Stephanie's Feasts and Stories - Stephanie Alexander

'A feast is a shared occasion and a joyous affair. Feasting to me implies richly coloured, laden platters. It means generosity, hospitality and friendship. Many feasts are made of absolutely declicious, homely dishes. Stories are very important in order to understand who we are and where we have come from.'This is a book about sharing pleasure. It's about how the experience of eating is a way of looking at the world. As a traveller Stephanie Alexander is always seeking enw tastes and new flavours; by translating them into workable, delicious feasts she is able to share the memory with all its happy associations. Feasts and stories draws on a very broad palate, from settings in countries as varied as France, Italy, England, Greece, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Australia. It celebrates eating and food, how people live, what makes their life exciting, and how food is linked to events of significance. It demonstrates Stephanie's interest in both understanding traditional ethnic boundaries and in absoring culinary details of various cultures into what is her own very personal style.;Feasts and stories is also a simply wonderful, practical cookbook, with an astonishing range of dishes, ideas and ingredients, all of which beg to be tried. Stephanie's enthusiasm and passion for everything associated with food is an inspiration for both the reader and the cook.'Stephanie's feasts and stories is a warmly inviting and generous book from its sunny cover through its richly detailed recipes to the unstinting praise Alexander gives to her peers.'Frances Bissell, The London Times'Stephanie Alexander's book Feasts and Stories is a collection of tales and travels and food...Stephanie has an enormous knowledge of the foods of the countries she has visited and has the gift of being a writer with colourful and mouth-watering descriptive powers.'Joan Campbell, Vogue Entertaining'Stephanie's Feasts and Stories is a cookbook for collectors - those of us who think a cookbook's place is just as much on the bedside table as on the kitchen shelves.'Janet Reeves, Canberra Times