Still Peeking into Elizabeth David's Bookshelf

The Extraordinary Hilda Leyel

In previous posts I have been looking at Elizabeth David’s early collection of cookbooks, the ones she wanted to replace in 1940 after losing her boat and its contents when she and her lover were captured on the Mediterranean. Here is, perhaps, her first book of recipes and a look at the extraordinary woman who wrote it.

The Gentle Art of Cookery by Hild…