Jane Grigson (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. In 1966 she was awarded the John Florio Prize for Italian translation. Her 1967 book Charcuterie and French Pork Cookery was well received and, after a recommendation by the food writer Elizabeth David, Grigson gained her position at The Observer. Her books English Food (1974), Jane Grigson's Vegetable Book (1978) and Jane Grigson's Fruit Book (1982) won Glenfiddich Food and Drink Awards. She was a political lobbyist, campaigning against battery farming and for animal welfare, food provenance and smallholders. Her writing put food into its social and historical context, drawing on 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.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1885:
After a five-day trial following the North-West Rebellion, the Canadian Métis leader and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel was hanged for high treason. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Riel
1920:
Qantas, Australia's national airline, was founded as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services (first office pictured). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantas
1945:
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO
2002:
The first case of SARS, a zoonotic respiratory disease caused by a coronavirus, was recorded in Guangdong, China. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severe_acute_respiratory_syndrome
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
circuitry: 1. (countable) A specific system of electrical circuits in a particular device; (uncountable) the design of such a system. 2. (uncountable) Electrical (or, by extension, other) circuits considered as a group. 3. (uncountable, figurative) The brain's neural network. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/circuitry
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
Nobody performs her or his duties. Governments do not, because they do not know, they are not able or they do not wish, or because they are not permitted by those who effectively govern the world: The multinational and pluricontinental companies whose power — absolutely non-democratic — reduce to next to nothing what is left of the ideal of democracy. We citizens are not fulfilling our duties either. Let us think that no human rights will exist without symmetry of the duties that correspond to them. It is not to be expected that governments in the next 50 years will do it. Let us common citizens therefore speak up. With the same vehemence as when we demanded our rights, let us demand responsibility over our duties. Perhaps the world could turn a little better. --José Saramago https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Saramago