Research Catalog

Title

Hudson & Halls : the food of love / Joanne Drayton.

Author

Drayton, Joanne,

Publication

Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago, 2018.

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Details

Description

292 pages : illustrations (some color); 24 cm

Summary

"Hudson & Halls: The food of love is more than just a love story, though a love story it certainly is. It is a tale of two television chefs who helped change the bedrock bad attitudes of a nation in the 1970s and 80s to that unspoken thing - homosexuality. Peter Hudson and David Halls became reluctant role models for a `don't ask, don't tell' generation of gay men and women who lived by omission. They were also captains of a culinary revolution that saw the overthrow of Aunty Daisy and Betty Crocker and the beginnings of Pacific-rich, Asian-styled international cuisine. Their drinking, bitching and bickering on screen, their spontaneous unchoreographed movements across the stage that left cameras and startled production staff exposed broke taboos and melted formalities. They captivated an unlikely bunch of viewers, from middle-aged matrons to bush-shirted blokes. Hudson and Halls were pioneers of celebrity television who rocketed to stardom on untrained talent and a dream" -- Title page verso.

Alternative Title

Hudson and Hall

Subjects

• Cooks
• Celebrity chefs
• Halls, David, 1936-1993
• New Zealand
• Hudson, Peter, 1931-1992
• Cooking, New Zealand
• Cooks > New Zealand > Biography
• Celebrity chefs > New Zealand > Biography
• Biographies
• Biography

Genre/Form

• Biographies.
• Biography.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-284) and index.

Contents

Preface -- 1. Prologue: 1992 (Sweet avocado pie) -- 2. David's youth: 1936-59 (Stuffed squid) -- 3. Peter's youth & a visit to New Zealand: 1931-62 (Frosted cheese mould) -- 4. Shoes, ships & Stonewall: 1962-70 (Rolled, stuffed chicken breasts) -- 5. Julius Garfinkel & Quagg's: 1971-74 (Venetian liver) -- 6. Speakeasy & the birth of Hudson and Halls: 1974-76 (Crisp fried fish with lemon sauce) -- 7. Hudson and Halls & an oyster and fish restaurant: 1976-79 (Crèpe cake) -- 8. Cooks, farmers & entertainers: 1980-82 (Fruit flans) -- 9. Ratings, rejections & the BBC: 1983-87 (Double chocolate cake) -- 10. London & beginnings, middles and ends: 1988-92 -- 11. Denouement: 1993 (Christmas pudding [Fr. John and Stuart]) -- 12. Postscript: 2001-17.

ISBN

• 1988531268
• 9781988531267

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library