Fish, Flesh And Good Red Herring
Fish, Flesh And Good Red Herring
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Summary
An entertaining feast of culinary lore and etiquette is served up in this fascinating trawl though our epicurean past.
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Fish, Flesh And Good Red Herring by Alice Thomas Ellis
From the cooking methods of Ulysses to Victorian nursery fare, from Biblical food facts to modern food fads, Alice Thomas Ellis took delight in all things gastronomical, and generously seasoned her gallimaufry with anecdote and wit. Fish, Flesh and Good Red Herring is a delectable culinary history catering to all tastes - as well as revealing some unusual ones: we learn that Charles Darwin proclaimed roast armadillo 'a most excellent dish'; that Elvis Presley adored cooked squirrel; and that British infants once devoured sugared mice - real ones! Garnished throughout with extracts from famous food writers including Brillat-Savarin, Mrs Beeton, and Elizabeth Craig, there are recipes to relish and historical titbits to savour: we are taken from the sumptuous eighteenth-century banquet to the gossipy literary lunch, from the misery of rationing to the gluttony of the Roman feast. And cooking practices of some of the most celebrated chefs are shared with us -- as well as the grisly fates of those not so highly favoured: King Henry VIII boiled two of his cooks, whereas Ivan the Terrible preferred his fried.
'splendidly entertaining.. what makes the book so wonderful is Thomas Ellis's acid and aphoristic style' Sunday Telegraph 'Distinctive and just accolades are presented within these pages. Fish, Flesh and Good Red Herring explores and reveals the extre
A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Alice Thomas Ellis was born in Liverpool and worked for some years as fiction editor at Duckworth. Her 'Home Life' column in The Spectator (1985-9) was justly famous. Winner of many other awards, Ellis was sho
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| ISBN 13 | 9781844080861 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844080862 |
| Title | Fish, Flesh And Good Red Herring |
| Author | Alice Thomas Ellis |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2006-10-05 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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