Our Compliments to the Chef

As our own tribute to Jane Grigson, today’s Linking in Lincoln features Web sites and sources for a plethora of information on this culinary icon. Get linking and then get cooking!

Visit the Jane Grigson Trust Web site at http://www.janegrigsontrust.org.uk/ where you’ll find a brief biography for Ms. Grigson, details on the Jane Grigson library, and other information on the trust.

The Penguin Books, U.K. Web site also has an informative, abbreviated bio on the late Grigson. Check it out at http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000013084,00.html.

Read a classic article by Jane Grigson from The Observer, where she was long-employed as a distinguished food writer, at http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/food/story/0,,1613329,00.html.

Go to http://www.gourmet.com/food/2007/05/goodthingsbook for a great review of Grigson’s classic Good Things cookbook from Gourmet Magazine.

Ms. Grigson has even received accolades in the food blog world. Link to the “Baking for Britain” blog at http://bakingforbritain.blogspot.com/2006/06/bakewell-puddingtart-derbyshire.html for an article on Bakewell Pudding inspired by the like-named Jane Grigson recipe. The ingredient list includes raspberry jam, butter, sugar, and almonds. Is anyone else getting hungry?

Read Grigson’s obituary as it appeared on March 15, 1990 in the New York Times at http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE5DA1131F936A25750C0A966958260.

That’s all for today’s Linking in Lincoln post. Don’t forget to visit us tomorrow for This Week in History. Until then, bon appétit!