Cover art for The Kitchen Magpie
Published
Icon, May 2014
ISBN
9781848316638
Format
Hardcover, 288 pages
Dimensions
19.8cm × 12.9cm

The Kitchen Magpie A delicious melange of culinary curiosities, fascinating facts, amazing anecdotes and expert tips for the food-lover by

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Join award-winning writer James Steen for a feast of food and drink facts and culinary curiosities. Delving into forgotten corners of gastronomic history, Steen reveals what Parmesan has to do with broken bones and why John Wayne kept a cow in a hotel.

Laying bare the secrets of the kitchen, he concocts the ultimate hangover cure and explains how to cook perfect rib of beef with the oven off. With much-loved cooks including Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood sharing passion and know-how, this mouth-watering miscellany will sate the appetite of every kitchen dweller, from the masterful expert to the earnest apprentice.

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