The third in this special series celebrating the Andre Simon Awards 2021 in which Gilly meets the authors shortlisted for the prestigious food book gong with an introduction by food assessor, the Nigerian born author Yemisi Aribisala whose memoir Longthroat: Soups, Sex and Nigerian Taste Buds won the Andre Simon’s John Avery award in 2016.Four out of seven on the shortlist have already appeared on Cooking the Books, and this week, you’ll get a chance to listen again to Dee Rettali tell Gilly how Baking with Fortitude, the name of her book as well as the story of her life, is about so much more than bread and cake. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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