Jenny Linford

Brilliant and original ... From slow feasts to fast food, Linford shows that, no matter what we are cooking, time is of the essence'

A compelling book...Time is the unacknowledged genie of the kitchen. <i>The Missing Ingredient</i> considers the meanings that go beyond quantitative measures

Thoughtful, lively  and original.  No one has approached food in regard to time before

Beautifully written and highly original. Jenny Linford scrutinises time-honoured food production methods and cookery techniques through the often ignored lens of time. A gently informative, almost lyrical volume for our impatient times

Joanna Blythman, author of Shopped: The Shocking Power Of British Supermarkets

Jenny Linford has created something quite remarkable: a treatise on the single most vital and most overlooked element of food and cooking that's as page-turning as a thriller. It's hard to believe nobody has tackled the concept of 'time' before, and Jenny has done it more than justice. A glorious, essential addition to every food lover's book shelves.

The Curious Role of Time in Food and Flavour

<i>The Missing Ingredient</i> is about what makes good food, and the first book to consider the intrinsic yet often forgotten role of time in creating flavour. Written through a series of encounters with ingredients, producers, cooks, shopkeepers and chefs, exploring everything from the brief period in which sugar caramelises, the days required in the crucial process of fermentation in so many foods we love, to the months of slow ripening and close attention that make a great cheddar, or the years needed for certain wines to reach their peak, Jenny Linford shows how, time and again, time itself is the invisible ingredient. Linford shows how paying attention to time in the kitchen and elsewhere improves our food, from the patient browning of meat to the long investment of many food producers in fields and storehouses around the world. The result is a joyful account of the vital role of time in our culinary lives, and a book to savour.

Jenny Linford

Praise for The Missing Ingredient

Brilliant and original ... From slow feasts to fast food, Linford shows that, no matter what we are cooking, time is of the essence'

A compelling book...Time is the unacknowledged genie of the kitchen. The Missing Ingredient considers the meanings that go beyond quantitative measures

Thoughtful, lively and original. No one has approached food in regard to time before

Brilliant and original ... From slow feasts to fast food, Linford shows that, no matter what we are cooking, time is of the essence'

A compelling book...Time is the unacknowledged genie of the kitchen. The Missing Ingredient considers the meanings that go beyond quantitative measures

Thoughtful, lively and original. No one has approached food in regard to time before

Brilliant and original ... From slow feasts to fast food, Linford shows that, no matter what we are cooking, time is of the essence'

A compelling book...Time is the unacknowledged genie of the kitchen. The Missing Ingredient considers the meanings that go beyond quantitative measures

Thoughtful, lively and original. No one has approached food in regard to time before

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