Mina Holland is Editor of Guardian Cook. She was formerly Contributing Editor of Observer Food Monthly. Her first book, The Edible Atlas, was published by Canongate in March 2014 and, to date, is being translated into eleven other languages and will be available in 20 countries. She lives and works in London.
Whether the memories are good or bad, our relationship with food
begins at home, watching pots stirred, spices sprinkled and
spoonfuls tasted. Mina Holland nails the current nostalgia trend in
her latest book, Mamma, where she talks to such food visionaries as
Anna Del Conte and Yotam Ottolenghi about how recipes are histories
of who we are. Prepare to be engrossed.
*DELICIOUS*
A fascinating book full of interesting food stories and recipes for
delicious dishes.
*Anna Del Conte*
You'll be charmed, enlightened and inspired by this beautiful and
insightful telling of where we are today with food that celebrates
home cooking.
*Claudia Roden*
Mamma is a book you will want to take up to bed and savour; like
with great American food writing it is more literature than recipe
book, and yet what recipes it has. A deeply delicious read.
*Thomasina Miers*
Another informative, sensitive, delicious book by Mina Holland.
Simply lovely.
*Yotam Ottolenghi*
Mina's writing is informed, humorous and touching. A beautifully
structured, intelligent and vital book for anyone interested in why
and what we eat. A gem.
*Stanley Tucci*
Eloquently and warmly written, Mamma is a book at once deeply
personal and fascinatingly anthropological. Mina is a joy to read:
intelligent, thoughtful and playfully humorous, she engages you
with food in a way that is both ravenous-making and cerebral. While
exploring the importance of food and cooking to identity and wider
culture, it's also a book that makes a compelling case for the
deliciousness, imperfection and humanity of home cooking - a moving
and refreshing read in a world of aspirational, often exclusionary
food and lifestyle porn.
*Rosie Birkett*
In this inspiring hotpot of essays, memoir, interviews and - last
but not least - great recipes, the editor of the Guardian's Cook
magazine explores the relationship between the food of our
childhood and our adult tastes, the interplay of tradition and
innovation.
Her themed chapters cover topics like Nature, Women and Eating
Meat, which she discusses with the likes of chefs Jamie Oliver and
Yotam Ottolenghi, psychotherapist Susie Orbach and actor Stanley
Tucci.
There are accompanying recipes for Eggs, Pulses, Vegetables, and so
on. A childhood vegetarian, pulses are still 'the beating heart' of
Holland's cooking. An engaging book that blends thought-provoking
writing and brilliant recipes.
*THE LADY*
Oh this is going to be so brilliant - cannot wait!!
*Felicity Spector*
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