Mrs. C. F. Leyel [Hilda Leyel] — Diet and Commonsense

London, Chatto and Windus, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A scarce overview on diet, with summaries of various food's nutritional values interwoven with recipes. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding. This scarce book offers a useful guide to understanding dietary elements, including calories, vitamins, and the nutritional values across various foods, including dairy produce, vegetables, wheat, nuts, bread and wine. With recipes throughout. Written by Hilda Leyel, who wrote under the name Mrs. C. F. Leyel. Leyel was a proponent of a simpler style of cooking, turning away from the Victorian 'high class' cookery and favouring seasonal and local ingredients.From the library of Jill Norman, an editor and food writer. Norman began working at Penguin in the early 1960s and, as the only woman, the care of the company's cookery books fell to her. It was her responsibility to expand the cookery titles Penguin produced, and thus began to publish works by Jane Grigson, Claudia Roden, and Alan Davidson. In particular Norman worked closely with the famed cookery writer Elizabeth David, with whom she was good friends. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart, with fading to the spine and partly to the borders. A couple damp spots to the spine and front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting and a couple spots to the endpapers. Bookplate of Jill Norman to the front free endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .