Ten Poems about Puddings
With an Introduction by Nigel Slater

It was in 1719 that the French cook Henri Misson, pronounced, “Blessed be he who invented puddings”.

Ten Poems about Puddings sings the praises of puddings large and small, hot and cold, sweet and savoury. Gooseberries are picked, apples peeled and currants weighed out carefully in the service of puddings and poetry.

Poets – including John Agard, Imtiaz Dharker and Julie O’Callaghan - have a lot to say on the subject of puddings. Moreover, as leading food writer Nigel Slater says in the Introduction, the potential power of a good pudding to save the world should not be under-estimated – “I sometimes wonder if it might actually stop a war. It might be worth a try.”

Ten Poems about Puddings is a must for all pudding lovers. By the time you have reached the last page, we hope that you will be unsure whether you have just eaten ten poems or read ten puddings. Either way, bon appétit!

Greedy Jane
‘Pudding and pie’
Said Jane: ‘O my!’
‘Which would you rather?’
Said her father.
‘Both,’ cried Jane,
Quite bold and plain.

Anon

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Contents

John Agard, 'Forever Afters'
Cathy Grindrod, 'How to make Apple Crumble'
Amy Levy, 'At a Dinner Party'
Grevel Lindop, 'Summer Pudding'
Alexander Hutchison, 'Surprise, Surprise'
Julie O'Callaghan, 'Preamble'
Imtiaz Dharker, 'How to cut a pomegranate'
Anon, 'O for a roly-poly Mother used to make...'
Anon, 'Pease Pudding'
Anon, 'The Christmas Pudding