The City of London Cook Book

by Brian Platt (Illustrator), Brian Platt (Illustrator), Peter Gladwin (Author), The Lord Mayor of London (Foreword)

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  Hardcover
  2006

  $3.25

  The City of London Cook Book is a serendipitous combination of fact, gossip, humour and mouth-watering recipes and includes contributions by key figures and chefs including previous London Mayor, Ken Livingstone and Gordon Ramsey, Rick Stein and Anton Mossiman. This unique compendium explores the food of the city; its traditions, recipes and obscurities. Top city restaurateur and chef Peter Gladwin, reveals a world beyond normally closed doors, spectacular royal receptions, livery company feasts and boardroom banquets. Fascinating facts, quirky quotes, rare illustrations and fabulous food await your delectation.

  Written by top chef and restaurateur, Peter Gladwin, who has catered for the Queen's Jubilee, numerous state banquets and events at almost every unusual venue in London.
  This unique book is a compendium of the City's foods and traditions. With information about the traditional feasts, background on the dining rooms of banks, businesses and livery companies and recipes from numerous VIP's and top chefs it is set to be a perennial favourite.

  Contributors include:
  Terence Conran , Josceline Dimbleby, The Duke of Kent, Ken Livingstone, Sir John Major, Anton Mossimann, Gordon Ramsay, Rick Stein, Michael Winner, Antony Worrall Thompson and many more...

  All profits benefit the Lord Mayor's Appeal for the Treloar Trust