Collecting together the twenty Great Food titles, from Elizabeth David's A Taste of
the Sun to MFK Fisher's Love in a Dish, this is a boxed collection of the
series.
Throughout the history of civilization, food has been more
than simple necessity. In countless cultures, it has been livelihood, status symbol,
entertainment - and passion. In the GREAT FOOD series, Penguin brings you the finest food
writing from the last 400 years, and opens the door to the wonders of every kitchen.
1. The Pleasures of the Table/ Brillat-Savarin
2. The Well-Kept Kitchen/ Gervase Markham
3. The Chef at War/ Alexis Soyer
4. A Little Dinner Before the Play/ Agnes Jekyll
5. Buffalo Cake and Indian Pudding/ Dr A W Chase
6. A Dissertation Upon Roast Pig & Other Essays/ Charles
Lamb
7. The Campaign for Domestic Happiness/ Isabella
Beeton
8. Murder in the Kitchen/ Alice B Toklas
9. Everlasting Syllabub and the Art of Carving/ Hannah
Glasse
10. Recipes and Lessons from a Delicious Cooking
Revolution/ Alice Waters
11. Notes from Madras/ Colonel Wyvern
12. A Taste of the Sun/ Elizabeth David
13. Eating with the Pilgrims and Other Pieces/ Calvin
Trillin
14. The Joys of Excess/ Samuel Pepys
15. Exciting Food for Southern Types/ Artusi
16. An Alphabet for Food Lovers/ Alexandre Dumas
17. The Elegant Economist/ Eliza Acton
18. Recipes from the White Hart Inn/ William Verrall
19. Love in a Dish/ M F K Fisher
20. A Middle Eastern Feast/ Claudia Roden
