Books
“Eleanor Ford is an inspiring teacher, and it’s a joy to progress through her lessons in these pages.”
The Nutmeg Trail
Guild of Food Writers Award Winner
Gourmand World Cookbook Award Double Winner
Publishers Weekly Starred Review
Art of Eating Prize Longlist
ITB BuchAwards Winner
Foreword Indies Finalist
Recipes and stories explore how centuries of spice trading and cultural diffusion changed the world's cuisine. A unique and enlightening guide to cooking with spice, the book looks at their flavour profiles and how they can be used, combined and layered.
“What a deep dive this is into the world of spice. It’s a deep-dive, a culinary history, a spice library, anatomy and miscellany. And then the recipes!”
Fire Islands
Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award Winner
Guild of Food Writers Award Winner
Gourmand World Cookbook Award Double Winner
Der Deutsche Kochbuchpreis Winner
From acclaimed food writer and world traveler Eleanor Ford comes another award-winning collection of fresh, vibrant recipes. Fire Islands explores Indonesian cuisine from the refined cooking of Java to the spicy heart of Sumatra and the festival foods of Bali.
“This is not just a beautiful and hunger-stoking cookbook, but also a fantastic way to travel from your kitchen to one in Indonesia. This book has real spirit, bold flavours and beautiful words to boot. In short: it has it all.”
Samarkand
Guild of Food Writers Award Winner
This award winning book, written with Caroline Eden, is a love letter to Central Asia and the Caucasus. It contains personal travel essays and recipes little known in the West that have been expertly adapted for the home cook.
“This is a book to delight food lovers, travel hounds and history buffs alike.”