A review by philippakmoore
Best Food Writing 2015 by Holly Hughes

3.0

I love food writing and this was a solid collection of essays that varied from a company making vegan meats and eggs to the search for the perfect ragu. In fact, there were quite a few essays devoted to ragu this year which even as a vegetarian I enjoyed as it used to be one of my favourite dishes. While I enjoyed some essays more than others, it worked well as a collection and among the best were a travel diary through Bologna, a rather fascinating history of the now ubiquitous pumpkin spice latte, a moving meditation by a cancer sufferer on being brought food by loved ones during his illness, and my favourite, a vivid and quite heartbreaking account of a young woman's struggle to build a healthy relationship with food after a difficult upbringing (Elissa Altman's "Infrequent Potatoes"). You know a collection has some gems when you make a note to seek out some of the contributors' other work.

Enjoyable and satisfying, not unlike a good plate of food.

With thanks to the publishers for supplying me with a review copy via Netgalley.