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Love and Hunger
Thoughts on the gift of food, from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Stone Yard Devotional
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Love and Hunger is a distillation of everything Charlotte Wood has learned about cooking and the pleasures of simple food well made. In this age of gastro-porn and the fetishisation of food, the pressure to be as expert as the chefs we've turned into celebrities can...
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Description
Love and Hunger is a distillation of everything Charlotte Wood has learned about cooking and the pleasures of simple food well made. In this age of gastro-porn and the fetishisation of food, the pressure to be as expert as the chefs we've turned into celebrities can feel overwhelming.
An instant antidote to such madness is this wise and practical book - an ode to good food, prepared and presented with minimum fuss and maximum love.
For Charlotte, cooking represents 'creativity in its purest form'. It is meditation and stimulation, celebration and solace, a gift both offered and received. It can nourish the soul - and the mind - as well as the body. Love and Hunger will make you long to get into the kitchen and leave you feeling freshly inspired to cook with joy for the people you love. Love and Hunger is a gift for all who value the solitary and shared pleasures of cooking and eating.
'So many tidbits shared, so many "aha" moments and things I needed to know!' - Maggie Beer
An instant antidote to such madness is this wise and practical book - an ode to good food, prepared and presented with minimum fuss and maximum love.
For Charlotte, cooking represents 'creativity in its purest form'. It is meditation and stimulation, celebration and solace, a gift both offered and received. It can nourish the soul - and the mind - as well as the body. Love and Hunger will make you long to get into the kitchen and leave you feeling freshly inspired to cook with joy for the people you love. Love and Hunger is a gift for all who value the solitary and shared pleasures of cooking and eating.
'So many tidbits shared, so many "aha" moments and things I needed to know!' - Maggie Beer
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781761473296
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 31 March 2026
Country: Australia
Imprint: Allen & Unwin
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 600g
Pages: 320
About the Author
One of Australia's most original and provocative writers, Sydney-based Charlotte Wood is the author of ten books-seven novels and three non-fiction works. Her features and essays have been published around the world, including in The Guardian, the New York Times, and the Sydney Morning Herald. She won the Stella Prize and the Prime Minister's Literary Award with her novel The Natural Way of Things. Her latest novel, Stone Yard Devotional, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
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