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68-660: Graham Kerr (born 22 January 1934) is an English cooking personality who is best known for his television cooking show The Galloping Gourmet, which aired from 30 December 1968 to 14 September 1972. Kerr was born in Brondesbury , London. His Scottish parents, Major John Douglas Kerr and his wife were hoteliers at Dorset Arms Pub and Inn in East Grinstead West Sussex , England , then, at Alexandra Hotel, 32, 33 & 34 Eversfield Place, St Leonards-on-Sea , Borough of Hastings , East Sussex , England. As

136-511: A muffin tin –like MEV baking pan was not successful. (While it was generally intended to be vegetarian, Kerr did incorporate meats into some MEV recipes in later books.) From 1996 to 2000, Kerr was also the editor-at-large for Cooking Light magazine. Since the late 1990s, Graham Kerr appeared in a series of radio and television features for the 5 A Day programme of the National Cancer Institute, called Do Yourself

204-406: A 1967 book he co-authored with wine expert Len Evans . The nickname was the result of a 35-day worldwide trek to the finest restaurants around the globe. The show was taped in front of a live audience. The title was echoed in the opening of each episode, where Kerr entered the stage area by running in and leaping over a chair in the dining room set (a stunt conceived by Treena). Many episodes featured

272-600: A Flavor , emphasizing the use of fruits and vegetables in recipes. Kerr's earlier series, including The Galloping Gourmet , has aired in the U.S. on Food Network and Cooking Channel . He has worked with Bastyr University and many businesses looking for innovation, better health and good taste. In 1997–98, Kerr recorded a series The Gathering Place in Toronto. A total of 130 one-hour episodes were recorded. The series featured guests who were prominent authorities in various health fields. Kerr included videos shot on location on

340-693: A Pub and Inn called The Woolpack . They had three children together: Tessa (born 1956), Andrew (born 1960), and Kareena (born 1968). Treena Kerr died on 17 September 2015, five days before their 60th wedding anniversary. Kerr resided in Mount Vernon, Washington , for several years. He moved to a retirement home in Warm Beach, Washington , in 2015, and tours the area. Kerr remarried in 2024. In addition, seven volumes of Television Cookbooks , featuring recipes from The Galloping Gourmet series, were published from 1969 to 1971 by Fremantle International ,

408-471: A Willesden yeoman, in reversion in 1566. In the first decade of the 17th century Young's widow and his daughter lived here. In 1615 the latter, Christian's estranged husband, Henry Shugborow, brought an action for possession against the executors, who had re-entered because the rent had not been paid and it had been sublet to one Marsh, 'an ancient tenant'. The estate was leased for lives in 1638 to Edward Roberts but Ralph Marsh, who in 1649 bought Brondesbury from

476-957: A chapelry in Willesden parish, Middlesex; formed in 1866. Pop. , 400. Living , a rectory. Christ Church, Willesden Lane, Brondesbury. Dist[rict] formed 1867 from St. Mary's under Dr. Charles W. Williams (d. 1889) and financed by his sisters. Declared a rectory...1868. Williams, patron and first rector, succeeded by son, Charles D. Williams 1889-1913. Patronage sold to parish c. 1930 and transferred to Lord Chancellor c. 1957. United with St. Lawrence's 1971. One asst. curate by 1896, two by 1926. High Church. Attendance 1903: 300 a.m.; 447 p.m [Sundays]. Limestone...in 13th century style by C. R. B. King: chancel, north tower and spire, nave, N. aisle, N. transept, and NW. porch 1866, S. aisle and S. transept 1899, choir vestry 1909. Damaged by land mine 1940, restored 1948. Missions: St. Lawrence ( q.v. ); Poplars Ave. c. 1918; Avenue Close 1903-39. The Catholic church has

544-583: A glass of wine to his lips (which he referred to as a "Short Slurp") as a cue to the director to cut to commercials, then would bring it back up to his lips right before the show came back on. This gave the impression to some viewers that he was drinking heavily during the taping. In reality he drank very little. In an ongoing feature of the show, Kerr would make his way into the audience as the closing credits began and select an audience member (usually female) whom he would invite onstage with him to enjoy whatever dish he had just prepared. Another recurring feature at

