Although this collection kicks off with a book of interviews rather than a book specifically about food and wine, the book by Alfred Moisan (pictured above) is, to some extent, a look at food and wine from a totally different angle. Food and wine through the lens of the people who devote their lives to them, through the lens of a child who wants to devote his life to them...
2021 book reviews – food and wine
Tuesday 16 November 2021
Tam looks at four newish books on the subject of food and wine, the first a little different from the rest. She tackles them in order of increasing weight, literally.
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