About Richard Whittington
Lived 1948 – 2011 (aged 62–63). Richard Whittington was a writer.
Richard Whittington (12 February 1948 – 3 January 2011), was a British food writer.
Early life Whittington was born on 12 February 1948, in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, to Jeffery and Florence Whittington, the youngest of four children. He attended Essex University for a year, studying American literature, but left to begin a career in journalism.
Personal life In 1969, he met and married Jane Eckersley.
Publications With Alastair Little. Food of the Sun. 1995. With Alastair Little Quaglino's 1996, Overlook Press. With Martin Webb The (Daily Mail) Modern British Cookbook. 1998. With Alastair Little
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British food writer (1948–2011)
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