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A memoir from the renowned cook, restaurateur, businesswoman and novelist. Leith has played a key role in the revolution of Britain's eating habits, and was named Business Woman of the Year in 1990. She has written many cookbooks, and has been a food columnist for a range of newspapers. More recently, she has written 2 novels. 'Prue Leith was not just born to cook... she was also born to write' "Daily Mail"
Synopsis
The memoir of a phenomenal woman whose refreshing charm, humour, energy, and zest for life remind us of what is possible.
Book Details
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Publication Date:
28-Feb-2012
ISBN:
9780857384034
Observer review
Relish: My Life on a Plate by Prue Leith review
Rebecca Seal the observer Sun 11 March 2012
Prue Leith, a grande dame of British cooking, has led an extraordinarily busy life. As a result, this memoir unfolds at an incredible pace through her 13-year affair with her mother's best friend's husband (they ultimately married), opening her award-winning restaurant and cookery school, childbirth, adoption, boards, committees and television. In addition to setting up the businesses that bear her name, she kickstarted the use of the empty plinth in Trafalgar Square and forced British Rail to stop serving inedible white sandwiches.
Whether Leith is talking about business, personal tragedy or her accidental attendance at an orgy, her tone is no-nonsense a quality that enabled her to navigate her way in and then, 25 years on, out of what is still a tough, male-dominated industry. The book also contains some hilarious vignettes, best of all how the Daily Mail office was evacuated because she thought she'd received a letter bomb. In fact, she'd muddled the quantity of treacle in a marmalade recipe; the parcel contained an orthodontic retainer welded to a lump of burnt sugar, and the bill for its replacement.