Kitchen Garden Cooking in the City

East End Paradise

Inspiring and exciting in its approach to food and inner-city living, bursting with delicious recipes... East End Paradise will be irresistible to anyone interested in food, wherever they live.

Allotment gardener Jojo Tulloh guides you through a year of seasonal cooking, with refreshingly original recipes and plenty of ideas of what to do with your glut of courgettes

Jojo writes with great passion and a deep knowledge of the food that she grows.  She makes the idea of growing your own food not only accessible but also fun and inspiring.  Her family recipes are mouth-watering, simple and show that good food is for everyone, regardless of budget

Jojo Tulloh is a cook after my own heart in the refreshing simplicity of her recipes and the innumerable tips on what to do with your vegetables and roots and how to grow them in your backyard

Jojo is a joy... A serious cookery book indeed

It is a charming, useful and inspirational book - what people need today

East End Paradise scores on all points, from the concept (urban gardening is a very hot topic right now) to the mouth-watering recipes (think things like sorrel omelettes and courgette and lemon risotto) right down to the simple but beautiful photography

Jojo Tulloh is a freelance editor and script developer. She was food editor of the current affairs magazine, The Week for several years. She now divides her time between her family, her garden and her work. She lives in London.

Those of us living in towns and cities might think that the pleasures of growing our own food, watching the seasons pass with the changing produce and getting our hands stuck into the soil are beyond our reach. But a growing number of urban dwellers are realising that there are ways of connecting with the land, and enjoying the sheer pleasure of watching something grow, without giving up the joys of living in the city. 
 
Jojo Tulloh takes us to her inner-city allotment and guides us through a year of cooking, inspired by the food that has sprung from her surprisingly fertile patch of East London waste-ground.

Jojo Tulloh

This book is the thoughtful, entertaining result

Both bold and intelligent…You will not put it down, I guarantee you. And when finished you will want to show it to your friends

An interesting and inspiring read and one I am likely to return to in future for reference

As elegant and original as [Tulloh’s] recipes. Beautiful prose. Woodcut-style illustrations instead of photographs

Even  if keeping your own hens will only ever be a dream, it’s fascinating to  read of the highs and lows faced by those living the good life

A  pleasurable and inspirational jaunt through the philosophy of self-sufficiency that just might be the  impetus for kick-starting a whole new different way of life

A tempting and considered guide to swapping convenience foods for the homegrown, homemade and sustainable

This well-versed book is like a wonderful introduction to the best culinary library out there… It’s a must for any foodie

An interwoven tapestry of recipes, food philosophy and sparkling storytelling

Adventures in City Food

*WINNER OF THE FORTNUM &amp; MASON FOOD BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2014* 
 
Inspired by those who were bold enough to make that leap, but firmly rooted in London, food writer Jojo Tulloh wondered if some kind of peasant-like self-sufficiency could be achieved for city-dwellers; looking around her she found she was not alone.Beneath Victorian railway arches, on inner city roof tops and on borrowed land, a new breed of food producers were baking bread, making cheese, keeping bees and growing vegetables. Inspired by their success, Jojo watched and learned. 
 
In this evocative and illuminating book, Jojo shares her knowledge of this fast-changing culinary scene. Alongside vivid stories from her visits to producers and tips for baking and pickling, fermenting and foraging, she presents fresh tasting, achievable recipes for modern peasants – sourdough pizzas of nettles and sausage, celebratory paellas of squid and home-grown peppers, chutneys, jam and pickles – and in doing so shows how a food philosophy that takes the best from past traditions can put flavour and excitement back into everyday cooking – even amidst the roar of city life.

Jojo Tulloh

Praise for The Modern Peasant

This book is the thoughtful, entertaining result

Both bold and intelligent…You will not put it down, I guarantee you. And when finished you will want to show it to your friends

Enchanting

This book is the thoughtful, entertaining result

Both bold and intelligent…You will not put it down, I guarantee you. And when finished you will want to show it to your friends

Enchanting

This book is the thoughtful, entertaining result

Both bold and intelligent…You will not put it down, I guarantee you. And when finished you will want to show it to your friends

Enchanting

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