A Pike in the Basement: Tales of a Hungry Traveller - Hardcover

Loftus, Simon

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9780865473959: A Pike in the Basement: Tales of a Hungry Traveller

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0865473951 ISBN 13: 9780865473959

Publisher: North Point Pr, 1989

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Written with the charm of a master storyteller and the taste buds of a master chef, this is an ideal gift which conjures up memorable meals in far-flung spots, from Italy to Mississippi via Tehran and Pakistan. Beautifully illustrated with 18 original black and white woodcuts. A Pike in the Basement celebrates the importance of food as an aspect of culture, and the role played by taste and smell in our memories of traveling. Each chapter ends with a mouth-watering recipe.

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"a heartfelt, witty prescription for a life worth aspiring to and genuinely well-written. The next pike I catch is going straight in the basement" Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall"

About the Author:

Simon Loftus (1946-), chairman of Adnams, the Suffolk brewers, is a wine merchant, an amateur cook and an incompetent pianist. He has variously worked as a magician's stooge, a stiltwalker, a scriptwriter and a farm labourer. He has written extensively on wine and the wine trade. He lives in Suffolk with his wife and daughter.

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