Lillian Beckwith's Hebridean Cookbook

Paperback

Main Details

Title Lillian Beckwith's Hebridean Cookbook
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Lillian Beckwith
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:226
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenreNational and regional cuisine
ISBN/Barcode 9781447220824
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Pan Macmillan
Imprint Macmillan Bello
Publication Date 17 May 2012
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

`Oh, how I love that gorgeous smell,' announced the Bruach nurse, sniffing her way into my kitchen. `I wish I had time to indulge myself with food in the way you do . . .' Lillian Beckwith's stories of life as a crofter on the Hebridean island of Bruach have delighted her millions of readers over the years. Here she has collected the many traditional recipes that she learned in her Bruach kitchen. Ranging from the simple, delicious dishes of Hebridean fare to her own versions of universal favourites, Lillian Beckwith's Hebridean Cookbook contains unusual and original recipes for every occasion and budget.

Author Biography

Lillian Comber wrote fiction and non-fiction for both adults and children under the pseudonym Lillian Beckwith. She is best known for her series of comic novels based on her time living on a croft in the Scottish Hebrides. Beckwith was born in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, in 1916, where her father ran a grocery shop. The shop provided the background for her memoir About My Father's Business, a child's eye view of a 1920s family. She moved to the Isle of Skye with her husband in 1942, and began writing fiction after moving to the Isle of Man with her family twenty years later. She also completed a cookery book, Secrets from a Crofter's Kitchen (Arrow, 1976). Since her death, Beckwith's novel A Shine of Rainbows has been made into a film starring Aidan Quinn and Connie Nielsen, which in 2009 won 'Best Feature' awards at the Heartland and Chicago Children's Film Festivals.