Books by Prue Leith and Complete Book Reviews
Prue Leith, Author . St. Martin's $24.95 (309p) ISBN 978-0-312-28258-5
Leith—one of Britain's most renowned chefs—has written a charming first novel about a wife's holiday from a marriage gone stale. Patrick Chambers, an amiable oenophile and restaurateur, manages Jane's, a successful, two-star
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Prue Leith, Author . St. Martin's/Dunne $23.95 (304p) ISBN 978-0-312-28779-5
Celebrity chef Leith struck gold in her native Britain with Leaving Patrick, a light tale of love lost and regained, plumped up with plenty of elaborate culinary arrangements. In her sophomore effort, an equally conventional conceit is augmented by...
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Prue Leith, Author . St. Martin's/Dunne $24.95 (313p) ISBN 978-0-312-56078-2
Three Notting Hill 50-somethings meet in a choral class and join together to overcome the vicissitudes of midlife in Leith's tribute to friendship. Lucy is a still-grieving widow and food writer who's just lost her newspaper column to a celebrity...
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Prue Leith. Opus (Hal Leonard, dist.), $14.99 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-1-62316-020-3
British celebrity chef Leith (The Choral Society) charms with this story of the friendship between single caterer Kate McKinnon and married British Foreign Secretary Oliver Stapler. Oliver’s appreciation for and knowledge of food is a perfect match...
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Prue Leith. Bloomsbury, $26 (192p) ISBN 978-1-63973-071-1
Gastronomy expert and Great British Baking Show judge Leith (I’ll Try Anything Once) offers 75 recipes for creative, convenient repasts that come on their own edible plate. Expanding on the British Sunday supper of beans-on-toast, her take on this...
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Prue Leith. Carnival, $32.99 (224p) ISBN 978-0-7112-9250-5
In this practical and inventive outing, Dame Prue Leith (The Great British Baking Show: Love to Bake) offers 80 recipes with a focus on time-saving techniques and shortcuts. Dubbed “Handy Hacks,” these tips appear throughout, many linked to...
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