John Tasker and Colin Spencer met in 1957. The two young men, both in their early twenties, both uncertainly poised at the beginning of a career in the world of the arts, had much in common. Yet threatening tensions started to show themselves almost immediately. John was desperate to avoid National Service. Colin, though unwilling to admit or even fully realise it, was fast putting down roots within London's cultural life, where his stories were being published, his drawings sold, and where he was laying the foundations of many friendships. So began a conflict which was to pull them back and forth over the next two years, until John finally boarded ship for Australia and what turned out to be a permanent separation. "Which Of Us Two?" is a collection of the letters the lovers wrote to each other - Colin's were returned to him after John's death - linked by the author's memories of the time, and his attempts, often painfully honest, to make sense with the benefit of hindsight of what was going on between them, and why he let go of such a rare, once-in-a-lifetime relationship.

Which of us two?: The story of a love affair

Colin Spencer

Biographies & Memoirs

Penguin Books, Ltd.

Reports from Behind

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Enigma Books, London

The Vegetatian Health Diet Book

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

T.A.B. Sanders

Vegetarian & Vegan

CRC-Press

Colin Spencer's Vegetable Book

This comprehensive culinary survey of vegetables, takes a fresh look at an amazing range of vegetables, from the homely potato to the exotic pak choi and wasabi. Arranged by horticultural families, it includes entries on over 100 vegetables, with over 200 accompanying recipes, ranging from familiar favourites like Potage Bonne Femme to intriguing new combinations such as Fennel Tempura with Home-Dried Tomatoes. It is illustrated with colour photographs and artworks.

Cooking by Ingredient

Conran Octopus

Vegetarian Pleasures

Fourth Estate Ltd.

After 1100 English cooking reached a high degree of gastronomy, which it shared internationally with the courts of Europe. Medieval food was stylish and tasteful, it was food designed to please and satisfy very sophisticated palates and right up to the mid 19th century it had epochs and phases of greatness. So how did we throw all that away? And not only throw it all away but forget all about it? This book attempts to trace the changes and influences of food in Britain through the Black Death, the Enclosures, the Reformation, the rise of Capitalism and the sado-masochism of the Victorian non-conformists to the present day. It should remind us all of our rich past and the gastronomic importance of the cuisine of these islands.

British Food : An Extraordinary Thousand Years of History

History

World

Grub Street

This important award-winning book is a breath-taking attempt to trace the changes to and influences on food in Britain from the Black Death, through the Enclosures, the Reformation, the Industrial Revolution, the rise of Capitalism to the present day. There has been a recent wave of interest in food culture and history and Colin Spencer's masterful, readable account of our culinary history is a celebrated contribution to the genre. There has never been such an exciting, broad-scoped history of the food of these islands. It should remind us all of our rich past and the gastronomic importance of British cuisine.

Regional & International

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