About the Book: Chillies and Porridge
Essential. Sensual. Playful. Addictive. The experience of food can be many
things to many people. Whether its carrying a chilli around to dinner parties in
the UK or finding out what it really means to be a vegetarian in a carnivorous
world, whether its exploring the junk food revolution in India or discovering
the art of slow cooking, this collection of food writing will take you back to
the kitchens of your childhood, and far out to realms of imagined flavours and
sensory excitement. A joyous mix of the familiar and the unfamiliar, the
homegrown and the street-born, Chillies and Porridge