Veld to fork: slow food from the heart of the Karoo

Gordon Wright, Veld to Fork: Slow Food from the Heart of the Karoo. Cape Town: Struik, 2013.

Soft cover, stiff card wraps, 26 x 22 cm, 160 pages, illustrated throughout.

Upper hinge gutter has come away from the first page but covers holding firm (this is a minor fault and represents no risk to the binding). Inscribed by the author on the half-title-page. Very good to fine condition.

'Veld to Fork is a celebration of life, through food, in the beautiful Karoo. It is about good, honest cooking using the freshest ingredients. It is about knowing where your ingredients come from and that they were properly grown and harvested. Add simple recipes and you get tasty, healthy food and delighted guests. This book is not about big words or complex ingredients that nobody can pronounce or has heard of before. Rather, its purpose is to encourage you to try your hand and enjoy the art of food-making through whole, pure and simple food. Veld to Fork is also a nostalgic look at what we have forgotten and need to re-learn in this fast-paced life we all live. Preparing a meal should be a gathering of family and friends around the kitchen table, and enjoying it together the delightful reward. There is no reason every meal should not be a celebration of life. Food is the one thing we need to survive, but to enjoy each meal and share it with those you love, that's really living. Soak up the preparation and the celebration of enjoying these dishes, especially the ones that take a little longer than usual. Because life is too short for bad food and bad wine. ...'