Ambrose Heath — Ambrose Heath

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd.; Ward, Lock & Co. Limited; Faber and Faber; Cassell and Company Limited; , 1941-1951. Cloth. A smart six volume set of war-time cookery books by prolific food writer Ambrose Heath. A lovely six volume set of recipe and cookbooks.By Ambrose Heath, an English journalist and food writer who authored many cookbooks during the mid-twentieth century, a time when war and rationing caused a change in the standard of eating.Heath authored twenty-nine cookbooks between 1939 and 1945, some of which promoted vegetable cookery. During this time there was an involuntary national shift toward vegetarianism and this is reflected in some of Heath's cookbooks.This set includes:(1941) From Garden to Kitchen. The second edition of the work, first published in 1937. A collaborative work with C.H. Middleton. With recipes and guides for general cultivation, enemies of the kitchen garden, salad vegetables, garden herbs, vegetable dishes, soups, salads, and herbs.(1943) Good Dishes From Tinned Foods. The second edition of the work, first published in 1939. With recipes for hors d'oeuvre, soups, eggs, fish, meat, vegetables, sweets, savouries, with a list of tinned foods. (1947) The Book of the Onion. The second edition of the work, first published in 1933. With recipes for onion soups, onions with eggs, onions with fish, onions with meat, onion purees and sauces, onion dishes, onions with other vegetables, onion tarts, onions with cheese, onion salads, and pickled onions.(1948) The Book of Sauces. The first edition of the work. With recipes for general sauces, sweet sauces, savoury butters, and additional recipes.(1948) Good Cakes Bread and Biscuits. The first edition of the work. With recipes for large cakes, small cakes, biscuits, bread, scones, cake fillings, and icings.(1951) Fare Wisely and Well. The first edition of the work. With recipes on sauces, soups, egg dished, fish, meat, vegetable, salads, sweets, savoury, butters, sandwiches, biscuits and cakes. In publisher's original full cloth bindings. Externally, very smart. Shelf wear to extremities. Fading to spines, with occasional light bumping to the heads and tails. Odd faint mark to boards. Ink inscription to front paste down of 'From Garden to Kitchen.' Light offsetting to endpapers of 'Good Cakes Bread and Biscuits&apos. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Ink inscription to final leaf of 'Fare Wisely and Well&apos. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .