Books, Arts & Manners: The Joy of Larders

LIKE all mortals, conservative cooks get miserable from time to time. But we have our own special cure for the blues. All we need is a chair and a larder. Better still a pantry.

In English-English, a larder is a cupboard that is cool, dry, dark, and sealed against mice and flies. Traditionally it was on the north wall of the kitchen; it might have a small exterior window with a mesh grill. A pantry is a walk-in larder, a little storeroom that meets the same conditions.

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Digby Anderson

LIKE all mortals, conservative cooks get miserable from time to time. But we have our own special cure for the blues. All we need is a chair and a larder. Better still a pantry.

In English-English, a larder is a cupboard that is cool, dry, dark, and sealed against mice and flies. Traditionally it was on the north wall of the kitchen; it might have a small exterior window with a mesh grill. A pantry is a walk-in larder, a little storeroom that meets the same conditions.