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Tom Higgins, a translator who was spending much of his time in Geneva and his wife, Sue, a doctor, the brave English couple in Spotted Dick, s'il vous plait: An English Restaurant in France, did just that. A foolhardy venture, perhaps, because not only did they possess little experience in the professional food trade, they had the audacity to serve English cuisine to discerning Lyonnais. It is a well known fact the Lyon is not only the gastronomic capital of France (some say the world) boasting many Michelin-starred establishments, but that the French have a notorious disdain for English cooking. Would they be able to overcome the national horror of English pudding?Tom Higgins' entertaining chronicle of the long, and rather bumpy road to fulfilling their dream is presented in an anecdotal style laced with a good dose of self-deprecating humor. His stories of French bank managers, petit bureaucrats and construction workers are an amusing glimpse into the French daily life. But the difficulties and financial risks of doing business in a foreign country - not to mention the language barrier and the exhausting hours - have been offset by the great compensation of living in Lyon and the beautiful countryside that surround it; planning the meals and shopping the terrific local markets for the freshest ingredients; visiting the nearby vineyards to stock cellar and kitchen; and finally, getting a good reputation and a steadily growing clientele. And, Tom has included a dozen of their favorite recipes, including one for that English pudding-of-all-puddings, Spotted Dick.

SPOTTED DICK And other Authentic Dishes with Curious Names Retro Cookbooks #1 Over the years, recipes evolve for one reason or another, and sometimes these reasons give their names to a particular dish, such as ‘Half-pay Pudding’ - created by a thrifty cook during hard times. On the other hand, some old-fashioned favourites, like ‘Zeppelins in a Cloud’ derive their titles from the way they look. The origins of many names are now lost to us, but the names themselves persist in vintage recipe collections handed down to us from past generations. These authentic recipes are presented here almost exactly as they first appeared. Toad-in-the Hole, Pigs in Blankets, Gooseberry Fool, Moonshine Pudding, Cock a Leekie Soup, Meat in Ambush, Tuesday Soup, Angels on Horseback, Hedgehog, Black Bottom Pudding... these genuine old recipes with wacky names are a lot of fun and could provide a talking point at your next dinner-party! Here they are together, in a unique and hilarious collection!

SPOTTED DICK And other Authentic Dishes with Curious Names Retro Cookbooks #1 Over the years, recipes evolve for one reason or another, and sometimes these reasons give their names to a particular dish, such as ‘Half-pay Pudding’ - created by a thrifty cook during hard times. On the other hand, some old-fashioned favourites, like ‘Zeppelins in a Cloud’ derive their titles from the way they look. The origins of many names are now lost to us, but the names themselves persist in vintage recipe collections handed down to us from past generations. These authentic recipes are presented here almost exactly as they first appeared. Toad-in-the Hole, Pigs in Blankets, Gooseberry Fool, Moonshine Pudding, Cock a Leekie Soup, Meat in Ambush, Tuesday Soup, Angels on Horseback, Hedgehog, Black Bottom Pudding... these genuine old recipes with wacky names are a lot of fun and could provide a talking point at your next dinner-party! Here they are together, in a unique and hilarious collection!

"I never would have believed that anything could make me want to go eat English food in Lyon, but Higgins's delightful book has done so."--Mimi SheratonWhen Tom Higgins, a translator, and his wife, Sue, a physician, decided to set up an English restaurant in Lyon, France (the country's capital of fine dining), they had no idea what they were getting into. In this delightful memoir of their first eight years in business, Higgins recounts all--from the amused disbelief of their neighbors who regard English food as a joke, to the frustrating impenetrability of the French licensing bureaucracy, from the positive delight in choosing wines and creating menus, to, ultimately, the extraordinary feeling of running a good restaurant that pleases the most fussy diners in the world. Included in this charming tale are twelve typically English recipes that anyone can make!"After Peter Mayle comes Tom Higgins in Lyon. . . . Delightful reading."--BBC Good Food"Tom Higgins provides a wonderful insight into the French people and their way of life. . . . He is a natural raconteur."--En Route

Chris Czajkowski chose to build her life and small ecotourism business on the shore of a high-altitude lake near the southern tip of Tweedsmuir Provincial Park. It is a formidable landscape of lake-dotted alpine plateaus abutting the glacier-swathed backbone of the central Coast Range.Snowshoes and Spotted Dick describes Czajkowski's experiences as she builds her fourth cabin in the wilderness with hand tools, two chainsaws, an Alaskan Mill and some helpful friends. One of her helpers is Nick Berwain, a quiet but literary young German who corresponds with Czajkowski long after his return home.In these fascinating letters to Berwain, Czajkowski details her often solitary life: how she breaks trails by snowshoe with her two pack dogs, encounters grizzly bears, builds a custom stone oven and learns how to use it to bake bread -and spotted dick, a traditional English steamed pudding. The letters also chronicle Czajkowski's challenges and triumphs as she tries to finish her cabin. Food and building supplies must be flown in and Czajkowski must hike more than 30 kilometres to the nearest road to lead guiding trips and to attend craft fairs and book promotions to supplement her income.Lyrically written, Snowshoes and Spotted Dick provides a close look at a simpler way of life that most of us only dream about, one that cleaves to nature with beauty, resilience and independence.

Another delight tale of trout fishing by the author of "The Spawning Run". This is the story of a gigantic one-eyed trout spotted in a small stream and the dedicated angler who is determined to catch it. A great little book written with wit, a sharp eye for detail, and an unfailing sense of the ridiculous. A Great Read!!

A collection of 100 traditional pudding recipes from the Pudding Club. It includes favourites such as figgy pudding, spotted dick, jam roly poly and bread-and-butter pudding.