Writing at the Kitchen Table : The Authorized Biography of Elizabeth David. [The Gwynne Girls Grow Up; Paris and Munich; Norman Douglas; The Loss of the Evelyn Hope; Alexandria; Tony David; Indian Interlude; Back in Blighty; Italian Food; Omelette &

by Cooper, Artemis, 1953- [design, John Metz; photos, Steve Grey, Aileen Gibson Cowan, Islay Lyons, Jean Weinberg, Jane Blakemore, Doreen Thornton, Georgina Tritton; blurbs, James Beard, Julia Child, Julian Barnes]

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New York : Ecco Press, 2000.. 1st Ecco [American] edition, 1st printing ; xix, 364 pp. ; illustrated ; 25 cm. ; ISBN: 0060198281; 9780060198282 LCCN: 00-37603 ; OCLC: 43810918 ; LC: TX649.D37; Dewey: 641/.092 ; orange and brown cloth with gold lettering in photographic dustjack. et ; Contents : The Gwynnes - The Gwynne Girls Grow Up - Paris and Munich - Acting it Out - Norman Douglas - The Loss of the Evelyn Hope - Alexandria - Tony David - Indian Interlude - Back in Blighty - Mediterranean Food - Italian Food - Friends, E. ditors and Other Enemies - On the Road in Provincial France - The Year of Betrayal - Farewell to P. H. - The Shop - Salt and Spice - Baking Bread - Omelette and Ice - Brave New World - Epilogue - Notes and Sources - Selected Bibliography - Index ; ". Elizabeth David's reputation as one of the most influential food writers of the twentieth century rests primarily on her first five books. 'Mediterranean Food' appeared in 1949 when England was still on wartime rations. Before long every self-resp. ecting cook had a copy of it in the kitchen. Between 1955 and 1983, more than a million copies of her books were sold." Little is known of her romp with a married man across wartime Europe, barely escaping Italian Fascists who accused her of being. a spy, holing up in Greece, from which she evacuated following the German advance, on to Egypt where she met her future husband amid the turmoil of war--a story unkown until now. ; remainder mark at bottom of textblock, else FINE/FINE.

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This biography of Elizabeth David (1913-1992) seeks to illuminate a life that was essentially mysterious. David's privileged childhood, her experiences as an actress, the charges of spying in fascist Italy, and her sojourn in Egypt during World War II--all are covered here, along with her London cookware shop, her husbands and lovers, and her emergence as one of the major food writers of the 20th century.