KNIFE BOOK BY TIM HAYWARD
Knife is a love-letter to this essential culinary tool – its form, history and creation. The knife can be the most functional utensil or the most exquisite piece of design – avid collectors pay jaw-dropping sums for a piece of Japanese hand-crafted steel, made according to traditions that date back thousands of years.
Through interviews with knife-makers, chefs and collectors, acclaimed food writer Tim Hayward explores how the relationship between cook and blade has shaped both the knife itself, and the ways we prepare and eat food all over the world. From Damascus blades to Chinese cleavers and sushi knives, at the heart of Knife is a fascinating guide to 40 different types of knife, each with its own unique story, detailed description and stunning photographs. Lavishly illustrated and designed, and as cool, personal and desirable as the most intricately crafted deba, Knife opens up the world of this most covetable of culinary implements.
Tim Hayward is an award-winning food writer and broadcaster. He writes a regular column for the Financial Times, and is a presenter on BBC Radio 4’s The Food Programme and panellist on The Kitchen Cabinet. He has also written features for The Guardian, Observer Food Monthly, Delicious, Olive, Waitrose Food and Saveur, amongst others. He is the Guild of Food Writers Food Journalist of the Year 2015 and was the Fortnum and Mason Food writer of the Year for 2014. He has also held their awards for Best Food Broadcast and Best Food Magazine for Fire & Knives quarterly, which he edited and published.
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Author: Tim Hayward
Format: Hardback
Pages: 224
Dimensions: 23 x 15cm
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