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Good Food

The Life of Patience Gray

It’s very likely you’ve never heard of Patience Gray, the food writer who wrote the 1986 book “ Honey from a Weed .” But if you were a cook during that period who spent time in the Mediterranean, her influence was inescapable. “Fasting and Feasting” is Adam Federman ’s new biography of Gray’s life and work.

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By Evan Kleiman • Oct 27, 2017 • 1 min read

It’s very likely you’ve never heard of Patience Gray, the food writer who wrote the 1986 book “Honey from a Weed.” But if you were a cook during that period who spent time in the Mediterranean, her influence was inescapable. “Fasting and Feasting” is Adam Federman’s new biography of Gray’s life and work.

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