First of all those Pancakes need a vlog of their own!!!🥰 Miranda I love books about food, it’s currently 5:42 in the morning on the 18th... because I watched this video twice( yes that’s how much I like food)...now the second watch is for making my list 📚Miranda, tell Donna I said hello 👋🏾 (as if she knows me🤷🏾♀️) and now I will be a tacky little bragger I have so Many BOOKS...no really I do..(🥰 thanks to you)
Thank you so much for your lovely comment, Kiki! I'm so glad you enjoyed this video! I'll definitely pass on your good wishes to my Mum. Hope you're having a good week and YAY for lots of books! xxx
Loved loved loved this! Lots of old pals but ohsomany new ones - my to read list is just getting bigger and bigger. I highly recommend the fab memoir A half baked idea by Olivia Potts and the lovely books by her dear friend Kate Young,who creates recipes based on food excerpts from famous books. And since you mentioned food Italian books and I'm from Piedmont,may I suggest Tortellini at Midnight by Emiko Davies (a wonderful Japanese-Australian cook writer who has been living in Florence her whole adult life) and From the markets of Tuscany by Giulia Scapraleggia,a native Tuscan that adores and celebrates her region. Anyway,fabolous video and hope we will get more food related books recommendations in the future!
Thank you so much for the recommendations, I love reading foody books! Hopefully Donna feels better very soon, so sorry for her...Happy pancake day!!!! Bisous!!!!
Fun video! I’m surprised you didn’t mention Elizabeth David because she seems like she’d fit in with the others you list. My fav foodie non-fiction was the Omnivores Dilemma by the wonderful Michael Pollan. Also very good: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver and the Devils Picnic by Grescoe
So timely, as always, Miranda! My love of food writing began with Laurie Colwin's Home Cooking and More Home Cooking, and the Ruth Reichl books, and A Homemade Life. Another classic of this genre that I've enjoyed is Patience Gray's Honey from a Weed. And I'd also recommend Josceline Dimbleby's Orchards in the Oasis: Recipes, Travels & Memories. I've just finished Dinner with Edward which I loved and romped through in a day. So I was very pleased to have your recommendations for what to read next - I've just ordered the Felicity Cloake book from the library and love the sound of The Greedy Queen and several others that you've highlighted. Thank you so much, as always, for a much welcome video 👩🏽🍳🍽📚
Such an enjoyable video Miranda. I could listen to you reviewing books for hours. You make them sound so enticing that I want order all of the books I haven’t read. I have a long list 😊
You are really very good at describing the books you choose. Maybe too good because I want to go out there and find the books you talk about. 🤣 Troublemaker. Lol. Enjoyed very much. 💕👍
Some excellent choices here, Miranda! I recommend M. F. K. Fisher's The theoretical foot, which is a novel rather than a memoir but with lovely food descriptions and a rather unsettling story. Ps: I'm a crepe girl myself (served with lemon and sugar always) though I do enjoy maple syrup on French toast with berries when in season.
So glad to see that A Homemade Life made it to your list as it's one of my favourites! I don't know any other titles but might do very soon! Delicious pancakes too and my faves are American style too, maple syrup is so yummy.
Oh, I'm so glad that Donna is healing. Miranda, I love your suggestions. Molly Wizenberg is a fascinating woman, her two other memoirs are also superb (Delancey, about opening a restaurant with her husband, and The Fixed Stars, about the dissolution of her marriage when her sexual orientation changed).