612-475: A long-running NBC radio variety programme. Some near-tragedies caused Kerr to suspend his television career, thus ending the show. In April 1971, Kerr and his wife Treena were involved in a car crash in California. As a result of the accident, he suffered a dislocated spine and a weakened left arm. As therapy, Kerr wore a 1 lb (0.45 kg) bracelet to strengthen the weakened arm. In January 1972, Treena

680-574: A lucrative offer from Fremantle of Canada. Although his management contract with Miller still had several years to run, Kerr and Miller agreed to a negotiated buy-out; the two parted ways amicably, and remained good friends. Kerr's new series for Fremantle, The Galloping Gourmet (30 December 1968–September 14, 1972) was named for his onscreen persona. It was recorded in Ottawa at CJOH-TV and produced by his wife Treena Kerr. The origin of his Galloping Gourmet persona stemmed from The Galloping Gourmets ,

748-572: A newly-built complex known as the Union Carbide Corporate Center . 270 Park Avenue later became the headquarters of JPMorgan Chase . The building was demolished and replaced with a new 1,200-foot-tall (370 m) tower serving as the consolidated headquarters for JPMorgan Chase. At 700 feet (210 m) tall, the Union Carbide Building was the tallest building in the world ever voluntarily demolished at

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816-442: A possible 'runaway reaction'. Around midnight on 3 December 1984, gas was accidentally released from the plant, exposing more than 500,000 people to MIC and other chemicals. The Government of Madhya Pradesh confirmed a total of 16,000 deaths related to the gas release. It left an estimated 40,000 individuals permanently disabled, maimed, or suffering from serious illness, making it the world's worst industrial disaster . Following

884-551: A prerecorded segment with Kerr in a part of the world wherein that episode's dish originated. The series was known for its lighthearted humour, tomfoolery, and the copious use of clarified butter , cream, and fat. A famous line of Kerr's on the show was his response to someone's criticism of his cooking: "Madam, you could go outside and get run over by a bus, and just think what you would have missed!" He also liberally featured wine, serving it with most meals, using it in his dishes, and waxing poetic about its virtues. He would also raise

952-700: A regular cooking show on Channel 10, also called Entertaining with Kerr , as part of the TEN Network , Australia's recently established third commercial television outlet. Although Kerr's initial fee was modest, Miller wisely balanced that against the value of the exposure, certain that Kerr would make an impact. The show quickly became a huge national success, leading to daily radio spots, newspaper and magazine columns, personal appearances, and lucrative product endorsements. Miller also cited winemaker and critic Len Evans as being especially helpful to Kerr in these early days. Miller soon scored another coup when he signed

1020-739: A result, much of his childhood was spent among European chefs. On the pronunciation of his family name, Kerr wrote in The Graham Kerr Cookbook that "my name is pronounced ‘care’ — not ‘cur’ , as in the case of Bill Kerr and not ‘car’ , as in the case of Deborah Kerr ,” respectively. As a youth, he attended Michael Hall School , a Waldorf school at Kidbrooke Park in Forest Row, East Sussex . In 1945, Kerr met Treena Van Doorne, later, his wife, at Michael Hall School Although he dropped out of school at age 14 and began training in kitchens, he returned years later and attended

1088-612: A valve failure after a buildup of pressure in a storage tank containing 500 pounds of the chemical. A company spokesman insisted that the aldicarb oxime leak "never was a threat to the community." Union Carbide's operations in Australia commenced in 1957, when it purchased the plant of the Australian-owned company Timbrol Ltd. The Timbrol factory was on the shore of Homebush Bay in the Sydney suburb of Rhodes . Homebush Bay

1156-726: A worldwide voyage aboard the ship Queen Elizabeth 2 ( QE2 ). Kerr's autobiography Flash of Silver...the leap that changed my world was published in 2015. In 1965, Kerr was awarded the gold medal at the Culinary Olympics in Frankfurt, Germany, for The Graham Kerr Cookbook by the Galloping Gourmet . In 2003, he received an honorary doctorate for culinary arts and nutrition from Johnson & Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island. Also in 2003, Kerr

