Margaret Costa
Costa [née Murphy], Margaret Mary (1917–1999), restaurateur and writer on cookery
About Margaret Costa
Lived 1917 – 1999 (aged 81–82). Margaret Costa was a cookbook writer and writer.
Margaret Mary Costa (30 August 1917 – 1 August 1999) was a British food writer and restaurateur, and an early contributor to the Good Food Guide. Her 1970s Four Seasons Cookery Book influenced subsequent food writers and remains in print.
Early life Costa was born Margaret Mary Murphy on 30 August 1917 in Umtali, where her father worked for the then Southern Rhodesian government. The family moved to England in 1932. Her columns for the Farmer's Home magazine were collected and published as A Country Cook in 1960.
Selected works A Country Cook (1960) Four Seasons Cookery Book (1970)
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Costa [née Murphy], Margaret Mary (1917–1999), restaurateur and writer on cookery
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Margaret Costa died in 1999.
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Margaret Costa was a cookbook writer and writer.
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