A Century of British Cooking
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A Century of British Cooking by Marguerite Patten Obe
2015 would have been theyear the redoubtable Marguerite Patten celebrated her 100thbirthday. Sadly, she died on the 4th June 2015, just five months short of her birthday. In her honour, Grub Street is reissuing a new edition of the first book we published by Marguerite back in 1999, her comprehensiveCentury of BritishCooking.
"If you only buy one cookery book this year it has to be Marguerite Patten's Century of British Cooking" Women "Elegantly presented - for those who enjoy a taste for nostalgia or love curious culinary snippets." The Independent
Marguerite Patten OBE wrote over 170 cookery books, sales of which amount to over 16 million worldwide. Her long and distinguished career, which began before the war, included regular appearances on radio and television, live and televised cookery demonstrations, lectures as well as extensive journalism and authorship of books and cookery cards.Marguerite was one of Britain's best known and loved cookery writers and has often been described as England's Cookery Queen. Ainsley Harriott dubbed her "the cookery icon of our times".
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| ISBN 13 | 9781910690055 |
| ISBN 10 | 1910690058 |
| Title | A Century of British Cooking |
| Author | Marguerite Patten Obe |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Grub Street Publishing |
| Year published | 2015-06-26 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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