Two Fat Ladies: Full Throttle
by Jennifer Paterson, Clarissa Dickson Wright
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Their new book finds Jennifer and Clarissa continuing on their trusty Triumph and sidecar, paying visits to a sheep-shearing contest, sharing cooking tips with the abbess at a rustic convent in Ireland, breaking bread with the Jamaican polo Team, and preparing a Caribbean Christmas feast.Based on their television show, and including dozens of additional recipes, this is a delightful mix of offbeat humor, serious food lore, and culinary instruction.Tags
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I read the forward and the beginnings of each section, but not many of the recipes. They're really too fancy for me which I already knew from watching all four seasons of the show. I thought this book was all the seasons, but it's just season three. Unfortunately, the book doesn't indicate on each recipe in which episode it appears. I guess you have to watch the shows and then look for recipe.
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Jennifer Paterson was born on April 3, 1928. She came from an army family and was expelled from convent school at the age of 15 for being disruptive. She worked as a matron at a girls' boarding school before ending up as a cook for the Ugandan legation in London. She worked on the ITV show Candid Camera and as a food writer for The Spectator. She show more and Clarissa Dickson Wright became the TV cookery duo Two Fat Ladies, which ran for four seasons. Paterson died of lung cancer on August 10, 1999 at the age of 71. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Clarissa Dickson Wright was born on June 24, 1947. At the age of 21, she became the country's youngest female barrister. Her career as a barrister at Gray's Inn ended due to her battle with alcohol. After leaving law, she worked as a cook at St James's club and in private houses before managing the Books for Cooks Shop in London and then the Cooks show more Book Shop in Edinburgh. She also ran her own catering business, worked on a yacht in the Caribbean, and became one of only two women in England to become a guild butcher. She and Jennifer Paterson became the TV cookery duo Two Fat Ladies, which ran for four seasons before the death of Paterson in 1999. Afterward, Dickson Wright appeared in the series Clarissa and the Countryman, which ran until 2003. She also worked with students as the Rector of the University of Aberdeen from 1998 to 2004. She wrote several books including Spilling the Beans, Rifling through My Drawers, and Clarissa's England. She died on March 15, 2014 at the age of 66. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original publication date
- 1998
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, Food & Cooking, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 641.5941 — Applied science & technology Home economics & family management Food, Cooking & Recipes / Meals, Picnics Cooking; cookbooks Ethnic Cookbooks Europe British Isles
- LCC
- TX717 .P3263 — Technology Home economics Home economics Cooking
- BISAC
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- Members
- 167
- Popularity
- 196,212
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (3.70)
- Languages
- English, French
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 7
- ASINs
- 1
