The Persephone Classics edition of this unusual book about cookery: originally w
ritten as individual artiles in The Times in 1921-2, Agnes Jekyll's kitchen advi
ce and recipes with such varied topics as 'Food for the Punctual and Unpunctual'
, 'Tray Food' and 'Food for the Too Fat and Too Thin' are as charming as they ar
e practical. Full of thoughtful and witty asides, and unusual early twentieth-ce
ntury recipes, Kitchen Essays is, as Nigella Lawson said, 'a culinary gem'. To l
isten to some extracts from Kitchen Essays, read by Helen Garlick for the websit
e Talking of Food, please click here.
