European Peasant Cookery

Second-Hand

Excellent condition

European peasant cookery is the foundation on which all our subsequent cuisine is based.

A rich, oral tradition, passed down through the generations, peasant cookery offers healthy, rea! food the antithesis of fast-food catering - and is as relevant now as it was centuries ago.

In this remarkable book, illustrated throughout with her own exquisite line drawings, Elisabeth Luard sets out to record the principles of European cookery and to rediscover what has been lost in over-refinement.

The 16 chapters each deal with a basic ingredient, and each of over 500 recipes
includes suggestions for varying the dish, appropriate accompaniments - including wine - and for using up left-overs.

Aimed at beginner and expert alike, European Peasant Cookery incorporates clear and simple instructions on a wide range of traditional cooking techniques.

Designed as a working manual for those who enjoy good food, this is also a chronicle of a fast-disappearing part of our heritage which we cannot afford to lose.