Ten questions with Richard C. Morais

A quick ten questions with the author of The Hundred-foot Journey, out this month through Alma Books.

Watch for a second interview and competition later this month on Bookhugger.

Muriel Barbery talks about The Gourmet

Muriel Barbery is the best-selling author of The Elegance of the Hedgehog and The Gourmet. In this interview, the media-shy Frenchwoman reveals to Jennifer Whitehead the joy she took in writing The Gourmet; the shadow Marcel Proust casts over French literature; and why she won’t tell us about her most memorable meal.

Feeding the 5,000 – an interview with Tristram Stuart

On Wednesday 16th December 2009, Trafalgar Square will host a free feast of biblical proportions: a modern day Feeding the 5000. In this short film, Tristram Stuart, author of Waste, explains the problem – and outlines the solutions.

Meat Dishes Without Coupons

Robert Brown, archivist for Faber, tells George Miller about a resourceful cookery book from 1940 designed to overcome the monotony of a rationed wartime diet. But some of the dishes it describes will be quite shocking to the modern palate!