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May 25, 20231 min read
1067. Chris Van Tulleken - Ultra Processed People
Although a lot of the science in this book was way beyond me, it is brilliant. Written by a fairly well-known TV medic, it is an...
May 10, 20221 min read
976. Emily Itami - Fault Lines
Read this again as it is book group tonight. I can’t say that it was much better on a second reading. The heroine was a slightly bohemian...
Oct 14, 20211 min read
906. Sophie Grigson - A Curious Absence Of Chickens
I can’t pretend to have read this cover to cover, as it is half recipes and half Sophie Grigson’s emigration from the UK to Puglia, which...
Mar 23, 20181 min read
580. Laura Freeman - The Reading Cure
A library book of Paddy’s, about how reading helped a girl to (partially) overcome her anorexia. I found it quite annoying; the author is...
Oct 19, 20171 min read
543. Adam Federman - Fasting And Feasting
Another one not completed sadly, I don’t like this. A birthday present from P (like 539) so another unread. Nothing particularly wrong...
Jul 3, 20151 min read
319. Émile Zola - The Fat And The Thin
Zola’s books can be hard work. This is no.3 in the Rougon series; another completely different set of characters. This is set in the...
Apr 3, 20151 min read
294. Simon Hopkinson - Roast Chicken And Other Stories
I read this probably in reaction to Rick Stein's book (no.292). Hopkinson is a cook rather than a restauranteur (he may be that as well)...
Apr 1, 20151 min read
292. Rick Stein - Under A Mackerel Sky
Autobiography of the well known chef and restaurateur. I liked the guy more before reading this than after. A fairly spoiled and...