people have influenced more than any others the way that I buy and prepare food. They’re Nigel Slater and his predecessor as the Observer food writer, the incomparable Jane Grigson. I indulged myself at Amazon last year and bought “Jane Grigson’s Fruit Book”, first published in 1982, but republished in the Penguin Cookery Library in 2000. I was going to say that it’s as relevant today as it was when it was published, but I think it’s actually more relevant today given the poor choice of fruit provided by the supermarkets. The format is very simple: think of a fruit and it will be there in alphabetical ...  Read the complete review