Dining with the Durrells
Stories and Recipes from the Cookery Archive of Mrs Louisa Durrell
$39.19
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
9 March 2020
Summary
‘We lolled in the sea until it was time to return for tea, another of Mother’s gastronomic triumphs. Tottering mounds of hot scones; crisp paper-thin biscuits; cakes like snowdrifts, oozing jam; cakes dark, rich and moist, crammed with fruit; brandy snaps brittle as coral and overflowing with honey. Conversation was almost at a standstill; all that could be heard was the gentle tinkle of cups, and the heartfelt sigh of some guest, accepting another slice of cake.’ - MY FAMILY AND OTHER AN…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529337556 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529337550 |
| Author: | David Shimwell, Lee Durrell |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 9 March 2020 |
| Weight: | 194g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 20mm |
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If you’re mourning the absence of the sun-soaked world of The Durrells, here’s an antidote.– Radio Times
If you’re mourning the absence of the sun-soaked world of The Durrells, here’s an antidote. - Radio Times
For any reader mourning the recent end of The Durrells on Sunday night ITV, this book is a cheerful dose of Durrellania. - Times Literary SupplementAbout The Author
David Shimwell
David Shimwell (Author)
David Shimwell is a botanist and a close family friend of the Durrells. He graduated from Durham University with degrees in botany and vegetation ecology and has had a lifelong career lecturing in botany, biogeography and environmental conservation at the universities of Hull and Manchester.
Lee Durrell (Author)
Lee Durrell is Honorary Director of the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and has a PhD in zoology from Duke University specialising on animal vocalisations in Madagascar. She married Gerald in 1979 and worked with him on books and television series about nature and conservation over the next decade. In 2011 she was awarded the MBE for services to conservation.
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