Illustration by Robert Buhler
This week's book is an old favourite from my library. While it's fair to say that I've read through it more than I've cooked from it, I do actually cherish these slightly period-piece recipes: it reminds me of the food of my mother's era. The recipe I've chosen for your delectation has a twofold lure for me: I have always adored Devils on Horseback and this version, which adds chicken livers to the usual bacon-wrapped prunes, makes me salivate; but mostly, I love Robert Buhler's illustration. In the interest of total transparency, I must own up that he did a portrait of me when I was 3, and so I have an affection for his work anyway. I don't think the feeling was mutual: indeed, shortly after making my portrait, he became a landscape artist!
By The Royal College of Art. Published by Macdonald Orbis, 1987.
