Coping with Christmas
A Fabulously Festive Christmas Companion
Author: Fanny Cradock and Johnnie Cradock
With a new introduction by Felicity Cloake“Fanny Cradock is the Queen of Christmas cooking” – The Telegraph
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With a new introduction by Felicity Cloake“Fanny Cradock is the Queen of Christmas cooking” – The Telegraph
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A fabulously festive guide to navigating the party season with aplomb
Christmas – who’d host it? With fraught hours spent basting the turkey centrepiece, seating plans to curate and a tree to decorate to perfection, it’s a time of stress and sleepless nights for many, but especially those welcoming family and friends into their home.
In this new edition of her classic guide, first published in 1968, British culinary icon Fanny Cradock comes to the rescue. Delivering essential advice for navigating the most wonderful time of the year, readers will learn why you should start making your potpourri in June, how to whip up a Hot Baked Grapefruit hors d’oeuvres or Smoked Eel in Puff Pastry fish dish, and options for wine pairings that are ‘modest’ – for more run of the mill gatherings – or ‘fine’, appropriate for occasions where you really want to impress. And for when times get truly tough, there’s a whole chapter of ‘Slap Happy Crisis Substitutes for Serious Cookery’.
When it was originally published, Coping with Christmas was a must-have compendium to all things Christmas, with decorative ideas and crafting practices, recipes to see you through every social eventuality, and tips galore. But through a modern lens Fanny and Johnnie’s words feel like a delicious parody, giving a waggish wink and a knowing nod to everyone who feels fettered by the expectation of a ‘perfect’ Christmas. Here, they take on an eccentric new life – full of nostalgia and humour – much needed throughout this most testing of seasons.
Told with Fanny and Johnnie Cradock’s trademark caustic wit and overblown attention to detail, and with a new foreword by food writer Felicity Cloake, Coping with Christmas makes the perfect gift for the hostess who’s ready to give up on the whole sorry season.
About the Author
Fanny Cradock was a British restaurant critic, television chef and writer, who has attained the status of culinary icon for her trademark style and unforgettable quips (‘This won’t break you!’). She came to public prominence in the postwar years, aiming to inspire housewives to find joy and ease in cooking. During a career that spanned over three decades, she appeared in 24 television series and was the author of over 20 books, which sold in enormous numbers. She took pride in elevating British cuisine to Escoffier standards, and famously gave every dish a French name. She frequently appeared alongside her husband, Johnnie. Though she died in 1994, her witticisms and wisdom live on.
With a new introduction by Felicity Cloake "Fanny Cradock is the Queen of Christmas cooking" - The Telegraph Keep Calm and Fanny on! A fabulously festive companion to navigating the party season with aplomb. Stuffed full of jolly recipes, decorations and plans in this new edition of her classic 1968 guide, British culinary icon Fanny Cradock comes to your festive rescue. In her eyes the hostess's role is as much set designer and theatre director as caterer. She is obsessively thrifty, fierce in her determination to Make an Impression, and just can't resist taking things too far; if something can be filled, covered in aspic or deep fried, it usually is... Fanny just can't help herself. And when times get truly tough, there's a whole chapter of 'Slap Happy Crisis Substitutes for Serious Cookery'. Told with Fanny's trademark caustic wit and overblown attention to detail, and with a new foreword by food writer Felicity Cloake, 'Coping with Christmas' is a waggish wink to help find the magic along the way, and the ideal gift for any host feeling fettered by the expectation of a 'perfect' Christmas.
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