Jane Grigson (née McIntyre) (1928 - March 1990) was a British cookery writer. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar)
She was born in Gloucester, England, and brought up in Sunderland where her father was town clerk. Gloucester (ˈɡlɒstɚ) is a city, district and County town of Gloucestershire in the South West region of England. Sunderland (, or /ˈsʌn(dlən/ is a City in Tyne and Wear, England. A town clerk is a senior Employee of a City, Borough, or Town administration [1] Her initial schooling was at Sunderland Church High School. Sunderland High School is a Junior school and Senior school in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. In 1949 she graduated in English at Newnham College, Cambridge University and went into the publishing industry. Newnham College is a Women's college in the University of Cambridge. The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University) located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the She became interested in food after spending three months a year working in France, and wrote her first book Charcuterie and French Pork Cookery. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
She wrote for the Observer Magazine from 1978 until her untimely death in 1990; the books Good Things and Food With The Famous are based on her highly successful series.
The International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) has created the Jane Grigson Award in her honour. The International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP is a United States based not-for-profit professional association whose members work in culinary education communication The Jane Grigson Award is an award issued by the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP
She was the third wife of the late poet and critic Geoffrey Grigson (died 1985). Geoffrey Edward Harvey Grigson ( 2 March 1905 &ndash 25 November 1985) was a British writer Her daughter, Sophie Grigson, is also a cookery writer and broadcaster. Hester Sophia Frances Grigson is an English cookery writer and Celebrity chef known as Sophie Grigson.
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Books
- Of Crimes and Punishments, Cesare Beccaria, (1966, with Father Kenelm Foster, translation from Italian, for which she shared the John Florio prize)
- Charcuterie and French Pork Cookery (1967), a book accorded the unusual honour for an English writer of being translated into French.
- Good Things (1971)
- Fish Cookery (1973)
- English Food (1974), An Anthology Chosen by Jane Grigson for which she was voted Cookery Writer of the Year.
- The Mushroom Feast: A Celebration of All Edible Fungi With Over 250 Recipes (1975)[2]
- The Vegetable Book (1978) (for which she received both the Glenfiddich Writer of the Year Award)[3]
- The Fruit Book (1982) (for which she received the André Simon Memorial Fund Book Award)
Other Books
- Jane Grigson's Book of European Cooking
- The Best of Jane Grigson's Soups
- The Best of Jane Grigson's Deserts
- Cooking Spinach
- The Best of Jane Grigson's British Cookery
- The Fruit, Herbs and Vegetables of Italy
- The World Atlas of Food; The Observer Guide to British Cookery
- An English Flavour
- Dishes From the Mediterranean
- The International Wine and Food Society's Guide to Fish Cookery
- The Elle Cookbook
- Cooking with Exotic Fruits and Vegetables
- The Observer Guide to European Cookery
- In Celebration of Chives
References
- ^ Jane Grigson Trust. Retrieved on 2008-01-26. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France.
- ^ Grigson, Jane (1975). The Mushroom Feast. London: Penguin. ISBN 0-14-046-273-2.
- ^ Grigson, Jane (1978). The Vegetable Book. London: Penguin, p. 312-14. ISBN 0-14-046-352-6.
External links
- Penguin UK page for Jane Grigson
- Page for the Jane Grigson Trust, an educational charity in the memory of Jane Grigson (shows photo of Jane Grigson)
- Review of Jane Grigson's British Cookery, a book of recipes and travelogue of England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
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