This is a re-jacketed re-issue of the first volume of Elizabeth David's short pieces on food and wine, a compilation which was a bestseller when it was first published in 1984 and which is now regarded as a classic in its genre. Some of Mrs David's very finest writing was for magazines and newspapers such as the Spectator, the Sunday Times and Harper's, and these pieces contain tantalizing glimpses of her very private life. 'Well-tempered in judgement, exquisite in evocation, delectable in point of recipes' - Sunday Times 'She has the intelligence, subtlety, sensuality, courage and creative force of the true artist' - Wine and Food 'The best food writer of her time' - Jane Grigson in the Times Literary Supplement
