Writer Valerie Stivers joins us to discuss Elizabeth David's Summer Cooking. Originally published in 1955, this cookbook celebrates the fleeting freshness and enduring joy of the summer season. We seek the origins of David's refreshing approach to cooking, ponder the uses of food photography, and learn how Valerie's David-inspired menu came together.
Find all of our guest's Paris Review columns here, and read her reviews for Compact Magazine here.
References:
Nikolai Gogol
Richard Brautigan
Writing at the Kitchen Table by Artemis Cooper
Norman Douglas
Antony Beevor
Giovanna Garzoni
Victoria Granof
Rachel Roddy
Erica MacLean
Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella Hazan
Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child
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