Long acknowledged as the inspiration for such modern masters as Julia Child and Claudia Roden, A Book of Mediterranean Food is Elizabeth David's passionate mixture of recipes, culinary lore, and frank talk. In bleak postwar Great Britain, when basics were rationed and fresh food a fantasy, David set about to cheer herself—and her audience—up with dishes from the south of France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, and the Middle East. Some are sumptuous, many are simple, most are sublime.

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White wine can benefit from decanting and breathing as much as red: the better the wine the bigger the benefit. The tapered neckline of this supremely elegant design reflects the shape of a hock bottle and is based on a classic design used in Madeira in the 1850s.

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We love how these chic collapsible vases are packaged— totally flat—in an envelope not much larger than a #10. It's easy to think of dozens of occasions when you want to take someone flowers without bothering with a glass container: flowers for the teacher, a friend in the hospital, as a hostess gift, and even on the patio table. Set of two vases, red stripes on clear and black stripes on clear.

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For the great English food writer Elizabeth David, summer fare means neither tepid nor timid. Her stress is always on fresh, seasonal food— recipes that can be quickly prepared and slowly savored, from Gnocchi alla Genovese ("simply an excuse for eating pesto") to La Poule au Pot to Gooseberry Fool. Divided into such sections as Soup, Poultry and Game, Vegetables, and Dessert, her 1955 classic includes an overview of herbs as well as chapters on impromptu cooking for holidays and picnics.

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