A Curious Absence of Chickens

A journal of life, food and recipes from Puglia

A Curious Absence of Chickens
Sophie Grigson
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Hardback
h236 x 160mm - 320pg
8 Jul 2021 UK
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9781472278869
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' My first thought on reading A Curious Absence of Chickens is that Jane Grigson, the best cookery writer in my lifetime, would have been so proud of her daughter. 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 is a region I wanted to get to know intimately, to understand culture, life, history and geography, reflecting through the prism of the food that' s put on the tables of locals and tourists, too. I' m reminded of my 20-year old self, scribbling in notebooks as I first travelled through Italy' s south, only this time I' m back to stay. ' After her children grew up and left home, Sophie Grigson found herself living alone. About to turn 60, she took the decision to sell or give away most of her belongings, to pack up her car and to drive to Puglia on her own to start a new life. In a part of Italy where she didn' t know anyone, having last visited the region 40 years ago, this narrative book of food writing, stories and recipes brings to life the region, its food and the local characters that she meets along the way. This is a book about courage, hope, new horizons and, above all, delicious food.
My first thought on reading A Curious Absence of Chickens was that Jane Grigson, the best cookery writer in my lifetime, would have been soproud of her daughter. 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 * Vivid, humorous and unsentimental, Sophie' s portrait of modern Puglia, still steeped in old ways, is a delicious treat. * Xanthe Clay * OMFG! This beautiful book is transporting me there. I can' t put it down. And the lack of chickens. . . I never bloody noticed! * Matt Tebbutt * My first thought on reading A Curious Absence of Chickens is that Jane Grigson, the best cookery writer in my lifetime, would have been so proud of her daughter. 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
Sophie Grigson is a cook, food writer and television presenter with over 20 books to her name and nine television series for BBC, Channel 4 and UKTV Food. She has also written columns and articles for the Evening Standard, Independent, Sunday Times, Country Living, BBC Good Food and Waitrose Food Illustrated. During this time she has been raising her children, running her cookery school in Oxford and presenting television shows for The Travel Channel. On impulse, after interviewing Russell Norman about his book, Venice, in 2019 she sold or gave away the majority of her belongings and packed herself into her small car to move to Puglia in the south of Italy.

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