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Wonderfully wise and moving memoir ... This is a book suffused with love - of food, family, and of a clearly charismatic man. It is the story of a life with an epic sweep ... This is some woman; this is some life Scotsman There are many things in the book to enjoy, not the least the recipes which accompany each chapter. Elisabeth's account of her childhood is amusingly dreadful and her portrait of Miriam Rothschild is a minor masterpiece -- Carolyn Hart Telegraph She writes movingly, too, of the death of her journalist daughter, Franscesca ... There is a lot of pain in My Life as a Wife, but overall it is a celebration of life, second nature to a professional cook and lover of food -- Gerald Jacobs Jewish Chronicle Luard calls this a love story with flaws and I admire her for not trying to put a rosy glow on what sounds like a difficult marriage -- Lynn Barber Telegraph PRAISE FOR FAMILY LIFE : A magnificent and poetic writer, Luard's not-so-simple tale of family life is quite literally a triumph Daily Express Writing with admirable courage, she contributes memorably to the literature of family life -- Elizabeth Buchan Mail on Sunday Unspeakably moving ... she deserves a medal -- Libby Purves The Times

"Wonderfully wise and moving memoir ... This is a book suffused with love - of food, family, and of a clearly charismatic man. It is the story of a life with an epic sweep ... This is some woman; this is some life * Scotsman * A brilliantly funny yet moving memoir * Daily Mail * Elisabeth Luard, serious contender for Greatest Living Food Writer ... writes books that are fiercely intelligent but without preachiness, deliciously pragmatic and laced with humour ... exploring food, family and grief with equal frankness * Daily Telegraph * [Luard] joins a line of inspiring cooks who write about the everyday necessity of food as the ultimate refuge from the harsh reality of death * The Times * There are many things in the book to enjoy, not the least the recipes which accompany each chapter. Elisabeth's account of her childhood is amusingly dreadful and her portrait of Miriam Rothschild is a minor masterpiece -- Carolyn Hart * Telegraph * Luard calls this ""a love story with flaws"" and I admire her for not trying to put a rosy glow on what sounds like a difficult marriage -- Lynn Barber * Telegraph * She writes movingly, too, of the death of her journalist daughter, Franscesca ... There is a lot of pain in My Life as a Wife, but overall it is a celebration of life, second nature to a professional cook and lover of food -- Gerald Jacobs * Jewish Chronicle *"

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Elisabeth Luard is an award-winning food writer whose work includesEuropean Peasant Cookery (published in the US as The Old World Kitchen, a New York Times benchmark cookbook of the twentieth century), The Food of Spain and Portugal, European Festival Food, Sacred Food and The Latin American Kitchen. She has also written a couple of doorstopper novels including Emerald (WH Smith Thumping Good Read Award), and a trio of memoirs-with-recipes including Family Life (Guild of Food Writers’ Book of the Year 1997), and was awarded the Glenfiddich Trophy for Foodwriting in 2007.She contributes regularly to national newspapers and magazines including The Telegraph, Daily Mail, Country Living and The Oldie and is currently Director of The Oxford Symposium on Food & Cookery. She lives in west Wales.

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