1224-555: Is an area in the London Borough of Brent , in north London . The area is traditionally part of the Ancient Parish and subsequent Municipal Borough of Willesden , one of the areas that merged to form the modern borough of Brent. Brondesbury railway station lies 4.1 miles north-west of Charing Cross , and its proximity to the originally Roman A5 road (the borough's eastern boundary) sometimes leads to addresses on

1292-465: Is normally produced using a base chemical, methyl isocyanate (MIC). Initially this plant imported MIC, but in 1979 the company decided to manufacture the ingredients on their own. They built a MIC unit within the Bhopal plant. This plant was located next to a very densely populated neighborhood, and heavily trafficked railway station. Locating it near this densely populated area was a direct violation of

1360-583: Is on the Parramatta River which flows into Sydney Harbour . Tibrol produced phenol , the insecticides chlorobenzene / chlorophenol / DDT , and the herbicides 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T . Union Carbide continued the production of the 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T until 1976 and chlorobenzene/chlorophenol/DDT until 1983. Union Carbide also commenced the production of bisphenol A in 1960 and phenol formaldehyde resins in 1964. Union Carbide reclaimed land on neighboring properties by depositing spent lime and ash into

1428-594: The Cold War , the company was active in the field of rocket propulsion research and development for aerospace and guided missile applications, particularly in the field of chemicals and plastics, solid rocket motors , and storable liquid fuels . R&D and engineering were conducted at the Technical Center in South Charleston, West Virginia . The Aerospace Materials Department was part of

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1496-715: The Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation , from a merger with National Carbon Company , the company's researchers developed an economical way to make ethylene from natural gas liquids, such as ethane and propane , giving birth to the modern petrochemical industry . The company divested consumer products businesses Eveready and Energizer batteries, Glad bags and wraps, Simoniz car wax and Prestone antifreeze . The company divested other businesses before being acquired by Dow including electronic chemicals, polyurethane intermediates, industrial gases (Linde) and carbon products. The Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation

1564-617: The 1975 Bhopal Development Plan. This development plan posed that hazardous industries such as the MIC plant be located in a different part of the city that was further away, and downwind, from more densely populated areas. According to one of the authors of the Bhopal Development Plan, "Union Carbide India Limited's" initial application for a permit was rejected, yet the company was able to gain approval from centralized governing authorities. In 1982, Carbide's auditors had warned of

1632-637: The 1990–91 season, followed by a run on the Discovery Channel . From 1992 to 1995, Kerr starred on the PBS show Graham Kerr's Kitchen , which again embraced the low-fat, "minimax" approach. Minimax also led to three successful cookbooks: Graham Kerr's Smart Cooking , Graham Kerr's Minimax Cookbook , and Graham Kerr's Creative Choices (A Minimax Book) along with corresponding series on public television: Graham Kerr's Kitchen , Graham Kerr's Swiftly Seasoned , and The Best of Graham Kerr . Graham Kerr

1700-505: The Bhopal disaster, a faulty valve at the UC plant in Institute, West Virginia caused a large cloud of gas that injured six employees and caused almost 200 nearby residents to seek medical treatment for respiratory and skin irritation. Union Carbide blamed the leak of aldicarb oxime (made from MIC but does not contain any MIC itself), the main ingredient in the popular farm pesticide Temik , on

1768-638: The Church of the Transfiguration where the district traditionally is considered Kensal Rise . A late 20th century addition is the Christ Apostolic Church (Mount Joy) which is an Aladura church, the major family of churches in western Nigeria. Giles, Giles & Fripp, the forerunner to the band King Crimson , at its most successful in 1969–1974, named an album The Brondesbury Tapes . Union Carbide Founded in 1917 as

1836-555: The accident was an act of sabotage by a plant worker. The plant site has not yet been cleaned up. Hazardous chemicals can still be found in the now abandoned site. Warren Anderson , CEO at the time of the disaster, refused to answer to homicide charges and remained a fugitive from India's courts. The U.S. denied several extradition requests. Anderson died on 29 September 2014 in Florida. Seven UCC employees were convicted of criminal negligence in 2010 and fined $ 2,000 each. The year after

