Nanny Ogg's Cookbook: a beautifully illustrated collection of recipes and reflections on life from one of the most famous witches from Sir Terry Pratchett’s bestselling Discworld series

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As described in Maskerade, after knowing her for fifteen minutes, people feel as if they have known her all of their lives. Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. He was awarded a knighthood for services to literature in 2009, although he always wryly maintained that his greatest service to literature was to avoid writing any . One feels at all times the rich array of gags on which the Discworld sits, from the Wee Free Men's murderous banquets to why you should never shake hands with a troll over dinner.

Nanny's grandson, Shane is a sailor and has taught her some 'basic foreign language', mostly made up of mangled words from French and other European languages. On why Wizards don't take wives, she remarks that perhaps women cause their "magic staff to go bendy or something". This isn't an in depth look at the characters and world-building behind the Discworld like the almanacs, or the Science of Discworld series, but it is a fun ditty with one of its most beloved inhabitants. Sometimes you had to trust to experience and intuition and general awareness and take a running jump. The recipes section is prefaced by Nanny Ogg, with a short article headed "Nanny Ogg's Philosophy of Cookery", stating the importance of good common cookery in the modern day and introducing the book as one that focuses mainly on Lancre and Sto Plains cuisine.Nowadays, Nanny's daughters-in-law come in to do her household chores; she bosses them rather nastily, and the trait is considered to be the only unpleasant thing about Nanny. Nanny has written several books, including The Joye of Snacks, Mother Ogg's Tales For Tiny Folk and Nanny Ogg's Cookbook .

While Nanny Ogg's bawdy sense of humor and sexually active past "would seem to contradict her association with the role of Mother", Nuttall points to this as evidence that Nanny "never truly fitted the role of Maiden" and that the character "represents female sexuality as powerful, natural, and something to be celebrated". It should also be noted that Nanny really likes to eat and drink despite only having one remaining tooth (The sight of Nanny Ogg eating a pickled onion supposedly brings tears to the eyes). She has a very cheerful, practical attitude regarding sexuality and frequently offers unsolicited advice and anecdotes. there was probably no combination of vowels that could do justice to the cry Nanny Ogg made on seeing a young baby.he was looking for the Fountain of Youth and the odd thing about this sort of business is that it’s never, ever close to. Carrots so you can see in the dark, she’d explain, and oysters so’s you’ve got something to look at.