page_title: Jane Grigson
section_title: Style, reputation and legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Jane Grigson / Style, reputation and legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: The New Fish Market of Amsterdam, by Emanuel de Witte
context_page_description: Jane Grigson was an English cookery writer. In the latter part of the 20th century she was the author of the food column for The Observer and wrote numerous books about European cuisines and traditional British dishes. Her work proved influential in promoting British food.
  Born in Gloucestershire, Grigson was raised in Sunderland, North East England before studying at Newnham College, Cambridge. In 1953 she became an editorial assistant at the publishing company Rainbird, McLean, where she was the research assistant for the poet and writer Geoffrey Grigson. They soon began a relationship which lasted until his death in 1985; they had one daughter, Sophie. Jane worked as a translator of Italian works, and co-wrote books with her husband before writing Charcuterie and French Pork Cookery in 1967. The book was well received and, on its strength, Grigson gained her position at The Observer after a recommendation by the food writer Elizabeth David.
caption: De Nieuwe Vismarkt te Amsterdam, by Emanuel de Witte; a section of the painting was depicted on the cover of the Penguin edition of Fish Cookery (1994)
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