READS
IF YOU BINGED THE BEAR AND DEVOURED STANLEY TUCCI’S SEARCHING FOR ITALY, THEN LITERATURE’S CURRENT PLAT DU JOUR – WAXING LYRICAL ABOUT FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD – SHOULD SUIT YOUR PALATE. Bella Evennett-Watts SERVES UP THE MOUTHWATERING READS TO DIGEST NEXT
The Dinner Table: Over 100 Writers On Food, selected by Ella Risbridger and Kate Young (Head of Zeus, £25, out 12th October)
With this moreish pick-and-mix of food writing, Young and Risbridger present you with their ultimate fantasy dinner party, with discussion of all things edible coming from their dream dinner guest line-up. Taking a seat at the table are authors, cooks and poets past and present – from Nigella Lawson discussing mayonnaise to Samuel Pepys gushing about Parmesan cheese.
Comfort Eating: What We Eat When Nobody’s Looking by Grace Dent (Faber, £20, out 5th October)
Food critic and podcast host Grace Dent explores and celebrates the joys of comfort food, revealing how it can be a gateway to nostalgia and happiness. Using celebrity interviews combined with her own experiences, Dent shows how the dishes we turn to behind closed doors – Wotsits-topped beans on toast, anyone? – can tell us a lot about ourselves.
East End Pubs by Alistair Von Lion and Tim George (Hoxton Mini Press, £25, out 26th October)
In the past decade, the rate of pub closures in London’s East End has been among the highest in Britain. In a bid to stop the traditional boozer in this part of the capital from becoming extinct, this book has been created to celebrate the rich histories of these cherished institutions – florid carpets, loyal punters, inventive landladies and all.
Painting The Plate: 52 Recipes Inspired By Great Works Of Art From Mark Rothko, Frida Kahlo And Many More by Felicity Souter (Prestel, £29.99, out 3rd October)
This is a cookbook with an unusual quirk: every recipe ec
