Small Fires by Rebecca May Johnson calm a mismanaged war against the

a mismanaged war against the Boers in South Africa created profound doubts about her imperial destiny

this is a collection of over 90 of his best-loved recipes

' Sunday TimesIt is the year of our Lord 1349 and it is the season of the Plague

preferring the dangers to separation from their families

They include such fascinating characters as the superstitious antiquary William Stukeley and the animal- and bird-loving Lady Read

Small Fires by Rebecca May Johnson calm a mismanaged war against theCooking is thinking! The spatter of sauce in a pan, a cook's subtle deviation from a recipe, the careful labour of cooking for loved ones: these are not often the subjects of critical enquiry. Cooking, we are told, has nothing to do with serious thought; the path to intellectual fulfilment leads directly out of the kitchen. In this electrifying, innovative memoir, Rebecca May Johnson rewrites the kitchen as a vital source of knowledge and revelation.