Here’s some exciting information for those of you attending our Annual Council Meeting at the Hall for Cornwall on Wednesday 26 October!
Our afternoon guest speaker, food historian Dr Annie Gray, is going to be speaking to us about Georgina Landemare, Winston Churchill’s cook. This talk is based on Annie’s book Victory in the Kitchen: The Life of Churchill’s Cook.
Engaging … appeals to three national obsessions: the preparation and presentation of food; the lost world of great households, above and below stairs; and the private life of a national hero, Churchill
– The Times‘Zingy, fresh, and unexpected: Annie Gray, the queen of food historians, finds her perfect subject. A book to devour.’
– Lucy Worsley
We are very lucky that Annie has agreed to sign copies of her book at the end of our Annual Council Meeting. Books will be available to purchase, courtesy of Waterstone’s. You can meet Annie and have your book signed in the cafe on the Lemon Quay side of the Hall for Cornwall immediately after our meeting.
The deadline for booking tickets to the Annual Council meeting has passed, but there is plenty of space in the Hall for Cornwall, so please contact the office if you’d like to book your ticket: 01872 272843 or cfwi@btconnect.com