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Fifty Recipes To Stake Your Life OnCharles Campion
‘Eats, cooks and writes’ just about sums up the existence of award-winning food writer Charles Campion. As a writer and editor of the Rough Guide to London Restaurants (now in its seventh edition) and a restaurant critic on the London Evening Standard, Campion has built up an army of followers who place absolute trust in his sound judgements and unrivalled knowledge. Campion’s passion for food is equalled only by his love of cooking. In Fifty Recipes To Stake Your Life On he introduces us to the recipes on which he has come to depend, garnered from his life as a manabout-town, professional chef and family cook. It includes family favourites like ‘Auntie Lena’s Ginger Biscuits’; simple dishes like ‘Fiercely Barbecued Lamb’; novelties like ‘Kedgersotto’; thought provoking variations like ‘Not Lardy Cake’; eye-catching creations like ‘Smart-Looking Salmon’; rich desserts like ‘Chinese Caramel Ice Cream’; simple combinations of flavour like ‘Dill Parsnips’; and homespun items like ‘Banana Tea Bread’. Together they make up a complete armoury of easy to follow recipes for the busy cook. Each recipe comes with its own story. Guaranteed to get the gastric juices flowing, Charles Campion’s culinary memoir is the most fun a foodie can have outside a fridge. After some success in a lengthy mission to climb the slippery pole that represents a career in advertising, Charles Campion sold up in London and bought a ruined mansion in Buxton, Derbyshire. With his wife Sylvia he set about turning it into a luxury hotel and restaurant, taking on the role of head chef. Since that venture crashed to earth he has written about food and restaurants for many newspapers and magazines. Reviews
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