A Yorkshire Lad: My Life with Recipes

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Renowned for his quick and easy wit, Brian Turner's good-humoured Yorkshire directness underpins this entertaining journey through his life. He retraces his steps along the culinary route that has taken him from Morley, a town in the industrial heart of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and working in his father's transport cafe through to prestigious restaurants and hotels such as Simpson's in the Strand and the fashionable Capital Hotel in London, and on to Turner's and his position as Chairman of the Academy of Culinary Arts. Full of anecdote and insight, the autobiographical text is complemented by 60 recipes that give a flavour of their era and have a special significance in Brian Turner's own personal hall of fame. The food is both fabulous and down-to-earth - a mirror reflection of the author!

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A YORKSHIRE LAD is witty, poignant and represents a slice of British cooking history which no-one interested in food will be able to resist - People's Friend

A slice of British cookery history - Harper's and Queen

A curious little Northern biography-cum-culinary gem - Metro

Author Bio

Brian Turner is chef-patron of the award-winning Turner's restaurant in Walton Street, London, and Chairman of the Academy of Culinary Arts.