The Perfect Picnic (Square Peg Cookery Classics)

Take a warm summer's day, a secluded spot in the dappled shade, a blanket and a bottle of wine, friends and family, and a spread of delicious homemade food, and you have that timeless rustic idyll - the Great British picnic.Perfect picnic food is simple, elegant and delicious, based around much-loved classics. Hilda Leyel, who wrote this book in 1936, was extraordinarily before her time. She influenced generations of foodies with her wonderfully inventive recipes , where retro meets modern, such as: Egg mayonnaise on crusty bread Watercress, beetroot and nasturtium salad Chicken and leek pie Spiced plum cake and salted almondsShe championed local, seasonal ingredients like watercress and asparagus; she promoted traditional recipes from raised pies to strawberries and cream; and she set a benchmark of refinement with crab soufflé and spaghetti and truffles.

Title - The Perfect Picnic (Square Peg Cookery Classics)

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Author - Hilda Leyel

ISBN 13 - 9780224086783

Imprint - Square Peg

Publisher - Vintage Publishing

Date Published - 28/04/2011

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Binding Type - Hardback

Dimensions - 136 x 203 x 16mm

Weight - 261 g

Languages - English