Spilling the Beans - Clarissa Dickson Wright

---Intro--- Having decided to force myself back into reading while on the train (rather than staring aimlessly at sheep), I came across "Spilling the Beans" by Clarissa Dickson Wright on the charity book list at work (books for 25p), and I do like autobiographies. I bought the book knowing nothing except that Clarissa was one of the "Two Fat Ladies" (from the cookery programme in the late 1990s) - the one who hadn't died (hence the book!), and that she was from quite a privileged background, and an alcoholic. ---The Book--- Published in hardback in 2007, and paperback in 2008, my copy is 316 pages long including the 12 ...  Read the complete review

Spilling The Beans is the autobiography of one of the most easily recognisable television cooks Clarissa Dickson Wright. She came from a wealthy family who moved among the high and mighty, and her life before becoming famous as one of the Two Fat Ladies along side Jennifer Paterson was to say the least extrordinary. From being the youngest woman to be called to the bar, to alcoholism, bankruptcy and living on her wits she pulls no punches in this book. After Jennifer Paterson's death Clarissa went on to make the television series Clarissa and the Countryman with Sir Johnny Scott who she had known from childhood, she then became involved in the pro fox ...  Read the complete review