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 Travels a La Carte - Sophie Grigson, William Black
Newest Review: ... book to know the quantities of eggs and sugar to use. I suspect that we've now slid even further down a very slippy slope ... more  ... - many cookery programmes are nothing more than vehicles or advertising for the books that they will sell. Delia Smith is reported as saying that the bubble of cookery programmes will burst. I think she's right. "Travels a la Carte" is a Channel 4 book. It says so proudly on the front but strangely enough it's published by Network Books - a division of BBC Enterprises Ltd. In 1994 £15.99 was rather a lot of money to pay for a cookery book, in hardback and even today I don't think it would be g...more |
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Travels a La Carte - Sophie Grigson, William Black: Her with the dangly earrings (1634 words)
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I knew the worst before I even opened the parcel. It was 1994 and we were exchanging Christmas presents. "We know that you're a Grigson fan", he said "so we got you her latest!" finished his wife. Yes, I am a Grigson fan; Jane Grigson that is. I knew it wasn't "her latest" because she'd died the year before. I also knew what it would be - "Travels a la Carte" from Jane Grigson's daughter, Sophie Grigson and her anthropologist husband William Black. My heart sank. I've nothing against Sophie Grigson - sometimes known as "her with the dangly earrings" - apart from the fact that ... Read the complete review
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