1 post tagged “marguerite patten”

Well, not here exactly (yet), and not all (yet).  :-)

If we lived in some large old house I'd have a room that would be the library.  A great, enormous room with exceptionally high ceilings, and it would be filled top to bottom, side to side, not an inch to spare, with books.  But we don't.  So, what I do is "order" books from the library and then if I really feel that they would be read/used more than once, I buy them. 

Most times "ordering" books from the library is free, once in a great while if they have to go outside our system to get them there is a nominal charge (about £2 I think) but in any case lots cheaper than purchasing it and then be it good or be it bad, deciding that you probably would never read/use it again.  I think it's a great service and am always surprised how many people don't know that you're able to "order" from the libraries. 

Anyway, I've got a love for all things WWII era and the books that have arrived and are waiting to be picked up are:  Food Glorious Food.  Eating and Drinking with Good Housekeeping 1922-1942 and The Ration Book Diet  and then the other two that haven't come in yet are Ration Book Cookery  and Baking Basics Handbook.  The last one is by Marguerite Patten, an absolute icon. 

If it stops raining I may just take a break from RapidWeaver and trek over to the library!