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FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD... T
he food world is changing with Covid, energy crises, staffing issues and the Brexit supply chain all
playing their part. However, take heart; some things are certain – the Christmas foodie book flood has begun, Dartmouth Food Festival is back and the focus on food and togetherness is stronger than ever. The importance of food and life and how they are so
by Emma Jones
table in her latest book: Med. A Cookbook (Ebury Press). This octogenarian and doyenne of the kitchen calls this timeless book “a slice of the sun and sea for family and friends” painting a journey through recipes around the Mediterranean from Provence to Petra, Madrid and Morocco transporting you to faraway places, memories and tables with authentic, simple, sun-soaked dishes.
intricately entwined is the subject of Stanley Tucci’s new book Taste: My Life Through Food (Fig Tree). This actor has become as much of a star in his own kitchen as he has on screen. From mixology videos in lockdown to his roots in an Italian American family food has always featured prominently in his life. After penning two cookbooks, this memoir takes us beyond the recipes and into the stories behind them piecing together his gastronomic journey through good times and bad. “A delicious story of appetite, family and pasta…. the ever tasteful Stanley Tucci invites us to his table and feeds us all the good stuff.” (Jay Rayner) Grace Dent’s Hungry (Mudlark) is another memoir in the same vein recently winning the Fortnum and Mason Debut Food Book Award. Describing herself as always ‘wanting more’, this traces the author’s story from beige food in Carlisle to her current life as one of Britain’s best- loved food writers. With nostalgic memories of cheese and pineapple hedgehogs, vinegar-soaked chip butties, this is Grace’s snapshot of how we have lived, laughed and eaten over the past 40 years showing how food, friends and family are the indispensable ingredients of a life well lived. “Vivid, irreverent, heart breaking and deliciously funny, Grace Dent at her best.” (Nigel Slater) Claudia Roden is one of those icons of food writing who over 30 years ago was credited with revolutionising Western attitudes to Middle Eastern and Mediterranean food. She blends authority, knowledge and attention to detail with the joy of cooking around the kitchen
Flavour is paramount crafted from beautiful ingredients to create the best of the Mediterranean food and adapted for how we eat today. Simplicity seems to be the current buzz word in the
kitchen leading to a run on “one pot” cooking. The Roasting Tin Series by Rukmini Iyer has been a revelation and saviour for many and the latest addition The Sweet Roasting Tin : One Tin Cakes, Cookies & Bakes (Square Peg) is sure to satisfy anyone with a sweet tooth. With 75 recipes for easy and delicious one-tin bakes the book is essential for any busy household that is short on time. Feast on baked mascapone cherry & walnut brownies and tuck into a coconut & mango yoghurt cake safe in the knowledge that you can enjoy top tastes with minimum washing up. During lockdown my addiction to foodie Instagram posts was somewhat out of control so I’m pleased that Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Shelf Love (Ebury Press) is soon to hit the shelves. This super team of accomplished food writers from all over the world have come together with a book about learning to love what’s already on your kitchen shelves without the need to nip out for new ingredients. This is all about relaxed, flexible home cooking with instructions on how to zhuzh up your tin of chickpeas or bag of peas to create something tasty and simple with that magic ‘Ottolenghi’ twist. There’s the ultimate guide to creamy, dreamy houmous, a one-pan route to confit tandoori chickpeas and you never know you might even learn how to cook with black limes!
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