Long acknowledged as the inspiration for such modern masters as Julia Child and Claudia Roden, A Book of Mediterranean Food is Elizabeth David's passionate mixture of recipes, culinary lore, and frank talk. In bleak postwar Great Britain, when basics were rationed and fresh food a fantasy, David set about to cheer herself --and her audience-- up with dishes from the south of France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, and the Middle East. Some are sumptuous, many are simple, most are sublime.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Published: 04/30/2002
ISBN: 9781590170038
Pages: 222
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.51d
Award: James Beard Foundation Book Awards - Winner

Review Citations: Library Journal 07/15/2002