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See moreFall in love with food with this beautiful compendium that celebrates the rich variety of more than 1,000 delicious things to eat.
Fall in love with food with this beautiful compendium that celebrates the rich variety of more than 1,000 delicious things to eat.
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Shortlisted for the Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards 2022 in the Food Book category.
Learn how flour and water were revolutionised as you pore over different pasta and noodle shapes, discover how cheese is made, find out why onions make you cry, and marvel at nature’s ingenuity as you take a bite from eighteen varieties of apples and pears.
Split into digestible chapters, this visual guide explores the journey from farm to table, letting you taste your way around the world from the comfort of home.
Feast Your Eyes on Food is the perfect companion for any culinary enthusiast.
Series: A Food Encyclopedia of More Than 1,000 Delicious Things to Eat
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Feast Your Eyes on Food
Shortlisted for the Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards 2022 in the Food Book category. Learn how flour and water were revolutionised as you pore over different pasta and noodle shapes, discover how cheese is made, find out why onions make you cry, and marvel at nature’s ingenuity as you take a bite from eighteen varieties of apples and...Hardback$4799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
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Praised as “the most enchantingly beautiful encyclopaedia of food,” this book offers readers both visual delight and rich learning experiences.
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ISBN: 9781913520229
Publisher: Magic Cat Publishing
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 02 September 2021
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Magic Cat Publishing
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Zoe Barker
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 256.0mm
Height: 310.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 96
About the Author
Laura Gladwin trained at Leith’s School of Food and Wine before working as a freelance chef. She then spent five years at one of London's biggest party design companies, where she devised spectacular cocktail lists for more than 500 events. She now works as a writer and editor specializing in food and drink, writing for the Good Food Guide and editing high-profile cookery books for chefs including Ferran Adrià, René Redzepi and Heston Blumenthal.
Zoe Barker is an illustrator gifted with powers of visual trickery, using watercolour washes and intricately textured graphite to create portraits, still-lifes and character designs that convey impressive visual depth. She lives in London where her clients include Soho House, Ralph Lauren and Liberty of London.
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