Yesterday I went to a delightful memorial service for Clarissa Dickson Wright who died just over a year ago. I am sure that many of you will remember her from her Two Fat Ladies cookery programmes – but she was so much more than just a rather splendid fat cook!! Amongst other …
Clarissa Dickson Wright
In memoriam Clarissa
I was so sorry this morning to read of the death of Clarissa Dickson Wright, an amazing lady of massive character and courage – a splendidly non-PC advocate of good food, good living and English country life. I never knew her well, and I never knew her in her drinking days, …
Clarissa Dickson Wright’s History of English Food
This is the book that I was setting out to write 25 years ago when I got side tracked into 'special diets' – but Clarissa has done it so much better than I could ever have done that I am really quite glad that I got distracted.... It is hard to pull such a huge canvas – a mere …