LONDON — In many ways, Marguerite Patten was Britain’s first celebrity chef — although she would have shunned the term. The home economist who helped teach Britons how to survive on scarce ...

THE TASTE OF HISTORY: A History Of Food In 100 Recipes, by William Sitwell (Harper Collins, $49.99). With recipes for 'Hippocras jelly' and 'Green porray', this is no ordinary cookbook. But while ...

Is it a dinner I’d readily cook in 2024? Not with my full-time work schedule, the main difference between me and Marguerite Patten’s target audience.

However, the WI continues to list margarine as an alternative to butter and even Mary Berry (until recently) advocated margarine, as did her predecessors Marguerite Patten and Spry. This is anathema ...

There’s nothing in them I would ever want to cook. The oldest surviving cookbook from my mother’s collection is Step by Step Cookery (1963), by the prolific British food writer Marguerite Patten.

“I was reminded of many authors and great dishes – old friends – that I’d forgotten about. They are having another outing in my kitchen.”Stuff / Stuff Denise Irving is a freelance ...

I remember flicking through recipe books when I was a child, reading up on how Marguerite Patten made lasagne. Later I would have multiple books open as I cross-referenced different recipes for ...

David Patten, the former Washington Football Team receiver who achieved his greatest fame as a three-time Super Bowl winner with the New England Patriots, died Thursday at the age of 47.

Elizabeth David who was writing in the 60s and had a creativity beyond her time. What was your first cookery book? Marguerite Patten’s All Colour Cookery. It had some good cake recipes.

Together with Marguerite Patten, they challenged Cradock’s bombastic approach and dominance of early TV cookery programmes. Cradock made it perfectly clear that she regarded the young newcomer ...