Rose Elliot
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Rose Elliot MBE
is a British
vegetarian cookery writer. She has written 55 books on vegetarian cookery, which have sold three million copies all round the world. Her first book, Simply Delicious, was published in 1967. Her latest cookery book, Rose Elliot's Vegetarian Supercook was published by Hamlyn in 2006.
Her grandmother Grace Cooke was the founder of the spiritualist group White Eagle Lodge. As a member of the family, and vegetarian from the age of three, Rose began cooking vegetarian food at the White Eagle Lodge Retreat Centre "New Lands". She enthusiastically rose to the challenge and created new recipes. Her food was so popular that her recipes were much in demand. This led to her producing a small booklet for the White Eagle Lodge charity. A few publicity copies went out, including to The Times. Rave reviews led to orders from bookshops, launching her career as a cookery writer. Her books are characterized by a chatty style and anecdotes about her experiments in cookery with her family.
Inspired by her late mother Joan Hodgson, Rose became interested in astrology
at 13, dedicating her book Life Cycles to her. For 5 years she also wrote "a weekly astrological column for British magazines including Woman’s Realm, Here’s Health and She. With her husband, Robert, she developed a computer based service "Rose Elliot Horoscopes". Rose Elliot was awarded the diploma of the Faculty of Astrological Studies (DFAstrolS) and joined the Astrological Association when she was 19, and in 2005 she became a Fellow of The Association of Professional Astrologers International (APAI). Her Life Cycles was completely revised and published by Polair Publishing in November 2008.
Rose is patron of the Vegetarian Society
, VIVA (Vegetarian International Voice for Animals) and The Vegetarian and Vegan Foundation
. She also supports Compassion In World Farming
, and OXFAM
for whom she has written three best-selling books to raise funds.
In 1999 she was awarded the MBE
for services to vegetarian cookery. She lives in Hampshire and in London, and is a member of MENSA
MBE
MBE can stand for:* Mail Boxes Etc.* Management by exception* Master of Bioethics* Master of Bioscience Enterprise* Master of Business Engineering* Master of Business Economics* Mean Biased Error...
is a British
United Kingdom
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vegetarian cookery writer. She has written 55 books on vegetarian cookery, which have sold three million copies all round the world. Her first book, Simply Delicious, was published in 1967. Her latest cookery book, Rose Elliot's Vegetarian Supercook was published by Hamlyn in 2006.
Career
At the age of three, she made the connection between fish to eat and the living creatures themselves and decided to become a vegetarian.Her grandmother Grace Cooke was the founder of the spiritualist group White Eagle Lodge. As a member of the family, and vegetarian from the age of three, Rose began cooking vegetarian food at the White Eagle Lodge Retreat Centre "New Lands". She enthusiastically rose to the challenge and created new recipes. Her food was so popular that her recipes were much in demand. This led to her producing a small booklet for the White Eagle Lodge charity. A few publicity copies went out, including to The Times. Rave reviews led to orders from bookshops, launching her career as a cookery writer. Her books are characterized by a chatty style and anecdotes about her experiments in cookery with her family.
Inspired by her late mother Joan Hodgson, Rose became interested in astrology
Astrology
Astrology consists of a number of belief systems which hold that there is a relationship between astronomical phenomena and events in the human world...
at 13, dedicating her book Life Cycles to her. For 5 years she also wrote "a weekly astrological column for British magazines including Woman’s Realm, Here’s Health and She. With her husband, Robert, she developed a computer based service "Rose Elliot Horoscopes". Rose Elliot was awarded the diploma of the Faculty of Astrological Studies (DFAstrolS) and joined the Astrological Association when she was 19, and in 2005 she became a Fellow of The Association of Professional Astrologers International (APAI). Her Life Cycles was completely revised and published by Polair Publishing in November 2008.
Rose is patron of the Vegetarian Society
Vegetarian Society
The Vegetarian Society is a British registered charity established on 30 September 1847 to "support, represent and increase the number of vegetarians in the UK."-History:...
, VIVA (Vegetarian International Voice for Animals) and The Vegetarian and Vegan Foundation
The Vegetarian and Vegan Foundation
VVF, or, the Vegetarian' and Vegan Foundation, founded by Juliet Gellatley , is a science-based health and nutrition charity. VVF monitors and interprets the growing body of research linking diet and health...
. She also supports Compassion In World Farming
Compassion In World Farming
Compassion in World Farming is a campaigning and lobbying animal welfare organisation, with headquarters in the UK, branches in eight European countries and international representatives in China, Australia and South Africa...
, and OXFAM
Oxfam
Oxfam is an international confederation of 15 organizations working in 98 countries worldwide to find lasting solutions to poverty and related injustice around the world. In all Oxfam’s actions, the ultimate goal is to enable people to exercise their rights and manage their own lives...
for whom she has written three best-selling books to raise funds.
In 1999 she was awarded the MBE
MBE
MBE can stand for:* Mail Boxes Etc.* Management by exception* Master of Bioethics* Master of Bioscience Enterprise* Master of Business Engineering* Master of Business Economics* Mean Biased Error...
for services to vegetarian cookery. She lives in Hampshire and in London, and is a member of MENSA
Mensa International
Mensa is the largest and oldest high-IQ society in the world. It is a non-profit organization open to people who score at the 98th percentile or higher on a standardised, supervised IQ or other approved intelligence test...