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Tag Archives: food writers
Naomi Duguid
I was delighted to meet the hugely talented Naomi Duguid this last week, who wrote a couple of my top food book recommendations, Hot Salty Sour Sweet and Seductions of Rice (which I love for the title alone!!). If you … Continue reading
More on Maura
A while back, I wrote a short piece on my charity shop cook book finds, which included a reference to Maura Laverty’s 1946 Cookery Book. I wanted to know more about this extraordinary woman, so many thanks to producer Sarah … Continue reading
Food Movies: The Ipcress File
So Freddie’s been banging on about food movies, this time with my good chum Andre Dang and I. And after rattling off the usual list, Babette’s Feast, Big Night, The Wedding Banquet and so on, we suddenly remembered The Ipcress … Continue reading
Come Into The Garden, Cook
I found this fabulous book in one of the fusty-dusty shops I love rootling about in, and it’s a gem. Who knew that Constance Spry had never really done any gardening before the war made it a necessity? To her, … Continue reading
Why Delia Rocks
This, from a serialisation Delia’s Complete How to Cook in the Mail on Sunday: “If you sometimes feel depressed or let down, if you’re suffering from the pressures of life or simply having a plain old grey day, my advice … Continue reading
There’s A Spring In The Air…
I can feel it, yesiree Bob, I can. ! I was moaning, I must say, my first few days back. But now the sun is out, the first few crocuses and daffs are poking through the still-frosted soil on the roof … Continue reading
If You Can Read A Book…
… you can cook! This was the old adage served up to me, and which I found myself doling out the other day to a small relative. And it got me thinking about my first cookery book. It was 1975, … Continue reading
Come On, Jamaica!
Yesterday (6th August) was Jamaican Independance Day. I know this because Freddie is half Jamaican. And it prompts a question: Why doesn’t Caribbean / West Indian / South and Central American food have as much exposure here in London as … Continue reading
