{"product_id":"ill-try-anything-once-my-life-on-a-plate-paperback","title":"I'll Try Anything Once: My Life on a Plate - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePrue Leith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOriginally published as \u003ci\u003eRelish\u003c\/i\u003e, a fully revised and updated edition of the eye-opening story of one woman's incredible appetite for life: Dame Prue Leith, judge of hit show GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF, tells all from childhood in South Africa to becoming a DBE.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"What a terrific tale it is - of a South African girl who could stand the heat and made the kitchen into a remarkable career.\" -\u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Prue Leith describes herself as greedy in all senses of the word. Cook, caterer, restaurateur, food writer, journalist, novelist, businesswoman, teacher, television presenter, charity worker, lover, wife and mother, she has certainly lived life to the full. Prue came to London in the early 1960s and, not long afterwards, opened Leith's Restaurant. By the mid-seventies she was a food columnist on the \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, had published several cookbooks and opened Leith's School of Food and Wine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But it wasn't all work. Prue writes with honesty of her love life, her longing for children, the birth of her son, the adoption of her daughter and much else besides. In this fully revised and updated edition she tells of how she met, fell in love with and married John Playfair as well as her exciting role as a judge on Great British Bake Off, now a hit show in the United States as well as the UK. Prue's down-to-earth attitude to life and her remarkable energy are an inspiration to women readers everywhere.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a cook, restaurateur, food writer and business woman, Prue Leith has played a key role in the revolution of Britain's eating habits since the 1960s. She is a judge on Channel 4's \u003ci\u003eGreat British Bake Off. \u003c\/i\u003eShe is the author of many cookery books as well as several novels and an autobiography, recently updated and reissued under the title \u003ci\u003eLet Me Eat Cake\u003c\/i\u003e. All Prue's fiction and her memoir are in print with Quercus. She is married to John Playfair and lives in Oxfordshre. Follow her on on Twitter @PrueLeith\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 560\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.2 x 7.4 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765876818208,"sku":"9781529426083","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0d3fb67f3ca12c3aee1fc009a3352c25.webp?v=1780282166","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/ill-try-anything-once-my-life-on-a-plate-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}