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Fabienne Granier, 64 from Paris, crafted a cookbook for her daughter for Christmas 2019, including all members of the family’s favourite and personal recipes. More than being about food, the book is about keeping traditions alive. When my daughter asked me for a cookbook for Christmas 2019, I thought I would surprise her with a […]
Welcome to Gretel’s Bookshelf, where we spotlight interesting cookbooks from around the world, speak to experts about their history, and pick out the best recipes. Not many people remember Tadeusz Żakiej, a post-war Polish musicologist and composer who is at most a footnote in the history of Polish theatre and performance. Meanwhile, Żakiej’s contemporaries, a […]
Two London based friends discuss producing their cookbook Recipes Against Racism, and the meaning of food in their cultures Claire Sachiko Fourel and Lex Shu Chan, like many Londoners, are “third culture kids.” Chan was born in Canada and raised in Hong Kong before they completed their education in Britain, while Fourel was born in […]
It feels wrong, doesn’t it? Heresy even. Just brown sugar. That can’t be right. Will Gordon Ramsay explode through the drywall and harass you for crimes against protein? If he does, ask him to take a bite. The venom will melt from his face as he tastes the richest, softest salmon dish made in under […]
In Greece they call it tzatziki, in Turkey they call it cacik. Some eat it with doner (Turkish kebab cooked on a vertical rotisserie), others have it with gyros (Greek kebab, also cooked on a vertical rotisserie), but this cooling yoghurt and cucumber dip goes with everything. From South East Europe to Iran it’s a […]