At the Codex International Book Fair in Richmond February 8–11
Indian curries were voted Britain’s favourite dish for many years. No surprise then that curry is the subject of my new book:
Video transcript: "Taxi driver curry. – Roaming London in the early 1970s,
English art student David Esslemont tastes his first Indian curry – he likes it.
Today a professional artist, book designer and printer, Esslemont lives in rural Iowa, a Midwestern American
state so vast that England would fit comfortably within it’s borders.
Unfortunately Iowa has just twenty-four Indian restaurants – a mere shadow of
England’s thousands. Where, Esslemont wondered, can I go to get a decent curry?
Always a lover of good food, Esslemont began experimenting with his own recipes. His love of cooking became a passion – in 2013 he turned the recipe for his prize-winning chili recipe into an
award-winning limited edition book.
Now Esslemont focuses his attention on
curry as he explores the culture and cuisine of South Asia, experimenting with
herbs and spices to transform not only his evening meal, but also lunch and
breakfast.
In his quest to understand the
gastronomy of South Asia he scours cookbooks and food media and . . . talks to
taxi drivers.
There are many different ways to cook curry – this transcript of a conversation with a taxi driver describes just one approach and was recorded at 4.30 a.m. while travelling between terminals at London’s Heathrow airport.
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| Kolam 06 – 7-colour woodcut |
The woodcuts are based on Indian Kolam, designs traditionally created outside homes to bring prosperity and ward off evil spirits. Order now to take advantage of a special pre-publication subscription price at
solmentes.com.
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| Title page |
Fifty copies hand printed from the original wood- blocks, the text from polymer plates, bound as follows: forty-five copies in cloth-covered boards, presented in a drop-back box – $460 ($360 pre publication) and five copies in a deluxe binding.
175 x 254 mm ( 7 x 10 ins) landscape, 24pp, 10 woodcuts. To be published in March 2015 by
Solmentes Press." (Edited by
Robert Wolf)