1904-663: The adjacent marshes in Homebush Bay . This practice, which had been approved by the Maritime Services Board, ceased in 1970. Union Carbide ceased operations in Australia in 1985. In 1987, the New South Wales Pollution Control Commission ordered Union Carbide to remediate the site. This work, which cost Union Carbide $ 30 million, was conducted between 1988 and 1993. The work involved excavation and encapsulation of

1972-533: The area is Brondesbury Park ward, details of which are below: Narrowly, most of the other half forms the north of Kilburn electoral ward, equivalent details of which are below: Currently as the electoral wards are drawn about 20% of the area is in Queens Park ward. Its relevant statistics are as follows: Willesden parish, which included Durand's estate at Twyford and Harlesden manor, was divided between eight variable, ecclesiastical prebends: East Twyford in

2040-470: The company set up a chemicals division which manufactured ethylene glycol for use as automotive antifreeze . The company continued to acquire related chemical producers, including the Bakelite Corporation in 1939. The company changed its name to "Union Carbide Corporation" in 1957 and was often referred to as Carbide. It operated Oak Ridge National Laboratory from 1947 to 1984. During

2108-570: The company's Carbon Products Division. Ucar batteries was Carbide's industrial and consumer zinc chloride battery business. The business, including Eveready and Energizer alkaline batteries , was sold to Ralston Purina in 1986, following a hostile takeover attempt. After the Bhopal disaster , Union Carbide was the subject of repeated takeover attempts. In order to pay off its debt, Carbide sold many of its most familiar brands such as Glad Trashbags and Eveready Batteries. Dow Chemical announced

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2176-561: The contaminated soil. In 2004, the New South Wales Minister for Planning granted consent for additional remediation of the former Union Carbide site to proceed, including parts of Homebush Bay. Approximately 900,000 tons of soil were excavated from the site, 190,000 tons of soil from the adjacent Allied Feeds site, and approximately 50,000 tons of sediment from the bay. Remediation of the Allied Feeds Site

2244-402: The early 1960s, Union Carbide Corporation began mining a newly identified outcrop of chrysotile asbestos fibers near King City and New Idria, California . These fibers were sold under the brand name "Calidria", a combination of "Cal" and "Idria", and sold in large quantities for a wide variety of purposes, including additives for joint compound or drywall accessory products. Union Carbide sold

2312-469: The east end. In 1789 Humphry Repton landscaped roughly 10-acre (4.0 ha) of demesne grounds and William Wilkins supplied drawings for a Gothic seat. In his 'Red Book' Repton commented favourably on the hilltop site and enhanced the view towards London. The house and 23 acres, increased by 1834 to 53 acres, was occupied by Sir Coutts Trotter, Bt. (1804–36), Lady Trotter (1836–40), Lady (Elizabeth) Salusbury (1840-3), and Charles Hambro (1843-9). The house

2380-541: The eastern, Camden , side of the road to also be informally described as part of Brondesbury. It was a rural area until several decades after the coming of the railway in the Victorian era. Housing began to be built in earnest across Brondesbury in the late 1860s to 1890s and it became desirable enough to retain a suburban layout and most of the associated original wave of house building. It has long had British, Irish, Jewish, black and South Asian communities. Brondesbury

2448-534: The elite of the food world of the time, including influential food writer Michael Field , who called Kerr "the Liberace of the food world," and James Beard , who wrote that Kerr "has very little respect for food." The show was dubbed in French and aired on Télévision de Radio-Canada starting 6 September 1971, under the title Le Gourmet farfelu . From 1969 to 1972 Kerr also made guest appearances on Monitor ,

2516-413: The end of each show would be a close-up of Kerr as he sampled the dish he had just cooked. To "oohs and ahs" from the audience, he would pull a face as though he was in ecstasy from tasting his latest creation. The Galloping Gourmet was a hit, and earned two Emmy Award nominations. During its run, Kerr became a worldwide sensation and wrote an abundance of cookbooks. However, he was pilloried by many of

2584-427: The huge potential of the new product, Miller cannily negotiated for a multiyear contract in which Kerr was to receive a royalty of about 0.5c on every unit sold instead of a flat fee. To Miller's astonishment, however, Kerr was unimpressed by Glad Wrap, and despite Miller's strenuous effort to demonstrate its enormous usefulness, Kerr remained unconvinced. Miller and Kerr parted ways in the late-1960s after Kerr received

