A is for apple

by Alan Saunders

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"One of my favourite recipes is for a dish called The Feast of the Three Fisherman of Calafell. For it you need two kilos of fish, one each of octopus, tomatoes and rice, four kilos of potatoes, half a kilo of onions, four heads of garlic, four dried hot chilli peppers and a slice of bread. The recipe, which was set down by Irving Davis in 1969, begins as follows: 'First of all take a plane to Barcelona, then drive to Calafell...' How it continues is hardly important because you're not going show more to Barcelona, are you?" - Alan Saunders in "I is for Ink" This is a fascinating collection of 26 A to Z meditations on food, drink and how they affect our lives. It is written by acclaimed journalist and critic Alan Saunders. It's not a cookbook and it's not a "food perve" book. It's something very different to almost all other food writing. It's thought-provoking, and witty and it touches on dozens of fascinating aspects of life, using food as its starting point for each. This book was published by Reed in 1995, but its uninformative cover meant that most potential readers missed it. Our beautiful new, especially commissioned design make the book's nature and its appeal immediately clear. show less