EYE ON THE CITY
It’s worth reading...
MATTHEW PERREN RECOMMENDS
Tobias Wolff is one of my favourite writers of short stories.
This volume is the proof. Not only does it feature ten new
stories but it also serves as a Selected Stories and fillets the
best from his previous three collections. Oddly, whilst the new
stories have been a treat, I’ve really enjoyed revisiting the Ma.altk.alti.alt2ng co.alt4o.altk.alt3i.alt2ng f.beginu.altn.end!
older ones. From the horribly bleak Desert Breakdown 1968
to the curiously heart-warming Bullet in the Brain (about the
last-second flash memory of a gunshot victim) every story is
a crystal clear vignette that leaves one briefly lost in thought
before hungrily diving into the next.
Friends have been banging on at me to read this for years.
Edinburgh’s only kids
And they haven’t been wrong. This new edition from
cookery school
Canongate features a preface by Ian Rankin but the real
meat is in the story. It’s a chilling puzzle of a book – the
After School Cookery clubs
plot is laid out plainly in the first half. But in the second half **
Bake your cake & eat it - Cookery Party
the plainness is picked to shreds until one is left with more
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questions than answers. You’ll either be so captivated by this Beyond the Beans - student cookery courses
book that you’ll read it time and again; or so frustrated that
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Chefs in training - Holiday courses
you cast it aside halfway through.
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Supper Clubs - Cooking with friends
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Mummy & me - Pre school cookery mornings
From the sublime to the ridiculous. The Japanese have a **
long tradition of careful, beautiful food preparation. Some
Cook Scotland - cooking for visitors
Japanese mothers are so devoted to their kids that they
get up early every day and prepare healthy lunches that are
also gorgeously detailed pictures of favourite TV and Manga
characters or simply made up scenes. The reasons? Brief
interviews with the mothers reveal they’re as wide ranging as
the designs: from simple delight to early social advancement.
I found this tiny book utterly astounding. I’m almost tempted
to try out some of the ideas at the back…
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This is terrific! A big colourful children’s alphabet book
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from ‘Arthur’ to ‘Zero Degrees Longitude’. The last few pages
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make the perfect gift for the homesick ex-pat or for an
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inquisitive child who’s starting to become aware of the
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differences between countries. Worth seeking out.
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