My 2016 Books on Food History and Politics
Some time ago, I read a blog post, I think by the expert on Vietnamese food Andrea Nguyen, which simply listed the cookbooks her friends had published that year. I…
Read moreMemories of English Farmhouse Cuisine: Beyond England
Over many years in the kitchen, I have found three, and only three cookbooks that gave me a shock of recognition, only three that have evoked the cooking I knew…
Read moreA Good Cook
A few years ago someone asked me whether my mother was a good cook. I was at a loss to know what to say. They should have asked years earlier.…
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