Years ago, I read Roast Chicken and Other Stories (by Simon Hopkinson) and did a little double take because at one point he talks about a cookbook: "Margaret Costa wrote on oof my all-time favorite recipe books. It is called The Four Seasons Cookery Book." He goes on to say that Margaret and "her husband, Bill Lacy, had a restaurant called Lacy's on Whitfield Street, London." And here's the thing - in 1978, when I was a senior in high school, my mother took me to London for two weeks - and one o...

Years ago, I read Roast Chicken and Other Stories (by Simon Hopkinson) and did a little double take because at one point he talks about a cookbook: "Margaret Costa wrote on oof my all-time favorite recipe books. It is called The Four Seasons Cookery Book." He goes on to say that Margaret and "her husband, Bill Lacy, had a restaurant called Lacy's on Whitfield Street, London." And here's the thing - in 1978, when I was a senior in high school, my mother took me to London for two weeks - and one o...

My mum had a copy of this book, and her particular favourite from it was the coffee and almond cake, although beware the measurements which she gets spectacularly wrong sometimes (Margaret C, not my mum). Basically, you need twice the amount of cake mixture she specifies and half the amount of butter icing or you could end up on a sugar/caffeine rush that will last for months. I saw this book again at the Cairo Bookfair of all places, just reprinted with funky new cover, so for nostalgia reasons...

My mum had a copy of this book, and her particular favourite from it was the coffee and almond cake, although beware the measurements which she gets spectacularly wrong sometimes (Margaret C, not my mum). Basically, you need twice the amount of cake mixture she specifies and half the amount of butter icing or you could end up on a sugar/caffeine rush that will last for months. I saw this book again at the Cairo Bookfair of all places, just reprinted with funky new cover, so for nostalgia reasons...

My mum had a copy of this book, and her particular favourite from it was the coffee and almond cake, although beware the measurements which she gets spectacularly wrong sometimes (Margaret C, not my mum). Basically, you need twice the amount of cake mixture she specifies and half the amount of butter icing or you could end up on a sugar/caffeine rush that will last for months. I saw this book again at the Cairo Bookfair of all places, just reprinted with funky new cover, so for nostalgia reasons...

My mum had a copy of this book, and her particular favourite from it was the coffee and almond cake, although beware the measurements which she gets spectacularly wrong sometimes (Margaret C, not my mum). Basically, you need twice the amount of cake mixture she specifies and half the amount of butter icing or you could end up on a sugar/caffeine rush that will last for months. I saw this book again at the Cairo Bookfair of all places, just reprinted with funky new cover, so for nostalgia reasons...

My mum had a copy of this book, and her particular favourite from it was the coffee and almond cake, although beware the measurements which she gets spectacularly wrong sometimes (Margaret C, not my mum). Basically, you need twice the amount of cake mixture she specifies and half the amount of butter icing or you could end up on a sugar/caffeine rush that will last for months. I saw this book again at the Cairo Bookfair of all places, just reprinted with funky new cover, so for nostalgia reasons...

My mum had a copy of this book, and her particular favourite from it was the coffee and almond cake, although beware the measurements which she gets spectacularly wrong sometimes (Margaret C, not my mum). Basically, you need twice the amount of cake mixture she specifies and half the amount of butter icing or you could end up on a sugar/caffeine rush that will last for months. I saw this book again at the Cairo Bookfair of all places, just reprinted with funky new cover, so for nostalgia reasons...

My mum had a copy of this book, and her particular favourite from it was the coffee and almond cake, although beware the measurements which she gets spectacularly wrong sometimes (Margaret C, not my mum). Basically, you need twice the amount of cake mixture she specifies and half the amount of butter icing or you could end up on a sugar/caffeine rush that will last for months. I saw this book again at the Cairo Bookfair of all places, just reprinted with funky new cover, so for nostalgia reasons...

My mum had a copy of this book, and her particular favourite from it was the coffee and almond cake, although beware the measurements which she gets spectacularly wrong sometimes (Margaret C, not my mum). Basically, you need twice the amount of cake mixture she specifies and half the amount of butter icing or you could end up on a sugar/caffeine rush that will last for months. I saw this book again at the Cairo Bookfair of all places, just reprinted with funky new cover, so for nostalgia reasons...

My mum had a copy of this book, and her particular favourite from it was the coffee and almond cake, although beware the measurements which she gets spectacularly wrong sometimes (Margaret C, not my mum). Basically, you need twice the amount of cake mixture she specifies and half the amount of butter icing or you could end up on a sugar/caffeine rush that will last for months. I saw this book again at the Cairo Bookfair of all places, just reprinted with funky new cover, so for nostalgia reasons...

My mum had a copy of this book, and her particular favourite from it was the coffee and almond cake, although beware the measurements which she gets spectacularly wrong sometimes (Margaret C, not my mum). Basically, you need twice the amount of cake mixture she specifies and half the amount of butter icing or you could end up on a sugar/caffeine rush that will last for months. I saw this book again at the Cairo Bookfair of all places, just reprinted with funky new cover, so for nostalgia reasons...

My mum had a copy of this book, and her particular favourite from it was the coffee and almond cake, although beware the measurements which she gets spectacularly wrong sometimes (Margaret C, not my mum). Basically, you need twice the amount of cake mixture she specifies and half the amount of butter icing or you could end up on a sugar/caffeine rush that will last for months. I saw this book again at the Cairo Bookfair of all places, just reprinted with funky new cover, so for nostalgia reasons...

My mum had a copy of this book, and her particular favourite from it was the coffee and almond cake, although beware the measurements which she gets spectacularly wrong sometimes (Margaret C, not my mum). Basically, you need twice the amount of cake mixture she specifies and half the amount of butter icing or you could end up on a sugar/caffeine rush that will last for months. I saw this book again at the Cairo Bookfair of all places, just reprinted with funky new cover, so for nostalgia reasons...

My mum had a copy of this book, and her particular favourite from it was the coffee and almond cake, although beware the measurements which she gets spectacularly wrong sometimes (Margaret C, not my mum). Basically, you need twice the amount of cake mixture she specifies and half the amount of butter icing or you could end up on a sugar/caffeine rush that will last for months. I saw this book again at the Cairo Bookfair of all places, just reprinted with funky new cover, so for nostalgia reasons...

My mum had a copy of this book, and her particular favourite from it was the coffee and almond cake, although beware the measurements which she gets spectacularly wrong sometimes (Margaret C, not my mum). Basically, you need twice the amount of cake mixture she specifies and half the amount of butter icing or you could end up on a sugar/caffeine rush that will last for months. I saw this book again at the Cairo Bookfair of all places, just reprinted with funky new cover, so for nostalgia reasons...