Victory in the Kitchen: The Life of Churchill's Cook

by Annie Gray

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This is the story of a woman who was not a royal, not rich, not famous; someone who simply worked hard and enjoyed her life. But while Georgina Landemare saw herself as ordinary, her accomplishments were anything but. Georgina started her career as a nursemaid and ended it cooking for one of the best-known figures in British history: Winston Churchill.

To him, food was central, not only as a pleasure but as a diplomatic tool at a time when the world was embroiled in war.
With this eager eater and his skilled cook, ranging from rural Berkshire to wartime London, via Belle Epoque Paris and prohibition-era New York, Annie Gray shows how life in service - and food - changed during the huge upheavals of the twentieth century.
  • ISBN10 1782834451
  • ISBN13 9781782834458
  • Publish Date 6 February 2020
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Profile Books Ltd
  • Format eBook
  • Language English