{"product_id":"preserving-potting-and-pickling-food-from-the-storecupboards-of-europe","title":"Preserving, Potting and Pickling Food from the Storecupboards of Europe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor centuries the storecupboard was the most important feature in every European castle, house or hovel. Its contents were jealously guarded and fiercely protected because they represented survival.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Preserving, Potting and Pickling Elisabeth Luard chooses the best of these larder-store treasures to give recipes for pickles to jams, bottled sauces to potted and dried meats, and directions for drying and storing vegetables, pulses, herbs and funghi. She goes on to present whole meals built around convenience foods such as Portable Soup (the original soupcube) and the two ketchups mushroom and tomato which have provided the secret ingredient for so many of our ancestor's delicious dishes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere are recipes for storable treats like French pain d'epices (better a month or two in the cupboard) and sweets such as the lovely honey-and-almond turron of Moorish Spain and the marzipan specialities of southern France.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFinally the book offers a section on natural home remedies from soothing syrups to herbal teas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVery much a companion volume to her highly acclaimed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEuropean Peasant Cookery\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e this treasure trove is illustrated throughout with the author's own delightful drawings and paintings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProving once and for all that fast food need not be junk food, Elisabeth Luard will again enchant her world-wide audience with her enthusiastic celebration of good food and good husbandry. This is a timely and practical tribute to the wisdom of the past.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eElisabeth Luard is an award-winning food writer and a winner of the much coveted Glenfiddich Trophy and is one of the most highly respected cookery writers in Britain today. She is one of the leading authorities on European food and cooking. Her acclaimed writings are often cited as an inspiration by many of today's leading chefs, as well as home cooks, and are essential to any serious cookery book collection. She is the food columnist for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Oldie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and a contributing editor to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWaitrose Food Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e as well as many national newspapers such as The Scotsman.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gatherer Forager","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53611188748561,"sku":null,"price":69.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/4323\/7905\/files\/preserving-potting-and-pickling.jpg?v=1780273157","url":"https:\/\/www.gathererforager.com\/products\/preserving-potting-and-pickling-food-from-the-storecupboards-of-europe","provider":"Gatherer Forager","version":"1.0","type":"link"}