Is There a Nutmeg in the House?: Essays on Practical Cooking with More than 150 Recipes - Elizabeth David - Hardcover

Along with M.F.K. Fisher & Julia Child, Elizabeth David changed the way we think about & prepare food. Her nine books, written with impeccable wit & considerable brilliance, helped educate the taste (and taste buds) of the postwar generation. Insisting on authentic recipes & fresh ingredients, she taught that food need not be complicated to be delicious. Elizabeth David, who died in 1992, was a very private person who seldom gave interviews. However, a 1984 collection of her journalism entitled An Omelet & a Glass of Wine greatly revealed David to her readers & is now considered the best food book written in the twentieth century. Now, nearly twenty years later, Viking will publish the sequel to that landmark book. Is There a Nutmeg in the House? contains material that has never appeared in previous collections. The emphasis throughout is on the practical aspects of cooking & eating & the book includes 150 recipes. These may come from around the world--Mediterranean tomato consomme‚ or classic English raspberry cream--but they all have Elizabeth David's unmistakable touch. Delightful essays on her various likes & dislikes--from the wonders of nutmeg to the "utterly useless" garlic press--complete a unique picture of what for so long made David the most influential writer on food in the English language. Both immensely readable & wonderfully instructive, Is There a Nutmeg in the House? is a must-have for David fans & food lovers everywhere.David, Elizabeth is the author of 'Is There a Nutmeg in the House?: Essays on Practical Cooking with More than 150 Recipes - Elizabeth David - Hardcover' with ISBN 9780670030330 and ISBN 0670030333.