A delightful epicurean adventure through the most essential yet overlooked of culinary ingredients- time.
Jenny Linford is a food writer and author of over fifteen books including The Chef's Library, featuring the favourite cookbook choices of over seventy acclaimed international chefs, and Food Lovers' London, first published in 1991 and still in print. General Editor of 1001 Restaurants You Must Experience Before You Die, her work has appeared in Delicious, the Financial Times, Modern Farmer and the National Trust magazine. A longstanding member of the Guild of Food Writers, she founded and runs Gastro-Soho Tours, offering personal guided tours around London's food shops. Travelling to Denmark, Italy, Malaysia, Singapore and Spain as well as travelling around Britain to meet producers including bakers, chocolate makers, asparagus growers, ice cream makers and farmers, The Missing Ingredient showcases the voices of the people she has encountered and championed over twenty-six years.
Brilliant and original ... From slow feasts to fast food, Linford
shows that, no matter what we are cooking, time is of the
essence'
*Sunday Times*
A compelling book...Time is the unacknowledged genie of the
kitchen. The Missing Ingredient considers the meanings that go
beyond quantitative measures
*TLS*
Thoughtful, lively and original. No one has approached food in
regard to time before
*Jill Norman, Food and Wine Writer*
Interesting...clever...revelatory
*Guardian*
Thoughtful and engaging
*Waitrose Weekend*
Beautifully written and highly original. Jenny Linford scrutinises
time-honoured food production methods and cookery techniques
through the often ignored lens of time. A gently informative,
almost lyrical volume for our impatient times
*Joanna Blythman, author of Shopped: The Shocking Power Of British
Supermarkets*
Jenny Linford has created something quite remarkable: a treatise on
the single most vital and most overlooked element of food and
cooking that's as page-turning as a thriller. It's hard to believe
nobody has tackled the concept of 'time' before, and Jenny has done
it more than justice. A glorious, essential addition to every food
lover's book shelves.
*Marina O’Loughlin, restaurant critic*
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