Sophie Grigson

Praise for Sophie Grigson's A Curious Absence of Chickens: 'A delicious treat' — Xanthe Clay 'Stuffed full of recipes you want to cook' — Prue Leith 'Delicious' — Daily Mail Once settled into her new life in Puglia, Sophie Grigson felt ready for another adventure... Driving along the coastal 'instep' of southern Italy in her trusty purple car, she travels...

Sophie Grigson has written twenty odd excellent cookbooks, but I think this is the best of them. It is her first book for a decade and was obviously driven by a real love of her subjects, which are Puglia, people and food. It is witty, informative, fascinating and stuffed full of recipes you want to cook. — Prue Leith Puglia...