Dimensions
202 x 252 x 28mm
Visually stunning, this is a cookbook with a difference - artist, designer and cook Jake Tilson brings an entirely new vision to food, its context, the way it is grown, packaged, bought and cooked and the memories and emotions it evokes
This is a cookbook with a difference, teeming with recipes and references. For Jake Tilson food is not only a journey of discovery but also the heart of family life and central to our culture. The act of buying food, of preparing, cooking and sharing it binds all the bits of life together.
Whether visiting his wife's family in the rich cattle lands of Aberdeenshire in north-east Scotland where food is an essential part of hospitality, or working his way through the entire breakfast menu in two West Broadway diners, or preparing hill-fresh herbs from his parents' garden in Tuscany, or finding the best second-hand cooking utensils in southern California, his unquenchable interest in every aspect of food is deliciously conveyed.
'A Tale of Twelve Kitchens' is also the story of how that interest in food has shaped Jake's life - his childhood, his friendships, his travels and his family. Always alive to the possibilities food offers in any context Jake's acute eye, evocative writing style and enticing culinary experiments make this an extraordinary book, to be read, savoured, used - and above all enjoyed.
