Cold Kitchen: A Year of Culinary Journeys (Unabridged edition)
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Cold Kitchen: A Year of Culinary Journeys (Unabridged edition)

Cold Kitchen: A Year of Culinary Journeys (Unabridged edition)

By
Caroline Eden (Author)  

Hardback

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'With its union of practicality and magic, a kitchen is a portal offering extended range and providing unlikely paths out of the ordinary. Offering opportunities to cook, imagine and create ways back into other times, other lives and other territories. Central Asia, Turkey, Ukraine, the South Caucasus, Russia, the Baltics and Poland. Places that have eased into my marrow over the years shaping my life, writing and thinking. They are here, these lands I return to, in this kitchen.' A welcoming refuge with its tempting pantry, shelves of books and inquisitive dog, Caroline Eden finds comfort away from the road in her basement Edinburgh kitchen. Join her as she cooks recipes from her travels, reflects on past adventures and contemplates the kitchen's unique ability to tell human stories. This is a hauntingly honest, and at times heartbreaking, memoir with the smell, taste and preparation of food at its heart. From late night baking as a route back to Ukraine to capturing the beauty of Uzbek porcelain, and from the troublesome nature of food and art in Poland to the magic of cloudberries, Cold Kitchen celebrates the importance of curiosity and of feeling at home in the world.
Before moving to journalism, Caroline Eden studied at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies), University of London, for a Master's degree in Jewish Studies and Diaspora. She has travelled extensively across the globe to countries such as Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and Bangladesh, documenting her experiences and sharing them in her publications as well as on BBC Radio 4's From Our Own Correspondent. Caroline is a writer and book critic, contributing to the Financial Times, The Guardian and The Times Literary Supplement. Her 2020 book, Red Sands, won the Andre Simon Award in 2020 for the best food book, and was 'book of the year' for The New Yorker. Its predecessor, Black Sea, is a multi-award-winning title, winning the 2020 Art of Eating Prize and the John Avery Award. Samarkand, a collection of Eden's personal essays, was a Guardian book of the year and went on to win the Guild of Food Writers Food and Travel Award in 2017. Caroline has also written forewords and introductory essays to several books, including They Went To Portugal by Rose Macaulay and Through Khiva to Golden Samarkand by EllaChristie.
  • Contributor: Caroline Eden
  • Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • ISBN13: 9781526658982
  • Number of Pages: 256
  • Packaged Dimensions: 153x234mm
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Release Date: 2024-05-09
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Before moving to journalism, Caroline Eden studied at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies), University of London, for a Master's degree in Jewish Studies and Diaspora. She has travelled extensively across the globe to countries such as Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and Bangladesh, documenting her experiences and sharing them in her publications as well as on BBC Radio 4's From Our Own Correspondent. Caroline is a writer and book critic, contributing to the Financial Times, The Guardian and The Times Literary Supplement. Her 2020 book, Red Sands, won the Andre Simon Award in 2020 for the best food book, and was 'book of the year' for The New Yorker. Its predecessor, Black Sea, is a multi-award-winning title, winning the 2020 Art of Eating Prize and the John Avery Award. Samarkand, a collection of Eden's personal essays, was a Guardian book of the year and went on to win the Guild of Food Writers Food and Travel Award in 2017. Caroline has also written forewords and introductory essays to several books, including They Went To Portugal by Rose Macaulay and Through Khiva to Golden Samarkand by EllaChristie.

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