The Downright Epicure
Essays on Edward Bunyard
Edward Ashdown Bunyard (1878-1939) was England's foremost pomologist (student of apples) and a significant gastronome and epicure in the 1920s and 30s. He wrote four books of national significance: A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920-25), The Anatomy of Dessert (1929 and 1933), Old Garden Roses (1936), and The Epicure's Companion (1937, edited with his sister, Lorna). His family were the owners of one of England's most significant fruit nurseries, founded in 1796 in Kent. In his written work, Bunyard was important for his trenchant and enlightening explication of the charm of apples, surely England's most noble garden product, as well as pears a…
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- ISBN: 978-1-903018-48-4
- EAN: 9781903018484
- Produktnummer: 2718970
- Verlag: Prospect Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 350 S.
- Masse: H25.5 cm x B18.5 cm x D2.9 cm 1'062 g
- Abbildungen: 12 b&w illustrations
- Gewicht: 1062
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
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Edward Wilson is an English scholar and fellow of Worcester College, Oxford.
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