Grigson

JANE GRIGSON (1928 - 1990)

Jane Grigson (nee McIntyre) the distinguished writer on food and cookery, was the daughter of the Town Clerk of Sunderland. Though born in Gloucester, she was brought up in Sunderland from the age of four and was in fact a North east patriot. In her well-known cookery column in the Observer she would often add snippets about her life in Sunderland. Jane was at Casterton School in what is now Cumbria during the wartime bombing. She later attended Cambridge University.

Her first published writing was a piece on Bede in the Sunderland Echo. She later produced translations of Pinocchio (1959) and Beccaria's Of Crimes and Punishments (1963) for which she shared the John Florio Prize. Jane's first cookery book was Charcuterie and French Pork Cooking (1967), followed by Fish Cookery (1973) and English Food (1974), both influenced by North Country traditions and the fresh fish of the North East. Her favourite recipe, it seems, was curried parsnip soup. The Jane Grigson library is held at the Guildhall in the City of London.

Jane was married to the poet and critic Geoffrey Grigson (1905-85). her daughter Sophie Grigson carries on the culinary tradition, with popular programmes on television.

Myers Literary Guide:	The North-East
JANE GRIGSON (1928 - 1990) Jane Grigson (nee McIntyre) the distinguished writer on food and cookery, was the daughter of the Town Clerk of Sunderland. Though born in Gloucester, she was brought up in Sunderland from the age of four and was in fact a North east patriot. In her well-known cookery column in the Observer she would often add snippets about her life in Sunderland. Jane was at Casterton School in what is now Cumbria during the wartime bombing. She later attended Cambridge University. Her first published writing was a piece on Bede in the Sunderland Echo. She later produced translations of Pinocchio (1959) and Beccaria's Of Crimes and Punishments (1963) for which she shared the John Florio Prize. Jane's first cookery book was Charcuterie and French Pork Cooking (1967), followed by Fish Cookery (1973) and English Food (1974), both influenced by North Country traditions and the fresh fish of the North East. Her favourite recipe, it seems, was curried parsnip soup. The Jane Grigson library is held at the Guildhall in the City of London. Jane was married to the poet and critic Geoffrey Grigson (1905-85). her daughter Sophie Grigson carries on the culinary tradition, with popular programmes on television.
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