BOOK CLUB
HEIDI WHITE DIRECTOR, EAT CAMBRIDGE
Street Food Revolution by Richard Johnson is a series of stories from the very early days of the UK’s street food scene, which I read around the time that I was first setting up foodPark. I was completely sucked in by the beautiful vans, tantalising food, the mobile trader lifestyle and the infectious passion of the first modern British street food pioneers revealed in this book. The street food sector and scenes have changed and shifted dramatically since Richard Johnson penned these tales, but I still flick through this book fondly. Also, I was given The Greedy Queen by Annie Gray as a gift earlier in the year, and I am planning to devour it this winter. It takes me a while to read an entire book these days, but I love non-fiction food books such as this – and local author and food historian Annie Gray has such an incredible insight into culinary history and a wonderful way of telling the story behind ingredients and dishes. I’m sure I won’t be able to put it down once I find the time! NICK CARTER PRESENTER, THAT FRIDAY FEELING (7PM ON BBC RADIO CAMBRIDGESHIRE & BBC SOUNDS) I always find myself going back to Creating Powerful Radio by Valerie Geller. Valerie is an acclaimed broadcast consultant and she is evangelical about radio. If you’ve ever thought of being on the radio – and it is the best job in the world– this book is the how and why to be better at it. I think this might be giving away all my secrets! My love of 80s pop is also no secret. Martin Kemp’s autobiography, True, comes with a heavy endorsement from me but the headline act for this Christmas has to be Wham! George & Me by Andrew Ridgley. I’m one of George Michael’s biggest fans, and it still feels odd to think that one of British music’s brightest stars isn’t around any more.
ALEX OLIVIER CO-OWNER, RESTAURANT 22
Setting The Table by Danny Meyer is a reflection on his amazing career in restaurants and the meaning and value of true hospitality. A book full of pearls of wisdom, not just for budding restaurateurs, but for anyone in business. Sam, head chef and my co-owner at Restaurant 22, has The Whole Fish Cookbook by Josh Niland on his Christmas wish list – the author is a chef who advocates applying the ‘nose to tail’ approach that we take with meat to fish, by using ‘gill to fin’ to avoid waste and maximise flavour.
IMAGES Top right, The Greedy Queen by Annie Gray, the choice of Heidi White; Right, Vickery’s Folk Flora by Roy Vickery, which is on Luca Fiorio’s Christmas list
“Local author and food historian Annie Gray has such an incredible insight into culinary history”
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