Jane Grigson

Jane Grigson (née McIntire) (March 13, 1928 - March 12, 1990) was a British cookery writer.

She was born in Gloucester, England, and brought up in Sunderland where her father was town clerk. [cite web|url=http://www.janegrigsontrust.org.uk/about.html|title=Jane Grigson Trust|accessdate=2008-01-26] Her initial schooling was at Sunderland Church High School. In 1949 she graduated in English at Newnham College, Cambridge University and went into the publishing industry. She became interested in food after spending three months a year working in France, and wrote her first book "Charcuterie and French Pork Cookery".

She wrote for the Observer Magazine from 1978 until her untimely death in 1990; the books "Good Things" and "Food With The Famous" are based on her highly successful series.

The International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) has created the Jane Grigson Award in her honour.

Jane Grigson died in Broad Town, Wiltshire, in 1990. She was the third wife of the late poet and critic Geoffrey Grigson (died 1985). Her daughter, Sophie Grigson, is also a cookery writer and broadcaster.

Books

* Of Crimes and Punishments, Cesare Beccaria, (1966, with Father Kenelm Foster, translation from Italian, for which she shared the John Florio prize)
* Charcuterie and French Pork Cookery (1967), a book accorded the unusual honour for an English writer of being translated into French.
* Good Things (1971)
* Fish Cookery (1973)
* English Food (1974), An Anthology Chosen by Jane Grigson for which she was voted Cookery Writer of the Year.
* The Mushroom Feast: A Celebration of All Edible Fungi With Over 250 Recipes (1975) [cite book |last=Grigson |first=Jane |authorlink=Jane Grigson |title=The Mushroom Feast |year=1975 |publisher=Penguin |location=London |isbn=0-14-046-273-2]
* The Vegetable Book (1978) (for which she received both the Glenfiddich Writer of the Year Award) [cite book |last=Grigson |first=Jane |authorlink=Jane Grigson |title=The Vegetable Book |year=1978 |pages= p. 312-14|publisher=Penguin |location=London |isbn=0-14-046-352-6]
* The Fruit Book (1982) (for which she received the André Simon Memorial Fund Book Award)
* Food with the Famous (copyright to Jane Grigson 1979, published by Grub Street 1991); vignettes of 11 historical figures (John Evelyn, Jane Austen, Marcel Proust among others) with recipes for their favorite dishes.

Other Books

* Jane Grigson's Book of European Cooking
* The Best of Jane Grigson's Soups
* The Best of Jane Grigson's Deserts
* Cooking Spinach
* The Best of Jane Grigson's British Cookery
* The Fruit, Herbs and Vegetables of Italy
* The World Atlas of Food; The Observer Guide to British Cookery
* An English Flavour (preface only; book by Patricia Hegarty )
* Dishes From the Mediterranean
* The International Wine and Food Society's Guide to Fish Cookery
* The Elle Cookbook
* Cooking with Exotic Fruits and Vegetables
* The Observer Guide to European Cookery
* In Celebration of Chives

Anthology

* The Enjoyment of Food

References

External links

* [http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,0_1000013084,00.html Penguin UK page for Jane Grigson]
* [http://www.janegrigsontrust.org.uk/ Page for the Jane Grigson Trust, an educational charity in the memory of Jane Grigson (shows photo of Jane Grigson)]
* [http://www.enotes.com/salem-lit/jane-grigsons-british-cookery Review of Jane Grigson's British Cookery, a book of recipes and travelogue of England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland]