SPICES, SALTS AND AROMATICS IN THE ENGLISH KITCHEN ( ANCIENT AND MODERN ENGLISH COOKING: VOL.1 ) by DAVID, ELIZABETH - 1970-01-01

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1970* Publisher: Penguin.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated soft card covers. No bumps, very slight rubs. Slight shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Slight dish to spine. Seems little used. GOOD* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp & tight. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text. Slight colouration to pages throughout particularly to endpapers, margins and edges. GOOD* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 248 pp. text. xxxii pp. bibliography, list of suppliers, acknowledgements & index at rear.* Product Description:- In this volume, the first in an original study of English cooking, Elizabeth David presents English recipes which are notable for their employment of spices salt and aromatics. As usual she seasons instruction with information, explaining the origins and uses of such ingredients. Mrs David stresses the influence of centuries of Oriental trade on the English kitchen, where spices, curry and yoghurt and found along side more traditional dishes.* This is a GOOD copy of the 1st./1st. thus with minimal shelf wear and some ageing.*