For Mariners in Distant Seas

John Dunmore

During her long life, Elizabeth Cook (1741-1835) had many opportunities to hear about the voyages undertaken by her famous explorer husband Captain James Cook. She met many sailors and explorers, people like Sir Joseph Banks and Captain Vancouver, and read about their exploits. She discovered how they survived on long sea journeys and learned about the exotic foods they consumed in distant lands.

In this book John Dunmore has compiled the kind of exotic recipe book Elizabeth Cook herself might have written. It includes such delicacies as stewed albatross, turtle soup and roasted goat, as well as favourites to welcome the mariner home: oyster loaves, jugged pigeons, fried celery and Poor Knights Pudding. Along the way the character of this remarkable London woman emerges, who not only outlived her husband but her six children too. Mrs Cook’s Book of Recipes is a beautiful gift book that will be enjoyed by anyone with imagination and a sense of history.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Professor John Dunmore is the indisputable world authority on French explorers in the Pacific. Now based in Wellington, Dunmore has over twenty books to his credit and was created an Officer of the Legion of Honour in 2007.

‘I hope this little book will reveal the character of a remarkable woman and commemorate Elizabeth Cook a little.’ John Dunmore


SPECIFICATIONS
Size: 165 x 125mm
Format: cased with jacket
Extent: 96 pages
includes drawings
Weight: 200 gms
First published: October 2006
ISBN: 978-0-908988-64-8