Alan Davidson - Funeral Cookbook -
Funeral Cookbook - Alan Davidson (] - Funeral Cookbook - - Paperback - 48 pages - 13,5 x 18,5 cmIn very good conditionA booklet of essays and recipes composed by Davidson, handed out to those attending his Memorial Service, held in Chelsea Old Church, London,19th February, . The cover depicts the marmalade label Alan made every year from his family’s recipe. There is one illustration by Glen Baxter. Davidson came across the idea of the funeral cookbook custom in Thailand, where a person composes a small cookbook before her or his death so that it can be distributed to mourners attending the funeral. Davidson's version starts with a short essay on this subject, followed by an unpublished letter to the Times on marmalade, and then recipes for Greek fish, fricaseed skate, Con's mince, Greek chicken, toad in the hole, epicure's kidneys, waterzooi, meat loaf, smothered cabbage, aubergine gratin, fried zucchini, Tabitha Tickletooth's bread and butter pudding, apple crumble tart, trifle, fluffy tapioca pudding, Susan's grape dessert, (all these gleaned from a variety of sources). A VERY Rare chance to obtain a memento of one of the most important figures in twentieth century culinary writing and scholarship, produced in very limited numbers. Read More