The text on the jacket of gorgeous cookery book Snowflakes and Schnapps by Sydney chef turned publisher Jane Lawson describes it as ‘a culinary journey though the magnificent cold-climate cuisines of the snow-cloaked regions of Northern, Central and Eastern Europe…from the seaside towns of Scandinavia, to the Alpine villages of Austria, from the ski fields [...]
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Posted in China, Chinese, cookery, cookery books, cooking, food, food & travel, Hunan, recipe, Sichuan, traveleating on Aug 14th, 2009
My first encounter with food writer Fuchsia Dunlop was at a British Museum talk on Chinese food last year. I didn’t stay behind to chat with her, but was impressed with her opinions on the importance of food in Chinese culture. We were briefly introduced at a Ferran Adrià talk last November, and more recently [...]
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Posted in Asian, Australian, China, Chinese, cookery, cookery books, cooking, food, recipe, traveleating on Jul 5th, 2009
When I first came across Australian chef and restaurateur Neil Perry‘s Balance & Harmony – Asian Food in a bookshop earlier this year, I was impressed with its beautiful padded cover and glorious photos. It has to be one of the most beautifully designed cookery books I’ve come across recently. However, I had little time [...]
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Theodore Kyriakou’s A Culinary Voyage Around The Greek Islands is another of Quadrille Publishing‘s ‘traveleating’ books that I have chosen to review as part of my new Book Reviews series. I particularly love reading about people’s food journeys and would have very much enjoyed the sailing trip around the Greek Islands undertaken by food writer [...]
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Posted in British, cookery, cookery books, cooking, England, food, food & travel, Ireland, recipe, Scotland, traveleating on May 29th, 2009
After recently enjoying a lovely dinner at Hix Oyster & Chop House, I was intrigued to receive Mark Hix’s British Regional Food, sent to me by Quadrille Publishing to review. Billed as ‘a cook’s tour of the best produce in Britain and Ireland with traditional and original recipes’, the book promised a wealth of information [...]
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