Oh my that illustration took me back, Bryan. As Gary may have told you, we chatted about our mutual acquaintance with Jean and Jack. I knew them back in the early eighties and spent many afternoons, up the hill at that old mansion! (Jean first introduced me to eating Gouda /Edam cheese on a fresh, sweet hot cross bun which I enjoy to this day!) She also helped us with our first Borzois - one was called Yusoff and may have been a Sirhan relative from her own dogs, with those trademark white eyebrows. He was so lovely but died very young, still a puppy, from a congenital defect.
Jack was quite a character and would often alarm me by conversationally asking if I wanted to talk about sex? (Always a reliable ice breaker for a party, lol!) Thanks for this - it's hard to find that Julia Child book now without paying an absolute mint, incidentally!
Sue, I sincerely appreciate your comments. I am glad that I still have that illustration after all these years. I will have to go to the London Room and see if I can find a photograph of the Rundle Estate. I really appreciate you alerting me to my error. Yikes! Thankfully. I no longer beat myself up when I do something so obviously negligent. I am always on the lookout for copies of Mastering the Art of French Cooking in secondhand bookshops. Now I hope I am not posting this twice as my first reply seems to have disappeared.
The Romance of Borzoi Hill!
The romance continues on Blackfriars.
Oh my that illustration took me back, Bryan. As Gary may have told you, we chatted about our mutual acquaintance with Jean and Jack. I knew them back in the early eighties and spent many afternoons, up the hill at that old mansion! (Jean first introduced me to eating Gouda /Edam cheese on a fresh, sweet hot cross bun which I enjoy to this day!) She also helped us with our first Borzois - one was called Yusoff and may have been a Sirhan relative from her own dogs, with those trademark white eyebrows. He was so lovely but died very young, still a puppy, from a congenital defect.
Jack was quite a character and would often alarm me by conversationally asking if I wanted to talk about sex? (Always a reliable ice breaker for a party, lol!) Thanks for this - it's hard to find that Julia Child book now without paying an absolute mint, incidentally!
Sue, I sincerely appreciate your comments. I am glad that I still have that illustration after all these years. I will have to go to the London Room and see if I can find a photograph of the Rundle Estate. I really appreciate you alerting me to my error. Yikes! Thankfully. I no longer beat myself up when I do something so obviously negligent. I am always on the lookout for copies of Mastering the Art of French Cooking in secondhand bookshops. Now I hope I am not posting this twice as my first reply seems to have disappeared.