What a wonderful, inspirational woman she was. I remember reading an article by her when she said the best pleasure for her before the war was tomatoes taken from the vine with a little salt and pepper, with brown bread and butter.
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandst...n-dies-aged-99

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddr...taught-us.html

RIP.

I knew she must be in her late 90s but she really did have a great innings!
Her '1000 favourite recipes' is my go-to book for everyday cooking - its actually quite hard to find a cook-book that reliably covers basic techniques like white sauce, roasting times and day-to-day veg. I used it only yesterday for a parsley sauce.

RIP

I have always been a fan of Marguerite's recipes. I have a lot of her cook books, especially a history of recipes through the decades. A delight to read and sometimes have a good laugh at decades that had questionable taste.

It was one of her cook books I used to learn how to cook, many years ago. It took you from the very basics like boiling an egg through to more complicated things. I used it for many years but unfortunately I lost it three years ago in a move.
I hope she enjoyed her life and died peacefully and didn't suffer in any way.