Ruby Tandoh

ToC
Feed me now
More food, less work
Hidden in plain sight
Wild appetites
Normal perfect moments
For the love of it

No photographs, but nice illustrations, carefully written recipes with notes about what you can substitute (and when not to).

Pearl couscous with anchovies, tomatoes, and olives (16)

Whatever-you've-got fried rice (138)

Such a great read. It’s basically a collection of essays that deal with food and other topics such as fat-phobia, the faux wellness movement, how class plays into the food narrative, how all food should be treated with reverence. I’d highly recommend this book!

I really loved this. Ruby was one of my favorite contestants on The Great British Bake Off (Baking Show); a crazy combo of creative and hot mess that was very normal seeming and most of her bakes looked like what I would want to eat. This book has much the same, it can be rambling and contradictory but the overall wisdom to enjoy food in all it's forms is great and it was just a weirdly joyous read.

Loved this book. It delves into so many different issues to do with food, from ethics to queer identities. I came away having learned quite a lot and feeling reassured that my eating isn't the worst. Ruby has managed to actually write a book about food which doesn't shame people and recognises that a lot of us eat canned food and like to indulge.