THE TASTE OF HOME

A truly fascinating sensory journey from American food writer Diana Fresquez, sparked by a dinner party encounter with a wickedly charming French restaurant critic, who headed straight to the host’s fridge for a good rummage on his arrival! Warming to Hughes Belin – whose wicked kitchen-snooping is a way of getting to know people better – he introduces Brussels-based Fresquez to Xavier, a chef coaxing ancient tipple “mead” out of the Middle Ages, the next in a paper chain of extraordinary foodies, each triggering the link between smell, taste and memory. From European guests sitting to stu ravioli together to the “singing baguettes” in a French bakery (the whistling sound as the top splits), this is a book unlike any other.