Pearl Buck in China
I recently finished reading Hilary Spurling’s masterful biography of Pearl Buck, the daughter of American missionaries who grew up in China and became a novelist who…
Observer accolade for my Sichuan book
My first book, Sichuan Cookery (published in the US as Land of Plenty), was chosen by the Observer Food Monthly as one of the ten best…
A very lovely mention in the Guardian today!
I was one of the food-writers invited by the Guardian to choose ‘The Best Food Books of the Decade’… and when they published the list today…
Dining in Hangzhou
There’s a piece of mine in the Financial Times Weekend today, about the wonderful restaurants of Hangzhou. And a mention of the paperback of ‘Shark’s Fin’…
Telegraph ex-pat book club
‘Shark’s Fin and Sichuan Pepper’ has been chosen as the first book featured by the international ex-pat wing of the Daily Telegraph’s website. This is great,…
US paperback out!
The official publication date of the US paperback version of ‘Shark’s Fin and Sichuan Pepper’ is 25th August, but it’s already available on Amazon.com…
The Jane Grigson Award
My latest book, ‘Shark’s Fin and Sichuan Pepper’, has just received The Jane Grigson Award from the IACP (International Association of Culinary Professionals’!
Award nominations!
Shark’s Fin and Sichuan Pepper has been shortlisted for a James Beard Award for Writing and Literature, and by the IACP (International Association of Culinary Professionals)…
Ingredients for Chinese cookery
I’ve received quite a few emails from visitors to this site telling me that in the later printings of Sichuan Cookery (published in the US as…
Christmas book round-ups
Shark’s Fin and Sichuan Pepper was mentioned by Bee Wilson in her round-up of the year’s best food books in the Sunday Times this weekend. And…