Marguerite Patten

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• My 14 yo daughter is typing her interview with the great of Marguerite Patten she's written over 170 books selling 17m copies -- Mairi
• Aussie PM Tony Abbott is 57 today (join the club) cookery writer Marguerite Patten 99 and soprano Joan Rodgers 58. -- phil dampier
• Found a marguerite patten hamlyn all colour cookbook at Emmaus Mossley full of the original owners handwritten notes. Wonderful. -- PrestwichBunny
• Marguerite Patten, who taught the nation to cook from the 1940s on, just celebrated her 99th birthday. Let's all raise a glass in her honour -- Anne Dolamore
• Happy 99th birthday Marguerite Patten, who taught a generation of wartime & post-war women how to cook. -- Janis Blower
• I had other things in mind for my life, but if I have to step in and be Marguerite Patten, fuck it I will. You've been warned. -- Maisie
• I've got a Marguerite Patten book. "We'll Eat Again" a collection of recipes from the war years. Where do you buy dried egg? -- Annie Swift
• Amazing to think that she is still alive at 99 -- WelshRacer
• He was getting Margaret Thatcher mixed up with Marguerite Patten! -- Poor Little Nell
• How did I miss that Marguerite Patten had died? Still use her recipes. So reassuring. If your mayonnaise curdles, bung in another egg yolk! -- Roberta Stevenson
• Marguerite Patten, was the longest-lived celebrity chef who hated the title. She was the first TV chef and wrote more than 160 books. Her -- Матильда Смердовa
• Bad few weeks for ninety-somethings: Patrick Macnee, Shaw Taylor, Marguerite Patten, Christopher Lee, Ron Moody. -- PressOfficeMan
• 1/ Marguerite Patten: The war taught us to manage with rations, not only not to waste but to be thrifty. I d like us to go back to the -- Jim Bessman
• Marguerite Patten, who lived in Brighton, East Sussex and offered up thrifty recipes to help families make the most of their rations -- Анна Киняшевa
• Marguerite Patten says certain words exactly the way my beloved granny used to say them. It's lovely, like a tiny nod from the past. -- Ellabell
• Our latest brew "Patten's Gold" (In honour of Marguerite Patten) was racked last night. Just need to bottle and drink it now. Tastes gooood! -- Cooper Nichols
• Want to buy Marguerite Patten Narcissus bulbs? There are only 70+/- left the grower Ron Scamp tells me. Contact me to find out how to buy -- Judith SPatten
• A pioneer of cookery broadcasting, and one of the first ever television chefs, Marguerite Patten has died at the age of 99. -- Ефросиния Падоринa
• Marguerite Patten, who lived in Brighton, East Sussex and offered up thrifty recipes to help families make the most of their rations -- Grishilda Lehn
• 15351 Cooking To Perfection / Marguerite Patten 30 years olld . could be 3000 given today's concepts of fine dining - I prefer these -- NICK MORRELL
• And by Margeurite Patten I of course mean Marguerite Patten -- Marcus Houlden
• One of the reasons I like sticking to my tried and tested Marguerite Patten books, definitely substance over style and the better for it -- Ana
• Save the date! Join the GFW's virtual dinner party to celebrate the wondrous life of Marguerite Patten on 4/11 -- GuildofFoodWriters
• Marguerite Patten s daughter sounds a bit thick. -- FurnessGirl
• The legendary Marguerite Patten on Radio 4 describing Coq au Vin. She suggests going to the butchers & "demanding some cock". May try this -- Giles Christian
• Three of the four soups are wonderful. The cream of vegetable, however, is so dull even the late Marguerite Patten would call it boring. -- Jamiebear ⇨
• Which MP? I'm Marguerite Patten. Excellent! -- Andy Walker
• Marguerite Patten more like !!!! -- BLTP
• Am now scouring this Marguerite Patten cook book for more things to make with oranges... -- Mishka
• Maybe a Marguerite Patten book would help with the wartime cooking? She was the doyenne of the kitchen back then! -- Stuart Hardaker
• New acquisition of significant collection of original Marguerite Patten training materials -- Britishhistoryoffood
• Think I'm going to have to get my Marguerite Patten cookery book out & make the authentic mince on toast. Sourdough obvs . -- Rosemary Lucas
• (Recipe from Marguerite Patten, Classic English Dishes, p251. Good, but not completely satisfactory.) -- Bill Thayer
• Bought a copy of 'Victory Cook Book' by Marguerite Patten CBE. WW2 food was wall-to-wall carbs. Have found two low carb recipes so far -- Théroigne Russell
• I feel that the country is sorely lacking a "Marguerite Patten of the Stockpile" at the moment. What to buy and how to maximise its use -- Katherine Ramsey

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