Fragrant Heart: A Tale of Love, Life and Food in Asia - Softcover

Emmerson, Miranda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849535582 ISBN 13: 9781849535588

Publisher: Summersdale, 2016

Synopsis

We buy food we can point to. We stalk the streets until rush hour and wait for the little hatches to open in the sides of restaurants. From the steamy openings, cooks in overalls sell jiaozi (dumplings) and bowls of thick, sticky, white congee—an unholy cross between soup and porridge. Baozi, steamed white buns, are light as air. I buy them filled with water spinach and nettle—delicious dipped in sharp, black Chinese vinegar.

In 2008, Miranda and her partner set off for one last big adventure before settling down. They chose to travel through South-East Asia. All did not go to plan: Asian flu, falling off boats, and the general chaos of a life abroad challenged them at every step, and yet, in the midst of it all, they fell in love with the culture and culinary delights of China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and Malaysia.

About this title

About the Author:

Miranda Emmerson is a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 4 Extra, where she specializes in abridging books for radio and adapting them for dramatic serialization.

Review:

"An interesting and instructive book in more ways than one."  —The Good Book Guide

About this edition

• Publisher: Summersdale
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1849535582
• ISBN 13: 9781849535588
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320