Elisabeth Luard (born 1942) née Longmore is a
food writer, artist and broadcaster. She is Chair Emerita of the
Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery.
She was born in 1942,
shortly before her father Richard Longmore was killed in action as
wing commander
Wing commander (Wg Cdr in the RAF, the IAF, and the PAF, WGCDR in the RNZAF and RAAF, formerly sometimes W/C in all services) is a senior commissioned rank in the British Royal Air Force and air forces of many countries which have historic ...
of
CXX squadron while engaging
U-539
German submarine ''U-539'' was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of Nazi Germany's ''Kriegsmarine'' during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 8 May 1942 at the Deutsche Werft yard in Hamburg as yard number 360, launched on 4 December 1942, and c ...
.
Her mother, Millicent Baron, remarried a diplomat who took her to his postings in Uruguay, Spain and Mexico. She worked at the satirical magazine ''
Private Eye
''Private Eye'' is a British fortnightly satirical and current affairs news magazine, founded in 1961. It is published in London and has been edited by Ian Hislop since 1986. The publication is widely recognised for its prominent criticism ...
'' where she met and married the proprietor,
Nicholas Luard, in 1962. They had four children.
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Publications
* ''European Peasant Cookery: The Rich Tradition'' (1986)
* ''The Princess and the Pheasant and other recipes'' (1987)
* ''The Barricaded Larder: Food from the Storecupboards of Europe'' (1988)
* ''European Festival Food'' (1990)
* ''The Flavours of Andalucia'' (1991)
* ''Family Life: Birth, Death and the Whole Damn Thing'' (1996)
* ''Still Life'' (1998)
* ''The Food of Spain and Portugal: A Regional Celebration'' (2004)
* ''Classic French Cooking: Recipes for Mastering the French Kitchen'' (2004)
* ''My Life as a Wife: Love, Liquor and What to Do About Other Women'' (2008)
* ''Recipes & Ramblings'' (2010)
* ''A Cook's Year in a Welsh Farmhouse'' (2011)
* ''Seasonal European Dishes'' (2013)
* ''Squirrel Pie (and other stories): Adventures in Food Across the Globe'' (2016)
References
External links
Elisabeth Luard
– personal web site
Living people
British food writers
1941 births
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