{"product_id":"the-language-of-food-mouth-watering-and-sensuous-a-real-feast-for-the-imagination-bridget-collins","title":"The Language of Food: \"Mouth-watering and sensuous, a real feast for the imagination\" BRIDGET COLLINS","description":"\u003cp\u003e'A sensual feast of a novel, written with elegance, beauty, charm and skill in a voice that is both lyrical and unique. \u003ci\u003eThe Language of Food\u003c\/i\u003e is an intriguing story with characters that leap off the page and live, but what sets it apart from it's contemporaries is Abbs' outstanding prose' \u003cb\u003eSanta Montefiore\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eEliza Acton, despite having never before boiled an egg, became one of the world's most successful cookery writers, revolutionizing cooking and cookbooks around the world. Her story is fascinating, uplifting and truly inspiring.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eTold in alternate voices by the award-winning author of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Joyce Girl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, and with recipes that leap to life from the page,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Language of Food\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eby Annabel Abbs is the most thought-provoking and page-turning historical novel you'll read this year, exploring the enduring struggle for female freedom, the power of female friendship, the creativity and quiet joy of cooking and the poetry of food, all while bringing Eliza Action out of the archives and back into the public eye.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eEngland 1835\u003c\/b\u003e. Eliza Acton is a poet who dreams of seeing her words in print. But when she takes her new manuscript to a publisher, she's told that 'poetry is not the business of a lady'. Instead, they want her to write a cookery book. That's what readers really want from women. England is awash with exciting new ingredients, from spices to exotic fruits. But no one knows how to use them\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Eliza leaves the offices appalled. But when her father is forced to flee the country for bankruptcy, she has no choice but to consider the proposal. Never having cooked before, she is determined to learn and to discover, if she can, the poetry in recipe writing. To assist her, she hires seventeen-year-old Ann Kirby, the impoverished daughter of a war-crippled father and a mother with dementia. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eOver the course of ten years, Eliza and Ann developed an unusual friendship - one that crossed social classes and divides - and, together, they broke the mould of traditional cookbooks and changed the course of cookery writing forever.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Biography \u0026amp; memoir, Women\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster, Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781398502222\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £1.00","offer_id":47915388567729,"sku":"SB-1398502227-C3","price":1.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1398502227.jpg?v=1789530057","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-language-of-food-mouth-watering-and-sensuous-a-real-feast-for-the-imagination-bridget-collins","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}