{"title":"Books by Thom Eagle","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781787135338","title":"Summer's Lease","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the Fortnum \u0026amp; Mason Debut Food Book of 2019, \u003ci\u003eSummer's Lease\u003c\/i\u003e looks at the cooking techniques we use instead of heat which, in letting us step away from the stove, lend themselves perfectly to summer eating: breaking, salting, souring and ageing.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe long dog days of a tiring summer are no time to be a cook. A few charred sardines are of course a wonderful thing, but there the grill sits, pouring out heat into the already-hot kitchen; anyone with any sense who wants charred sardines is somewhere close to the seaside.... It is a time when you might, if you weren’t so hot, wonder what it means to cook at all. Is there cooking without fire...?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe understand that when we say something is cooked, we mean it has been heated; but we also understand that a cook does much more than just cooking. The chopping, the beating, the marinating, the dressing... What cooks do is best defined not by the word “cooking”, but by the idea of metamorphosis. Cooks transform ingredients.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough recipes and meanderings, award-winning food writer Thom Eagle explores what it means to create dishes without a reliance on fire and flame, and offers a unique and tantalising glimpse inside the mind of a chef.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56305059070325,"sku":"9781787135338","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781787135338_3d340a8f-4578-445b-91df-363925c24dea.jpg?v=1786025395"},{"product_id":"9780712355216","title":"The The Philosophy of Pickles and Fermented Foods","description":"\u003cp\u003eFermented food is playing a significant role in the developing discussion around gut health and the microbiome. More than the latest health trend, pickling and fermentation are techniques that have been used by human populations across the globe in food preparation for millennia. And they are part of a region’s cultural heritage, passed from generation to generation, whether it’s the Korean \u003cem\u003ekimjang\u003c\/em\u003e – the making and sharing of kimchi – the Japanese preparation of the \u003cem\u003enukadoko\u003c\/em\u003e or pickling bed, or the brine-fermented fruits and vegetables of Georgia. Thom Eagle celebrates this fascinating history, explaining the different techniques and offering practical advice for enthusiasts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56311863574901,"sku":"9780712355216","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780712355216_8a959b3a-3816-49e6-846b-03be36cc2204.jpg?v=1786014898"},{"product_id":"9780349127736","title":"The Allotment Diaries","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor forty years Thom's father kept an allotment near his home, and after thirty-nine years Thom joined him with a neighbouring plot.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter his father's sudden death, Thom began to write about the year he spent in the soil, under a desperate spell, past blurring into present, a last goodbye. The Allotment Diaries is the result - a melodious, surging, pensive month-by-month portrait of the soil we all have in common.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":56367978250613,"sku":"9780349127736","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":57682875842933,"sku":"9780349127729","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780349127736_896504db-2e8f-4d6b-9665-f69fe25a76bd.jpg?v=1792511744"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-thom-eagle.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}