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The Waterstones Podcast - Eating

Posted on 23rd October 2019 by Mark Skinner

Your chance to hear authors going beyond the book to talk about the themes and ideas that obsess us all.

Eating

Beware: this episode may make you hungry. We’re joined by gourmand Jay Rayner as he looks back at the life experiences that shaped his taste as he searches for the ingredients for his last supper. Michael Palin shares his experiences of eating around the world and how food can be a great unifier of people who may not even share a language. And Lara Williams talks about subverting the idea of appetite for her stunning debut novel about female friendship.

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My Last Supper

Jay Rayner

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Mind sharpened by intimations of mortality, food writer Jay Rayner sets out his gastronomic life in eight memorable dishes. From Louisiana to Tokyo, My Last Supper charts an existence dominated by cuisine in deliciously witty and flavoursome prose.

Supper Club

Lara Williams

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Celebrating food, feasting and the liberating power of female friendship, Lara Williams' novel follows a group of women brought together by food. What starts as a simple idea becomes a catalyst for revelation and transformation. A debut that demands to be devoured whole in one glorious sitting, Supper Club is a hedonistic, subversive delight.

North Korea Journal

Michael Palin

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Sending the nation’s nicest man into a top secret surveillance state proves an inspired move, as the former Python turned explorer teases out revelations and trivia from his thoroughly charmed escorts. Probably the fullest and most enlightening account of the Satlinist society we are ever likely to get, North Korea Journal brings Palin’s piercing insight and flair for empathy to the fore.

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An Echo of Scandal

Laura Madeleine

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Because Ale's new friends want to know what she is running from, they want to know who she is and whether they can trust her. Fifty years later, a young American writer wanders the streets of Tangier, searching for inspiration.

An Apple a Day

Emma Woolf

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Having met the man of her dreams (and wanting a baby together), Emma Woolf embarked on the hardest struggle of her life: to beat anorexia. At 32 years of age, she was functioning on an apple a day. This life-affirming true story is essential reading for anyone affected by eating disorders, and anyone interested in health and social issues.