Sara Foster was speaking at Perth Writers' Festival this weekend - very interesting. I am going to read her book next. Also there, was Josephine Wilson who wrote Extinctions, a book you recommended years ago (and I loved) and ironically, mentioned in another book talk last week.
“The Tasajara Cookbook” was the first cookbook I can recall buying, way back in the 1970s. It taught me how to do rolling cut for stir-fry, and I recall laughing with my girlfriend at its account of the invention of “smoked greens”. Wish I still had a copy.
Both your book recommendations sound worth checking out, Marg! I'm also an enormous fan of the Tassajara Bread Book, which I discovered in the '70s when I was living in San Francisco near Haight Street (okay, I'm an old hippie!) and first started baking bread. I had to reorder the book more recently because I couldn't find my old copy. Now I might have to make that bread, which looks deliciously seedy, my favorite kind! Thanks for reminding me!
My parents used to make bread every day when they were living in a commune on the hills of Abruzzo. My dad also had dreadlocks 😆.
The first book you shared caught my attention and is now in my bucket list. Thank you!
For the past couple of weeks I've been reading a book about Eliza Acton, it's called The Language of Food, by Annabel Abbs. Lovely, and very british, which I like.
Sara Foster was speaking at Perth Writers' Festival this weekend - very interesting. I am going to read her book next. Also there, was Josephine Wilson who wrote Extinctions, a book you recommended years ago (and I loved) and ironically, mentioned in another book talk last week.
I liked Jane is Trying as well - I listened to the audiobook so I could her dulcet tones as well x
“The Tasajara Cookbook” was the first cookbook I can recall buying, way back in the 1970s. It taught me how to do rolling cut for stir-fry, and I recall laughing with my girlfriend at its account of the invention of “smoked greens”. Wish I still had a copy.
Both your book recommendations sound worth checking out, Marg! I'm also an enormous fan of the Tassajara Bread Book, which I discovered in the '70s when I was living in San Francisco near Haight Street (okay, I'm an old hippie!) and first started baking bread. I had to reorder the book more recently because I couldn't find my old copy. Now I might have to make that bread, which looks deliciously seedy, my favorite kind! Thanks for reminding me!
My parents used to make bread every day when they were living in a commune on the hills of Abruzzo. My dad also had dreadlocks 😆.
The first book you shared caught my attention and is now in my bucket list. Thank you!
For the past couple of weeks I've been reading a book about Eliza Acton, it's called The Language of Food, by Annabel Abbs. Lovely, and very british, which I like.
Looking forward to your next dispatch Marg!