CONSOLATION OF FOOD

This is a collection of stories, seasoned with recipes, to read and make in both happy and troubled times; a book of comfort food in the truest sense of the word. Following a personal tragedy, Val began to take note of his grief in culinary form, documenting meals that made him feel good. From the aching simplicity of toast with butter to the isolation of cooking for one, this book is about enjoyment, grief, restlessness, disasters and success.