Spoilt For Salad
Posted on Monday 31st August, 2026
Elizabeth David was not an admirer of her fellow countrymen and women when it came to salads. In fact, she outright condemned them, even writing in her fourth book, ‘Summer
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The day Elizabeth David hid from Fanny Cradock!
Posted on Saturday 22nd August, 2026
In November 1965, a new shop opened in Pimlico. A retailer of kitchenware bearing the name of Elizabeth David Ltd. Given its famous namesake, the shop immediately attracted attention. As
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Elizabeth David for Vegans and Vegetarians
Posted on Sunday 2nd August, 2026
In June this year, I wrote an article for Elizabeth David Matters (‘The Search for a Summer Pudding’), which detailed the efforts I had undertaken to secure a magnificently unusual
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Elizabeth David and the ‘Two Fat Ladies’
Posted on Monday 27th July, 2026
In April 2013, a few days after it played host to the ceremonial funeral for Margaret Thatcher, St Paul’s Cathedral held an event as part of its ‘Mind of the
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The Search For A Summer Pudding
Posted on Saturday 27th June, 2026
The dish was tomato-based, the writer was almost certainly British, and I would know it when I read it. That was all I could remember! Last year, there was for
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Two ‘classic dishes!’ – Both with the initials ‘BB’
Posted on Saturday 24th May, 2025
As I’m French, you may understand why I’m going to ramble on about an iconic French actress of the 1950s and 1960s, Brigitte Bardot: But then what has this got
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