Jane Grigson (born Heather Mabel Jane McIntire; 13 March 1928 – 12 March 1990) was an English cookery writer. In the latter part of the 20th century she was the author of the food column for The Observer and wrote numerous books about European cuisines and traditional British dishes. Her work proved influential in promoting British food.
Born in Gloucestershire, Grigson was raised in Sunderland, North East England, before studying at Newnham College, Cambridge. In 1953 she became an editorial assistant at the publishing company Rainbird, McLean, where she was the research assistant for the poet and writer Geoffrey Grigson. They soon began a relationship which lasted until his death in 1985; they had one daughter, Sophie. Jane worked as a translator of Italian works, and co-wrote books with her husband before writing Charcuterie and French Pork Cookery in 1967. The book was well received and, on its strength, Grigson gained her position at The Observer after a recommendation by the food writer Elizabeth David.
Grigson continued to write for The Observer until 1990; she also wrote works that focused mainly on British food—such as Good Things (1971), English Food (1974), Food With the Famous (1979) and The Observer Guide to British Cookery (1984)—or on key ingredients—such as Fish Cookery (1973), The Mushroom Feast (1975), Jane Grigson's Vegetable Book (1978), Jane Grigson's Fruit Book (1982) and Exotic Fruits and Vegetables (1986). She was awarded the John Florio Prize for Italian translation in 1966, and her food books won three Glenfiddich Food and Drink Awards and two André Simon Memorial Prizes.
Grigson was active in political lobbying, campaigning against battery farming and for animal welfare, food provenance and smallholders; in 1988 she took John MacGregor, then the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, to task after salmonella was found in British eggs. Her writing put food into its social and historical context with a range of sources that includes poetry, novels and the cookery writers of the Industrial Revolution era, including Hannah Glasse, Elizabeth Raffald, Maria Rundell and Eliza Acton. Through her writing she changed the eating habits of the British, making many forgotten dishes popular once again.
JaneGrigson (born Heather Mabel Jane McIntire; 13 March 1928 – 12 March 1990) was an English cookery writer. In the latter part of the 20th century she...
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century. Traditionally, the dish is cooked in an earthenware pot, which JaneGrigson notes is correctly called a cassole or toupin; she adds that any earthenware...
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Hitherto Unpublished. Bickers. p. 226. Pease pudding. - JaneGrigson (2007). JaneGrigson's Vegetable Book. U of Nebraska Press. pp. 375–. ISBN 978-0-8032-5994-2...
cochineal and 'highly flavoured' with brandy. The English cookery writer JaneGrigson has a trifle in her book on English Food (first published in 1974) and...
(1911) [1845]. The Modern Cook. London: Macmillan. OCLC 862897713. Grigson, Jane (1975). The Mushroom Feast. London: Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-046273-9...
"Hot beef-steak and kidney puddings!" According to the cookery writer JaneGrigson, the first published recipe to include kidney with the steak in a suet...
Geoffrey Edward Harvey Grigson (2 March 1905 – 25 November 1985) was a British poet, writer, editor, critic, exhibition curator, anthologist and naturalist...
such as those of Arles, Lorraine, and Burgundy.[citation needed] List of sausages JaneGrigson, Charcuterie and French Pork Cookery, p. 136f v t e v t e...
Modern Cookery. London: Heinemann. ISBN 9781580086059. OCLC 560604921. Grigson, Jane (1975). The Mushroom Feast. London: Michael Joseph. ISBN 978-0-71-811253-0...
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French). University of Lausanne. Retrieved 19 February 2023. JaneGrigson, JaneGrigson's Vegetable Book, (Penguin Books, 1978, ISBN 0-14-046859-5) p 291...
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(Food in England 1954) Constance Spry Fanny Cradock Marguerite Patten JaneGrigson Delia Smith Rick Stein Nigel Slater Keith Floyd Marco Pierre White Nigella...
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Lancashire hotpot List of lamb dishes List of soups Scouse (food) Grigson, Jane (1985). JaneGrigson's British Cookery. p. 159. Green, Jonathan (2010). "When Does...
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on the Blue-Zone Greek Island of Ikaria. Kochilas received the IACP JaneGrigson Award for Excellence in Research for her book "The Glorious Foods of...
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Paddington led to a slight increase in marmalade sales in the UK. Literature In Jane Austen's 1811 novel Sense and Sensibility an over-indulgent mother feeds...
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