Publisher's Synopsis
One of 20 selected titles chosen for the Feminist Book Fortnight, this book contains a wide variety of recipes accompanied by personal reflections on food, childhood, class influence, migration, guilt, sexuality, sensuality and politics. Recipes include American cornbread and black-eye peas, Iraqi pepper salad, Ghanaian chicken, pastas, Thai hot and sour soup, and deserts. Contributors include Julie Christie, Angela Carter, Miriam Margolyes, Michelene Wandor, Pratibha Parmar and Rosamund Grant.