Rebecca May Johnson: Kitchen Confessional

Food isn’t simply fuel: it’s a vehicle for life. Editor, writer, and essayist Rebecca May Johnson has shaken the culinary writing world up with Small Fires, mixing memoir with social criticism. Described by Nigella Lawson as ‘an intense, thought-provoking enquiry into the very nature of cooking', this work of meditation and memory speaks to all. Join her in exploring how deeply food shapes our lives. In conversation with Nyla Ahmad.

Supported by Claire and Mark Urquhart

Categories: Food/Drink, Memoir

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What’s the relationship between reading, imagination, and health? This question fuels The Edinburgh Readerbank: an ambitious new study from Durham University with whom the Book Festival have forged a major new long-term partnership. Hear from experts as they share perspectives on belief, perception, and the imagination. And then join us in participating in a potentially game-changing study…

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