The Bloomsbury Cookbook : Recipes for Life, Love and Art is a 2014 book by British author Jans Ondaatje Rolls, published by Thames & Hudson.
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Author | Jans Ondaatje Rolls |
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Language | English |
Publisher | Thames & Hudson |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Synopsis
editThe Bloomsbury Cookbook is described by the publishers as "Part cookbook, part social and cultural history". It tells the story of the Bloomsbury Group through chapters with food-related titles and featuring sketches, paintings, photographs, letters and handwritten notes, and original quotations.[1]
Reception
editIn The Daily Telegraph Frances Wilson wrote that "The Bloomsbury Cookbook has refreshed a dish that was once again starting to taste bland by putting life back on a plate".[2] In The Guardian Rachel Cooke wrote that the book was her "find of the year so far" and that she "was struck all over again by how powerfully food connects us to others, even those we never met – and by what it reveals of our personalities"[3] The book furthermore attracted praise in The Independent[4] and The Spectator.[5] The book was also featured in a piece of the BBC website[6]
References
edit- ^ "Thames & Hudson Publishers | Essential illustrated art books | The Bloomsbury Cookbook | Recipes for Life, Love and Art". Thamesandhudson.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ^ "The Bloomsbury Cookbook by Jans Ondaatje Rolls, review: 'goes where no biography has gone before'". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ^ Rachel Cooke. "The Bloomsbury cooks - Rachel Cooke". the Guardian. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ^ "A dining room of one's own: The Bloomsbury Group's heady". The Independent. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ^ "If you think Virginia Woolf's novels are good, you should try her bread". The Spectator. 12 April 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ^ Baker, Lindsay. "The Bloomsbury Cookbook: You are what you eat". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016.