Ladies of the Pen and the Cookpot: Isabella Beeton (Part II)
(Continued from August 23, 2010): Brillat-Savarin’s comments about the English being the worst cooks in the world drew a sniff …
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Ladies of the Pen and the Cookpot: Isabella Beeton (Part I)
Today in Britain, “Mrs. Beeton” is a culinary trademark not unlike “Betty Crocker,” whom General Mills created in a Frankensteinian moment to boost sales by appealing to Every Housewife.
The difference between the two ladies is that Mrs. Beeton was a real, breathing, living personage who wrote a monster of a book with a monster of a title: The Book of Household Management Comprising information for the Mistress, Housekeeper, Cook, Kitchen-Maid, Butler, Footman, Coachman, Valet, Upper and Under House-Maids, Lady’s-Maid, Maid-of-all-Work, Laundry-Maid, Nurse and Nurse-Maid, Monthly Wet and Sick Nurses, etc. etc.—also Sanitary, Medical, & Legal Memoranda: with a History of the Origin, Properties, and Uses of all Things Connected with Home Life and Comfort, BOHM for short.
Seduced by Spaghetti
Continued from Still Mi Amore — Wild Abandonment Among the Tomatoes and Zucchini: Shall I not have intelligence with the …
Still Mi Amore — Wild Abandonment Among the Tomatoes and Zucchini
A market is three women and a goose. ~~ Italian proverb ~~ I know that for many Italian women my …
What Do You Mean You Don’t Need Cookbooks? (Or, What Good are All Those Cookbooks on Your Sagging Shelves?)
I’ll admit it: I collect cookbooks like some people collect plastic pigs or miniature silver tourist-spot spoons or wine corks …
The Herbs in Spain Grow Mainly on the Plain
Many times when I walk through the nearby woods, I marvel at all the plants hiding under rotting logs and …
In a Kitchen Far, Far Away …
Once upon a time, in a kitchen far, far away … A neophyte Italian cook opened up Marcella Hazan’s The …
The Pull of Italy: An Explanation of, or at Least a Discourse on, an Obsession
Just what is it about Italy? The sheer, sheer beauty? Or … The turbulent history The grottoed mushroom-rank earth The …
Idylls of Cuisine, #58
[A picture, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.]
Culinaria Russia: A Picture Cookbook for Grownups
I’ve only known two Russian cooks in my life. First there was Olga, the cook who sustained me during my …
