75 Book Review
and vegan food are popular topics with the likes of Jamie Oliver (VEG) and Nigel Slater (Greenfeast: Autumn, Winter) leading the way. I’m not really a fan of foodie fads and I’m more of
FEAST YOUR EYES A
‘a little bit of everything does you good’ type of girl. However, in search of an ever more sustainable and
s always, there is a plethora of cook books hitting the shelves this autumn. Vegetarian
by Emma Jones
storage. As well as the classics there are ideas for sushi ginger and honey and lemon curd as well spin off ideas for using these humble jams and preserves to transform gravies, sausage rolls and even the classic cucumber sandwich! My final mention is for my favourite food writer –
Diana Henry - and her latest book From The Oven to The Table (published by Mitchell Beazley).
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healthier diet and with a love of fresh veg I can’t resist taking a look at the latest trend. If you’re worried that vegan means bland with
complicated recipes which are just a bit too hard work, I suggest you take a look at Romy Gill’s Zaika: Vegan recipes from India (published by Seven Dials). Romy is a long-time friend of Dartmouth Food Festival and, once again this year, she’ll be up on the Festival stage demonstrating and sharing her foodie passion and knowledge. Zaika stems from her childhood memories in West Bengal with recipes based on the flavours of her homeland and childhood where food was often plant-based with staples of vegetables and lentils. Romy shares her simple, accessible recipes which are filled with punch, spice and flavour. There are breads, samosas, snacks, salads and sides with smokey aubergines, roasted cauliflower with rose harissa, cabbage with fennel and nigella seeds and her ultimate comfort food – Indian Spiced Lentils with rice. Indian pickles leads me smoothly onto the very
British The Book of Preserves by Pam the Jam and published by Bloomsbury. This latest addition to the shelf is written by Pam Corbin - the widely accepted master of everything to do with preserving. This contains 100 tried and tested recipes for jams, jellies, marmalades, chutneys, preserves and pickles combining years of experience and tasting as well as bringing the old-fashioned jam recipes up to date with more fruit and less sugar. This might not be one for the waistline but perfect
if you want to make the most of autumn’s harvest and set to on some homemade presents. The instructions for successful jam making are clear and comprehensive with tips on sterilising, setting and
are simple, imaginative one pan dishes with just a few ingredients which are magically transformed with nothing but the heat of the oven. No fads, no fuss just bags of flavour. This as Nigella Lawson says is “for bung it in the oven cooks everywhere” and I can’t recommend it enough! Now that autumn is firmly upon us, her recipes ooze with warmth and flavour with influences from all over the world. She really is bursting with great ideas from an irresistible chocolate and red wine cake as well a number of ideas for transforming her favourite ingredient – the humble chicken thigh!
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y The Dart’s Motoring correspondent, Nick Fletcher, has just published his latest book, a new crime thriller - Dark Edges, comprising five crime novellas set in Devon and Cornwall. The book features Nick’s journalist-turned- private-eye Max Slater investigating a variety of strange cases including a Torquay-based actress being blackmailed, and a bizarre act of retribution at a lonely spot on Dartmoor. It’s is Nick’s tenth book and the seventh to feature
private eye Max Slater who unravels mysteries using dogged determination and sometimes inspiration from his fictional detective hero Philip Marlowe, created by iconic American novelist Raymond Chandler. And like Marlowe, Slater is not afraid to bend or even break the law to ensure justice is done. Dark Edges is published on November 15 by Classic Books (£5.95) and will be available from local bookshops or direct from
www.nickfletcher.co.uk
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