Alan Davidson is the author of the classic junior suspense novel The Bewitching Of Alison Allbright and many other titles.
The Oxford Companion to Food (Oxford Companions)
by Alan Davidson
The Oxford Companion to Food by Alan Davidson, first published in 1999, became, almost overnight, an immense success, winning prizes and accolades around the world. Its combination of serious food history, culinary expertise, and entertaining serendipity, with each page offering an infinity of perspectives, was recognized as unique. The...
'Good afternoon,' said Annabel, in her most sensible voice. 'I need the number on behalf of Mr Eastbourne,,,,It's very important.'Whether trying to help a troublesome donkey called Eastbourne..or attempting to solve the enigma of posh class-mate Sheena Franks-Walters...or simply deciding [inexplicably] to adopt "a new attitude" to life...
"Breaking a world record's the only hope I've got," announced Annabel. "It's the only answer."But the answer to WHAT, exactly? wonders Kate.After failing [in the first of these two long complete stories] to impress a visiting publisher with her poems at Mrs da Susa's very first Children's Book Fair but managing to help a fellow author...
the best food reference work ever to appear in the English language ... read it and be dazzled'Bee Wilson, New StatesmanFirst published in 1999, the ground-breaking Oxford Companion to Food was an immediate success and won prizes and accolades around the world. Its blend of serious food history, culinary expertise, and entertaining...
"There'll be a reign of terror," Annabel tells Kate and Sheena, when the horrible Julia Channing is made a Monitor. And she's right. So now it's going to be up to The Silent Three to step out of the pages of an old comic and try to give Julia the fright of her life. As long as they're not recognised, of course...?And in the second of...
"I saw your friend Annabel in the High Street," said Kate's mother. "There was a duck following her around. It went into the newsagent's after her.""Yes," said Kate absently.She's completely bonkers - but then she's British! Classic comedy featuring 13-year-old Annabel Bunce, her best friend Kate Stocks, their assorted schoolmates [and...
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