"Maura Laverty's Cookery Book" 1948 LAVERTY, Maura
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LAVERTY, Maura
Maura Laverty (née Kelly; 15 May 1907 – 28 July 1966) was an Irish novelist, playwright, journalist, broadcaster and cookery expert known for her work on the Irish television drama serial, Tolka Row. She published several novels, short stories and critical pieces throughout her career.
Laverty published multiple cookbooks, starting with the government-commissioned Flour Economy in 1942, designed to respond to the wartime shortage of flour. She then published Kind Cooking in 1946 (illustrated by her friend Louis le Brocquy) and the very popular Full and Plenty in 1960. Both contain short stories about food peppered in among the recipes, all stemming from the same country environment as her first novel, as well as practical recipes.
[133] pp.
Longmans, Green and Co.
1948
Third Impression
Decorations by Louis Le Brocquy
8 3/4" x 5 3/4"
*rear panel of jacket separating*
Irish author Maura Laverty's first cookbook, printed some 15 years before her bestseller "Full and Plenty". Illustrated by Irish artist, Louis Le Brocquy at age 30, before he was widely known.