Joel Golby

The second book from acclaimed writer and journalist Joel Golby ‘There’s no one funnier than Joel Golby’ — GREG JAMES ‘I love this book’ — DOLLY ALDERTON How much of your life do you review? Books, TV, film, music – the reviewable things? Ever tried going a little further, reviewing the intangibles, the abstract, the ‘weird’: a houseplant; the sunlight...

I learned that before entering the kitchen, I must get the measure of its hold over me. Food speaks to our personal history as well as wider cultural histories. But what are the stories we tell ourselves about the kitchen, and how do we first come to it? How do the cookbooks we read shape us? Can cooking be a...