Sudi Pigott – Consider the Anchovy
Consider the Anchovy is a love letter to the humble anchovy that journeys along the Mediterranean and around the world, exploring the fascinating history and culture behind the little fish with big flavour. Alongside delicious recipes to close each chapter, this book is rich in research, stuffed with maverick, rakish characters and full of flavour. Whether you love them or hate them, Consider the Anchovy is both an entertaining odyssey and an unabashedly passionate manifesto that celebrates anchovies with their pungent, complex, umami allure as leading, albeit sometimes unpredictable, movers in world culinary history.
Chaired by Caroline Beck
“Between these covers is an anchovy odyssey, a journey in search of a small fish of enormous importance. Fascinating, unexpected and utterly enticing!” – Rachel Roddy
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