Ernestine Carter, the American
editor of Harper’s Bazaar, who by
mischance had got her hands on
the typescript. Who does she think
she is, demanded Mrs Carter of a
colleague, does she expect us all to
read French? I felt it had been like
saying pas devants les
domestiques. All the same, I left
those French gousses d’ail and filets
d’anchois. John Lehmann didn’t
object to them so why should I
translate them for Mrs Carter?
They are still there, French and all,
on page 77.
In May 1950 Mediterranean Food
was published. The price was 10s.