2652-522: The incident, organizations representing the victims in Bhopal filed a U.S. $ 10 billion injury claim against Union Carbide. Additionally, the Government of India filed its own $ 3.3 billion claim against the company. Union Carbide's response was an offer in the range of $ 300-$ 350 million. In 1989 the company paid $ 470 million to the Indian government as a final settlement. Broken down, the total cost of

2720-941: The independent school Brighton Technical College and South Devon College in Devon . Kerr became trainee manager at the Roebuck Hotel in Forest Row , East Sussex, England, when he was 15 years old. After five years in the British Army, rising to catering adviser, he became general manager of the Royal Ascot Hotel. Kerr moved to New Zealand in 1958, becoming chief catering adviser for the Royal New Zealand Air Force . He moved into television in New Zealand when being recruited by TVNZ producer Shirley Maddock . In 1959, he began hosting

2788-425: The mine to its employees under the name KCAC ("King City Asbestos Mine") in the 1980s, but it only operated for a few more years. Union Carbide India Limited , owned by Union Carbide (50.9%) and Indian investors (49.1%), operated a pesticide plant in Bhopal , the capital of Madhya Pradesh . This plant was opened in 1969. The pesticides and herbicides they produced were created from a insecticide carbaryl , which

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2856-483: The multinational food company Nestlé as Kerr's first major sponsor. At some point, Kerr's television ratings took a dive, and the series was cancelled. However, his radio show continued. On the recommendation of the wife of a board member, who listened to Kerr's radio show, the Australian Dairy Board signed Kerr to what Miller described as an endorsement contract "of staggering proportions," and Kerr

2924-455: The parliamentary commissioners, seems to have occupied the land. Thomas and Ralph Marsh were described as "of Brands" in 1679 and 1694 respectively. Ralph Marsh (d. 1709) in 1708 received a lease for lives. The estate was heavily mortgaged by the Marshes from 1725 and in 1749 Ralph Marsh sold the lease to John Stace, who obtained a new lease in 1757. Stace sold the lease in 1765 to Joseph Gibson,

2992-483: The purchase of Carbide in 1999 for $ 8.89 billion in stock. The deal was consummated in 2001 and valued at $ 11.6 billion. The Hawks Nest Tunnel disaster took place between 1927 and 1932 in a West Virginia tunnel project led by Union Carbide. During the construction of the tunnel, workers found the mineral silica and were asked to mine it for use in electroprocessing steel. The workers were not given masks or breathing equipment to use while mining, despite best practices at

3060-492: The relationship proved enormously important and financially rewarding to both men. Miller was instrumental in launching Kerr in Australia, and Kerr's breakthrough in turn laid the foundation for Miller's own success as a leading player in the Australian and New Zealand entertainment industry over the next 20 years. In 1964 Kerr moved to Sydney , and through his Australian contacts, Miller was soon able to sign Kerr to present

3128-555: The same time. Kerr returned to television in 1975 with a daily syndicated five-minute series, Take Kerr , which featured a particular recipe for each show. This programme reflected his newfound embrace of both Christianity and healthful eating, with lighter-calorie recipes and Christian elements, including the use of the hymn "This Is the Day the Lord Has Made" as a theme song. The programme lasted four series. One Christian element on

3196-537: The settlement to Union Carbide's expenses was 43 cents per share, an amount criticized by some for its comparison to the annual report post-settlement declaring earnings per share. In that 1988 report, Union Carbide claimed to have had its best year yet, citing a record $ 4.88 earnings per share (this figure included the 43 cents per share charge from the Bhopal settlement). After the settlement, Union Carbide’s parent company divested its entire stake in UCIL. Carbide insists

3264-716: The show's syndicator. Four versions were known to exist—a regular version and three additional versions released in conjunction with KABC-TV in Los Angeles, CBC Television in Canada, and the BBC in Britain. The Fremantle and KABC versions were hardcover, and the CBC and BBC versions, though identical in content, were softcover and GBC –bound, with different covers (with the BBC version under

3332-519: The show, an inclusion of a passage from the Bible in the closing credits, was strongly resisted by one of the stations on which the show aired, and indirectly caused Kerr to lose millions of dollars in potential revenue owing to his unwillingness to compromise. This series was later repeated on CNN during its first year or two. In a 1975 interview publicizing Take Kerr , Kerr renounced the show The Galloping Gourmet , saying that "What I did wasn't art, it

3400-465: The south-west, Neasden in the north-west, Oxgate in the northeast, Harlesden in the centre and south, and Chambers, Brondesbury, Bounds, and Mapesbury in the east. The manor Brondesbury, Brands or Broomsbury almost certainly derived its name from Brand (seen in documents of about 1192 and 1215), sometimes confused with Brownswood in Hornsey of Roger Brun listed as prebendary of Brondesbury. The estate

3468-682: The television show Entertaining with Kerr , in which he appeared dressed in military uniform. His recipes were also delivered on radio and in magazines, and the first edition of a related book, Entertaining with Kerr , was sold out in eight days. During these early years Kerr won a Penguin Award as "Personality of the Year." Shortly after the TVNZ series was launched, promoter Anthony Hollows introduced Kerr to his business partner, rising New Zealand entertainment promoter and artist manager Harry M. Miller . Miller

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3536-480: The time. Due to silica dust exposure, many workers developed silicosis , a debilitating lung disease. According to a marker on site, there were 109 admitted deaths. A congressional hearing placed the death toll at 476, but a book published by epidemiologist Martin Cherniack, and as stated by the U.S. National Park Service, estimated the death toll to be 764, making it America's deadliest industrial disaster. In

3604-431: The title Entertaining with Kerr ). These cookbooks were generally sold by mail order through the television series. In 1972, the cookbooks were re-released with new colour covers and sold in bookshops. This new version was sold by Paperback Library but, despite the publisher's name, the books were hardcover. Brondesbury Brondesbury ( / ˈ b r ɒ n d z b ər i / ), which includes Brondesbury Park ,

3672-429: The undertenant, who obtained a new lease in 1769 and whose widow and son tried to sell the estate in 1778. In 1788 Lady (Sarah) Salusbury purchased the leasehold, and in 1799 she obtained a new lease for lives. Brondesbury thereafter passed through the same ownership as Bounds, Lady Salusbury obtaining possession (all other competing leases rendered inferior) in 1842. A moated house as the manor house existed by 1538. It

3740-799: Was a crime," given the increasing rate of obesity in the United States. He also apologised for two of his trademarks on that show, his wine drinking and his double entendres. He stated that he was trying to convince TV stations to remove reruns of the show from syndication. After his wife Treena's stroke, then heart attack in 1986, Kerr was prompted to create a new style of cooking that he dubbed "Minimax." This new method of food preparation minimized ("Mini-") fat and cholesterol while it maximised ("-max") aroma, colour, texture, and taste. Minimax led to The Graham Kerr Show , originally produced at KING-TV in Seattle and later syndicated to local stations during

3808-456: Was at first diagnosed with lung cancer. That diagnosis turned out to be incorrect; it was later determined she had tuberculosis . Although a part of a lung was removed, she made a full recovery. However, she became addicted to painkillers as well as several other medications. In 1975, Treena became a born-again Christian after being encouraged by an employee; Kerr also became religious at

3876-462: Was at first skeptical of taking Kerr on, having just lost heavily on a disastrous promotion of a folk music concert, but Hollows was insistent, and after seeing Kerr in action, Miller immediately saw his potential. Miller (who was well established across the Tasman Sea as a concert promoter) was confident that he could launch Kerr in Australia. Kerr signed on as Miller's first management client, and

3944-722: Was awarded an Honorary Life Member of the American Dietetic Association . Celebrity chefs Emeril Lagasse and Charlie Trotter , as well as John Williams, the Executive Chef at the Ritz , have all stated that they were fans of The Galloping Gourmet as children. Having first met when they were both around 11 years old, Kerr married Treena Van Doorne, an English actress, on 22 September 1955, at St. Mildred's Church, Tenterden in Kent, where Kerr's parents had

4012-838: Was completed in August 2009, Homebush Bay sediments in August 2010, and the Union Carbide site in March 2011. The cost of the remediation work was $ 35M for the Allied Feeds site, and $ 100 million for Union Carbide site and Homebush Bay sediments. The former Union Carbide headquarters building, at 270 Park Avenue in New York City, was a 52-story modernist office building designed by architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and completed in 1960. The company relocated its headquarters to Danbury, Connecticut in 1983, to

4080-428: Was described in 1649, probably with the remnants of the moat, and was depicted in 1749 as a large, apparently L-shaped building with a central cupola. It appears to have been rebuilt in the third quarter of the 18th century and by the time of Lady (Sarah) Salusbury was a three-storeyed villa with a central canted entrance bay rising the full height of the north front. A lower wing, presumably an addition, ran southward from

4148-561: Was distributed by MTM Enterprises . In 1995, he appeared in Cooking in Concert: Julia Child & Graham Kerr , a PBS TV special with Julia Child . In 1996, Kerr, in his book of that year called Swiftly Seasoned , created the concept of a "Moulded Ethnic Vegetable," a baked combination of starches and vegetables seasoned with flavours characteristic of different ethnic cuisines. The "MEV," as he referred to it in recipes,

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4216-476: Was extended westward and a semicircular bay was added to the south front in the early 19th century. By 1849 the demesne fell to 27 acres and the house, described in 1816 as being commodious yet having 'no regularity of architectural character' and in 1822 as an 'elegant seat', three-storeyed. It continued as a gentleman's residence under Mrs. Howard (1850-3), Henry Vallence (1853-6), Mrs. Geach (1856–61), John Coverdale (1862-7), and Thomas Brandon (1867–76), and in 1877

4284-791: Was formed on November 1, 1917, from the merger of the Union Carbide Company founded in 1898, the National Carbon Company founded in 1886, Linde Air Products Company , a maker of liquid oxygen at Buffalo confiscated from Gesellschaft für Linde's Eismaschinen AG under the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917 , and the Prest-O-Lite company, manufacturer of calcium carbide in Indianapolis . In 1920,

4352-714: Was held by the prebendaries until it was vested in the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in 1840 under the Act of that year. In 1649 the parliamentary commissioners sold it to Ralph Marsh but it reverted at the Restoration (1660). The leasehold interest of Brondesbury was bought with what remained too of Bounds manor in 1856 and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners retained the freehold until the 1950s and 1960s. Forty-year leases were made of Brondesbury to William Peter, gentleman of London, in 1538 and to Thomas Young,

4420-405: Was intended to remedy what he perceived as a lack of focus in vegetarian meals; according to Kerr, while omnivorous cuisine generally has a central focus in a meat dish, vegetarian plates are often little more than collections of side dishes, and the MEV was an attempt to provide a central focus for such meals. The MEV was not a widely successful concept, and a business venture to manufacture and sell

4488-482: Was offered for sale with 52 acres. After remaining empty it was leased as a school, to Margaret Clark (1882–98) and Lucy Soulsby (1898-1915). In 1891 the school added a classroom and dormitory block on the east and later a chapel beyond that. The house continued as a school until 1934 when, described as 'shabby-looking', it was bought by C. W. B. Simmonds, a builder, and was pulled down to make way for Manor Drive. The Imperial Gazetteer of 1870-72 reads: Brondesbury,

4556-453: Was once the location of residence for Black civil rights leader Billy Strachan and his family, who wrote for local newspapers gave weekly political speeches in the area. Brondesbury has two railway stations served by London Overground 's North London Line between Richmond , Highbury & Islington and Stratford . Kilburn tube station on the Jubilee line is about 200 m north from Brondesbury station on Kilburn High Road. Half of

4624-434: Was soon back on national television. In his autobiography, My Story , Miller recounted that "the sweetest contract I offered Graham was one he refused to sign." In the mid-1960s Union Carbide , the manufacturers of Glad Wrap , approached Miller with a lucrative offer for Kerr to become its national endorser. All Kerr had to do was make a few commercials, pose for a few photos, and use the product on his cooking show. Sensing

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