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Victory in the Kitchen: The Life of Churchill's Cook by Annie Gray (Hardcover, 2020)
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In a suburban house in 1977 an elderly lady destroyed her memoirs. Her life, she felt, was not one people would want to read about. The life of a woman, born into the working class, brought up to go into service, who had married, had a daughter, and gone back to work after her husband died, was so like that of many others, that there could be little there worth saving. This is the story of a woman who was, indeed, like many other people: not a royal, not rich, not famous, simply someone who worked hard and enjoyed her life. Beginning in 1882, she ranged through life in the country, life in the town, life in her own house, and in that of others. She travelled, married, had children and a highly successful career. For while Georgina Landemare saw herself as ordinary, her accomplishments, and the life she lived, were anything but. She started her career as a nursemaid, and ended it cooking for one of the best-known figures in British history, a man to whom food was central, not only as a pleasure by itself, but as a diplomatic tool in a time when the world was embroiled in a worldwide war. Victory in the Kitchen is a culinary biography: a life lived through food ranging from rural Berkshire to wartime London, via Belle Epoque Paris and prohibition-era New York. Through one eager eater, and one skilled cook, Annie Gray tells the story of the way Victorian tastes changed and 20th century food developed, taking a look into the kitchens of the time complete with evolving technology and attitudes towards domestic service. Recipes include Georgina's German Kougelhof, Curried Brains, macaroons, Boodles Orange, Mousse de Maple and 'Chocolat Cake Good'.Product Identifiers
PublisherProfile Books
ISBN-139781788160445
eBay Product ID (ePID)14046865155
Product Key Features
Number of Pages400 Pages
Publication NameVictory in the Kitchen: the Life of Churchill's Cook
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory
Publication Year2020
TypeTextbook
AuthorAnnie Gray
Subject AreaBiographies & True Stories
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height222 mm
Item Weight529 g
Item Width144 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorAnnie Gray
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- 19 Feb, 2020
Title as per book.
This book has been bought as a Christmas gift, so unable to rate it.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 09 May, 2024
Not a biography that needed writing, I would have liked more recipes in it
Not a biography that needed writing, I would have liked more recipes in itVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 09 Jul, 2020
Victory in kitchen
Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
