Nowadays Marguerite Patten would be called a celebrity chef. However, Britain's Ministry of Food 'Kitchen Front' chef, who kept the country going during WW2 with her recipes for using powdered eggs and spam, insisted she would be a 'home economist' until the day she died. She made her first TV appearance in 1947 and went on to become a bestselling author of recipe books.
She has passed away Thursday from 'an illness stoically borne', family say. She had a stroke in 2011 that left her unable to speak, and since then her daughter Judith - who is not a good cook - has baked her an egg custard every day, of varying quality. Just hours before Marguerite died, Judith came up with a very good pureed raspberry and baked apple dish though and says she is delighted her mother has now passed beyond the past four, difficult years - which her mother 'hated'.
Marguerite Patten epitomizes the British wartime stiff upper lip in a way, and I have to say a couple of her recipes have passed down in my own family and I still enjoy them - if I can get someone to cook them. Even Marguerite couldn't help me to learn the art of good cooking.
Rest in peace. I can't post photos right now, but there are some classics.
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jun/10/cookery-writer-marguerite-patten-dies-aged-99
She has passed away Thursday from 'an illness stoically borne', family say. She had a stroke in 2011 that left her unable to speak, and since then her daughter Judith - who is not a good cook - has baked her an egg custard every day, of varying quality. Just hours before Marguerite died, Judith came up with a very good pureed raspberry and baked apple dish though and says she is delighted her mother has now passed beyond the past four, difficult years - which her mother 'hated'.
Marguerite Patten epitomizes the British wartime stiff upper lip in a way, and I have to say a couple of her recipes have passed down in my own family and I still enjoy them - if I can get someone to cook them. Even Marguerite couldn't help me to learn the art of good cooking.
Rest in peace. I can't post photos right now, but there are some classics.
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jun/10/cookery-writer-marguerite-patten-dies-aged-99
