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On Food Writing - let me count the ways

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Mar 11, 2024
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In the world of food books, there’s writing, and there’s writing. You’ll know the difference even as I say the names of those who write - Ravinder Bhogal, Diana Henry,

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… Those who go beyond the intro+ headnote+recipe model deep into the realm of the poet.

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is one of them. She may call herself a travel writer, but h…

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