Victory in the kitchen : the life of Churchill's cook
Gray, Annie (Food historian)2021
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This is the story of a woman who was not a royal, not rich, not famous; someone who simply worked hard and enjoyed her life. But while Georgina Landemare saw herself as ordinary, her accomplishments were anything but. Georgina started her career as a nursemaid and ended it cooking for one of the best-known figures in British history: Winston Churchill. To him, food was central, not only as a pleasure but as a diplomatic tool at a time when the world was embroiled in war. With this eager eater and his skilled cook, ranging from rural Berkshire to wartime London, via Belle Epoque Paris and prohibition-era New York, Annie Gray shows how life in service - and food - changed during the huge upheavals of the twentieth century.
Main title:
Victory in the kitchen : the life of Churchill's cook / Annie Gray.
Author:
Gray, Annie (Food historian), author
Imprint:
London : Profile Books, 2021.
Collation:
400 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2020.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781788160452 (hbk)
Dewey class:
941.084092
Language:
English
Subject:
Landemare, Georgina, 1881 or 1882-1978Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 -- Friends and associatesWomen cooks -- Great Britain -- BiographyCooks -- Great Britain -- BiographyBiography & non-fiction proseHistoryBiography: generalSocial & cultural historyCultural studies: food & societyBiography: historical, political & militaryGeneral & world historyCookery / food & drink etc20th century, c 1900 to c 1999Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th centuryBiography
BRN:
1923304