Book description
Stand aside The Naked Chef! Sassy, savvy, and with her finger firmly on
the food pulse, Rosie is the fresh new face of city cooking.
Five years ago Rosie Lovell opened her deli in the heart of Brixton
market. Nestled among the salted fish, yams and sounds of reggae it has
become an intimate, eclectic place full of welcoming people, good music
and food made with love. Everyone knows everyone at Rosie's.
Spooning With Rosie teems with favourite recipes and stories from
Rosie's life: meals cooked for her family and friends, in the deli and
at home. Culinary inspiration comes from the people closest to her, from
food encountered on travels, and importantly from her fellow shopkeepers
and their wares that jostle for space outside her deli: the piles of
peppers and plum tomatoes; the Borlotti beans stacked up outside the
Portuguese store; the reams of ackee in the window of the Jamaican shop
next door.
With her own unique feisty élan, Rosie shows how to experiment with
food and to have fun while doing it. Recipes are never absolute, but
something to be perfected and adapted with time. Similarly, methods are
never complicated - just thrifty, good food perfect for the occasion.
Food that depends on who you are with, how you are feeling, and what's
in the fridge.
There are recipes for the dawn chorus: food for the first wave of a
hangover, or just to start the day with a bang. Recipes for simple
dinner parties, made full of care, but easy to throw together mid-week,
from warm roasted chicken with lemons accompanied by penne tzatziki
style, to daddy's Jamaican ackee and salt fish with fried plantain and
coconut coleslaw. There are also individual dishes of soulful grub to
comfort and soothe; dishes for clandestine last-minute dates to fall in
love over; recipes for casual summer get-togethers and elaborate feasts
to feed flocks of hungry friends.
Feisty and fresh, Spooning With Rosie, is a book about friends, a
vibrant local community and the joy of good food shared together.
Rosie Lovell is a passionate, energetic young cook who five years ago
opened up a thriving deli in Brixton market.