@@MirandaMills I started Jenny Colgans The bookshop on the shore ...... 70 pages in and enjoying it .... it’s set in Scotland ..... I live in Australia but went over to England , Ireland and Scotland about 6 years ago and love books set in those three places 📚💞📚
What an amazing collection! Ruth Reichl also wrote ‘Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise’ and ‘Save Me The Plums: My Gourmet Memoir’ which you and Donna might like. Glad to hear she’s feeling a bit better. Thank you Miranda for another great episode. Sending lots of good wishes xox
Hi maranda glad your mum's feeling a bit better .the pancakes looked so appatiseing .there was lots of lovely books to choose from.thankyou for your video .it's lovely to see you face light up when you are talking about your books ..x
Hi Miranda - I always learn so much from your book hauls and I am reminded of the books I have wanted to read especially Infused. So thanks so much for your thoughtful choices. One foodie book that I love is "An Everlasting Meal" by Tamar Adler. I loved this book since it was about being creative with the ingredients that you have. Will be watching tomorrow for afternoon tea.
Hi again from Va! I'm not really a foodie since I'm rather a picky eater but I still really enjoyed your video and am happy to hear your mum may be back Friday! Glad she's better! Wanted to tell you I just finished The Hills is Lonely and I thoroughly enjoyed it; I love "visiting" the Hebrides thought books. I visit the Shetland islands through Ann Cleeves' series. Am currently enjoying Chapel Sands, the memoir you talked about (Five Days Gone in the US); it's so intriguing. Akenfield by Ronald Blythe and Mr Wrong by Elizabeth Jane Howard, your mum's recommendation, arrived in the mail today! In other words, your videos are really helping me find more UK authors to read and enjoy! Take care! Off to make a pancake... 🤣📚❤️
We love pancake day in our house, we start with savoury and finish with sweet, it’s a real pancake fest 😂 I’m not usually drawn to foodie/memoir type books but I bought Dear Edward when it came out last year. I absolutely loved it, I’ve even made a couple of his meals, he introduced me to marinating steak in balsamic vinegar, delicious 😍 You have a fabulous collection, I’ve just added a load to my wish list 🤣 Look forward to ‘seeing’ you, and hopefully your mum, on Friday, it was lovely to hear her sounding so well, hope she’s recovering well.
So many favorite foodie books! Especially 'My Life in France', 'Home Cooking' and Ruth Reichl's books. I'll have to get both Molly Wizenberg and Alison Uttley's books, too. The next foodie book I'm going to try is 'Dinner with Edward' because the description sounded so lovely and fun! The only problem I have is that books about food make me SOO hungry and already love eating too much - lol. Thank you for such great recommendations! :D (P.S. The pancakes looked amazing, though I think I prefer waffles with peanut butter and maple syrup on top. Your hair looked so pretty in the intro - wish my hair would do that!)
Hi Miranda! Thank you for making this pandemic manageable. Your videos keep me going. Here are a few food books you may like. Fair warning, however. The moment that I completed Michael Ruhlman's book, I put it down, drove to the nearest cooking school and enrolled in a two year program! (1) Michael Ruhlman - The Making of a Chef and The Soul of a Chef, (2) Jacques Pepin - The Apprentice, (3) The Tummy Trilogy - Calvin Trillin, (4) Richard Olney - Lulu's Provencal Table, (5) The Auberge of the Flowering Hearth - Roy Andries de Groot.
Hello Miranda! So glad that your Mum is feeling better! I love Heartburn by Nora Ephron (I have the same edition from Virago Press 😃) It's so funny, I read it in English and it's a really good reading. Do you know David Lebovitz's memoire The Sweet Life in Paris? A lot of funny adventures and amazing recipes! 😘
Thanks so much, Teresa! That's great you love Heartburn too. I really enjoy David Lebovitz's blog, but I haven't got The Sweet Life; I really should add it to my collection! xxx
What a great topic for a video! So many great recommendations. I've been meaning to pick up something by M.F.K. Fisher. I really love Animal, Vegetable Miracle by Barbara Kingslover. Its a foodie/gardening book that I found so enjoyable.
Try watching this video when you are on a diet! 😅😂 Excellent recommendations as always. I make pancakes every Sunday morning for my son and he likes them nothing on top! 😆 Mine would swim in maple syrup if I could eat them! 😆
Hello Miranda! One of my favourites is The Hebridian Cookbook by Lillian Beckwith. Do you have that on your shelf? Of course there are a few stories in it and the great drawings by Douglas Hall.
Oh no, I don't think I have that one, which is a shame as I enjoy Lillian Beckwith's books. I'll have to look out for it! Thanks for the recommendation xxx
I love many of the books you mentioned but haven’t heard of Infused-I must look for it as I’m a big tea drinker. If you haven’t already, please check out Gourmet Rhapsody by Muriel Barbery. It’s a slim novel about a dying food critic who remembers the memorable meals and foods he had. I’d also like to recommend Voracious: a Hungry Reader Cooks Her Way through Great Books by Carla Nicoletti, a combination of love for books and food. Thank you for the video and great book recommendations. Now I want to read food writings! 😋
Hello Miranda, my heart soared when I saw the pile of books and it was great to have some recommendations as I love food memoirs too. Co-incidentally today is the actress Patricia Routledge's birthday and James Runcie, the author, wrote a programme for the television series Bookmark called "Miss Pym's Day Out' which you can find here on UA-cam and I would really recommend that as it has 'characters from the novels wander in and out of Barbara's 'real' life as she goes from her home to the parish church to the village hall and then takes the train to London' for the Booker Prize (her novel "Autumn Quartet' had been shortlisted). Here's a link if anyone is interested: ua-cam.com/video/mi8Zezov9RQ/v-deo.html - thank you for this review and enjoy your week and looking forward to Friday, Teresa ❤️📚👩🏻🍳📺🥞❤️
Thanks so much, Teresa! I have seen that film on UA-cam and agree it's excellent; Mum and I watched it together quite a while ago now. I definitely recommend it to any Pym fans! Thanks for linking xxx
se pancakes looked so yummy 😋. As a fellow foodie😄 I like a good food themed book too. Have you read Eat Joy Stories & Comfort Food? It’s by multiple authors and edited by Natalie Eve Garrett. It contains stories on how food helped each author through life circumstances. Hope your mom’s mending .☺️ Now, I think pancakes just might be on the menu this weekend😁.
First of all those Pancakes need a vlog of their own!!!🥰 Miranda I love books about food, it’s currently 5:42 in the morning on the 18th... because I watched this video twice( yes that’s how much I like food)...now the second watch is for making my list 📚Miranda, tell Donna I said hello 👋🏾 (as if she knows me🤷🏾♀️) and now I will be a tacky little bragger I have so Many BOOKS...no really I do..(🥰 thanks to you)
Thank you so much for your lovely comment, Kiki! I'm so glad you enjoyed this video! I'll definitely pass on your good wishes to my Mum. Hope you're having a good week and YAY for lots of books! xxx
Mum-Donna, I absolutely agree with you about Ruth Reichl and Tender at the Bone!
Loved loved loved this! Lots of old pals but ohsomany new ones - my to read list is just getting bigger and bigger. I highly recommend the fab memoir A half baked idea by Olivia Potts and the lovely books by her dear friend Kate Young,who creates recipes based on food excerpts from famous books. And since you mentioned food Italian books and I'm from Piedmont,may I suggest Tortellini at Midnight by Emiko Davies (a wonderful Japanese-Australian cook writer who has been living in Florence her whole adult life) and From the markets of Tuscany by Giulia Scapraleggia,a native Tuscan that adores and celebrates her region.
Anyway,fabolous video and hope we will get more food related books recommendations in the future!
Wonderful collection of books. Thank you for sharing! 💫
The pancakes look delicious. Hope your mum is feeling better. Great selection of books. Thank you for a lovely video.
Thanks very much! She’s doing a lot better 😊
Very nice selection. Thanks :) you can more with biographies, gardens or flowers.
Nothing as comforting as warm pancakes on a winter morning.
Thank you so much for the recommendations, I love reading foody books! Hopefully Donna feels better very soon, so sorry for her...Happy pancake day!!!! Bisous!!!!
Thank you very much! Happily, she's doing much better! :) xxx
Fun video! I’m surprised you didn’t mention Elizabeth David because she seems like she’d fit in with the others you list. My fav foodie non-fiction was the Omnivores Dilemma by the wonderful Michael Pollan. Also very good: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver and the Devils Picnic by Grescoe
So timely, as always, Miranda! My love of food writing began with Laurie Colwin's Home Cooking and More Home Cooking, and the Ruth Reichl books, and A Homemade Life. Another classic of this genre that I've enjoyed is Patience Gray's Honey from a Weed. And I'd also recommend Josceline Dimbleby's Orchards in the Oasis: Recipes, Travels & Memories. I've just finished Dinner with Edward which I loved and romped through in a day. So I was very pleased to have your recommendations for what to read next - I've just ordered the Felicity Cloake book from the library and love the sound of The Greedy Queen and several others that you've highlighted. Thank you so much, as always, for a much welcome video
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Such an enjoyable video Miranda. I could listen to you reviewing books for hours. You make them sound so enticing that I want order all of the books I haven’t read. I have a long list 😊
Thank you so much, Karen! That's lovely of you to say xxx
Omg, I loved the Orangette blog too! I ate in her pizza restaurant in Seattle a few years ago. It was so good!
How fun to have got to the restaurant!
You are really very good at describing the books you choose. Maybe too good because I want to go out there and find the books you talk about. 🤣 Troublemaker. Lol. Enjoyed very much. 💕👍
Haha thanks Diane! 😆📚❤️
Really enjoy this loved the pancakes!! Lots of people about food that sound interesting like the tea one as well.🙂❤️
Glad you enjoyed it - thank you! 'Infused' is such an interesting read :)
Some excellent choices here, Miranda! I recommend M. F. K. Fisher's The theoretical foot, which is a novel rather than a memoir but with lovely food descriptions and a rather unsettling story. Ps: I'm a crepe girl myself (served with lemon and sugar always) though I do enjoy maple syrup on French toast with berries when in season.
Thank you, Georgia! That would be a good choice for when I talk about fictional foodie books. Hope you enjoyed your crepes! 🍋 😋
So glad to see that A Homemade Life made it to your list as it's one of my favourites! I don't know any other titles but might do very soon! Delicious pancakes too and my faves are American style too, maple syrup is so yummy.
What a great selections of books! I hope your mum feels better!
Thanks so much, Julia! xxx
Oh, I'm so glad that Donna is healing. Miranda, I love your suggestions. Molly Wizenberg is a fascinating woman, her two other memoirs are also superb (Delancey, about opening a restaurant with her husband, and The Fixed Stars, about the dissolution of her marriage when her sexual orientation changed).
Thanks so much, Christina! I couldn't really get into Delancy, but I didn't realise she'd published a third memoir so I'll have to look into that! xxx
@@MirandaMills The Fixed Stars might explain why Delancey didn't appeal! The messy middle, as we say in America.
I just remember thinking the restaurant sounded absolutely exhausting! Thank goodness she seems much happier now!
Hope your mum is feeling better 💞💞 the pancakes looked yummy 😋📚💞📚
Thank you! She’s doing much better!
@@MirandaMills I started Jenny Colgans The bookshop on the shore ...... 70 pages in and enjoying it .... it’s set in Scotland ..... I live in Australia but went over to England , Ireland and Scotland about 6 years ago and love books set in those three places 📚💞📚
That sounds like a lovely read! I’ll have to look it up 😊📚
What an amazing collection! Ruth Reichl also wrote ‘Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise’ and ‘Save Me The Plums: My Gourmet Memoir’ which you and Donna might like. Glad to hear she’s feeling a bit better. Thank you Miranda for another great episode. Sending lots of good wishes xox
Thanks Rima! We have all Reichl's books on our shelves - we're definitely fans!! Hope you're having a good week xxx
Love Nora Ephron, excellent pick!
She is fab! 📚❤️
Thanks for this video - will check out some of these title (I work at a library) so will scour the stacks :)). Have a lovely day!
Hi maranda glad your mum's feeling a bit better .the pancakes looked so appatiseing .there was lots of lovely books to choose from.thankyou for your video .it's lovely to see you face light up when you are talking about your books ..x
Thank you so much, Marie! We really enjoyed our pancakes 😃
Hi Miranda - I always learn so much from your book hauls and I am reminded of the books I have wanted to read especially Infused. So thanks so much for your thoughtful choices. One foodie book that I love is "An Everlasting Meal" by Tamar Adler. I loved this book since it was about being creative with the ingredients that you have. Will be watching tomorrow for afternoon tea.
Thank you for all your book recommendations! I have added them all to my Goodreads TBR list.
Thank you Miranda for the book recommentations and the lovely video.❤
Also if you like MFK Fisher I would recommend An Everlasting Meal, a modern book that reminded me very much of Fisher in style.
Another great video, thank you Miranda. I adore cooking, baking and reading so your content always cheers my soul.
That's so lovely to hear, thank you! I love all those things too 😃
Hi again from Va! I'm not really a foodie since I'm rather a picky eater but I still really enjoyed your video and am happy to hear your mum may be back Friday! Glad she's better! Wanted to tell you I just finished The Hills is Lonely and I thoroughly enjoyed it; I love "visiting" the Hebrides thought books. I visit the Shetland islands through Ann Cleeves' series.
Am currently enjoying Chapel Sands, the memoir you talked about (Five Days Gone in the US); it's so intriguing. Akenfield by Ronald Blythe and Mr Wrong by Elizabeth Jane Howard, your mum's recommendation, arrived in the mail today! In other words, your videos are really helping me find more UK authors to read and enjoy! Take care! Off to make a pancake... 🤣📚❤️
Thanks so much for your lovely comment. It's great to hear you're enjoying all those books! Happy reading! xxx
this was so wonderful! i love food memoirs and had not heard of most of these!! Thank you !
Oh super! Hope you enjoy adding a few to your list! xxx
We love pancake day in our house, we start with savoury and finish with sweet, it’s a real pancake fest 😂
I’m not usually drawn to foodie/memoir type books but I bought Dear Edward when it came out last year. I absolutely loved it, I’ve even made a couple of his meals, he introduced me to marinating steak in balsamic vinegar, delicious 😍
You have a fabulous collection, I’ve just added a load to my wish list 🤣
Look forward to ‘seeing’ you, and hopefully your mum, on Friday, it was lovely to hear her sounding so well, hope she’s recovering well.
Thank you so much, Karen! I agree that Dear Edward is such a wonderful read. And love the idea of sweet AND savoury pancakes on pancake day 😂 xxx
Thank you so much for such a sparkling selection. I want to read them all. So excited to get started! You are just so clever xx
Thank you so much! I'm really glad you enjoyed my suggestions 😊 xxx
So many favorite foodie books! Especially 'My Life in France', 'Home Cooking' and Ruth Reichl's books. I'll have to get both Molly Wizenberg and Alison Uttley's books, too. The next foodie book I'm going to try is 'Dinner with Edward' because the description sounded so lovely and fun! The only problem I have is that books about food make me SOO hungry and already love eating too much - lol. Thank you for such great recommendations! :D (P.S. The pancakes looked amazing, though I think I prefer waffles with peanut butter and maple syrup on top. Your hair looked so pretty in the intro - wish my hair would do that!)
I found 'Dinner with Edward' an utterly charming read and hope you enjoy it too. I interviewed Isabel Vincent early last year and she was lovely. xxx
Terrific suggestions! Would you show & tell us about your cookbook collection too?
Hi Miranda! Thank you for making this pandemic manageable. Your videos keep me going. Here are a few food books you may like. Fair warning, however. The moment that I completed Michael Ruhlman's book, I put it down, drove to the nearest cooking school and enrolled in a two year program! (1) Michael Ruhlman - The Making of a Chef and The Soul of a Chef, (2) Jacques Pepin - The Apprentice, (3) The Tummy Trilogy - Calvin Trillin, (4) Richard Olney - Lulu's Provencal Table, (5) The Auberge of the Flowering Hearth - Roy Andries de Groot.
Hello Miranda! So glad that your Mum is feeling better! I love Heartburn by Nora Ephron (I have the same edition from Virago Press 😃) It's so funny, I read it in English and it's a really good reading. Do you know David Lebovitz's memoire The Sweet Life in Paris? A lot of funny adventures and amazing recipes! 😘
Thanks so much, Teresa! That's great you love Heartburn too. I really enjoy David Lebovitz's blog, but I haven't got The Sweet Life; I really should add it to my collection! xxx
Miranda, please make a video of your rare and vintage editions.
Do foodie novels next please!
What a great topic for a video! So many great recommendations. I've been meaning to pick up something by M.F.K. Fisher. I really love Animal, Vegetable Miracle by Barbara Kingslover. Its a foodie/gardening book that I found so enjoyable.
Thanks very much! I haven't come across that Kingslover so will have to look out for it xxx
Try watching this video when you are on a diet! 😅😂 Excellent recommendations as always. I make pancakes every Sunday morning for my son and he likes them nothing on top! 😆 Mine would swim in maple syrup if I could eat them! 😆
Your son is very lucky!! xxx
Hello Miranda! One of my favourites is The Hebridian Cookbook by Lillian Beckwith. Do you have that on your shelf? Of course there are a few stories in it and the great drawings by Douglas Hall.
Oh no, I don't think I have that one, which is a shame as I enjoy Lillian Beckwith's books. I'll have to look out for it! Thanks for the recommendation xxx
I love many of the books you mentioned but haven’t heard of Infused-I must look for it as I’m a big tea drinker. If you haven’t already, please check out Gourmet Rhapsody by Muriel Barbery. It’s a slim novel about a dying food critic who remembers the memorable meals and foods he had. I’d also like to recommend Voracious: a Hungry Reader Cooks Her Way through Great Books by Carla Nicoletti, a combination of love for books and food. Thank you for the video and great book recommendations. Now I want to read food writings! 😋
Thank you for your recommendations! Infused is a great read if you're interested in learning more about tea xxx
Hello Miranda, my heart soared when I saw the pile of books and it was great to have some recommendations as I love food memoirs too. Co-incidentally today is the actress Patricia Routledge's birthday and James Runcie, the author, wrote a programme for the television series Bookmark called "Miss Pym's Day Out' which you can find here on UA-cam and I would really recommend that as it has 'characters from the novels wander in and out of Barbara's 'real' life as she goes from her home to the parish church to the village hall and then takes the train to London' for the Booker Prize (her novel "Autumn Quartet' had been shortlisted). Here's a link if anyone is interested: ua-cam.com/video/mi8Zezov9RQ/v-deo.html - thank you for this review and enjoy your week and looking forward to Friday, Teresa ❤️📚👩🏻🍳📺🥞❤️
Thanks so much, Teresa! I have seen that film on UA-cam and agree it's excellent; Mum and I watched it together quite a while ago now. I definitely recommend it to any Pym fans! Thanks for linking xxx
Hi do you have the recipe for they lovely pancakes? Thanking you Patricia
se pancakes looked so yummy 😋. As a fellow foodie😄 I like a good food themed book too. Have you read Eat Joy Stories & Comfort Food? It’s by multiple authors and edited by Natalie Eve Garrett. It contains stories on how food helped each author through life circumstances. Hope your mom’s mending .☺️ Now, I think pancakes just might be on the menu this weekend😁.
Sorry but can we discuss how fab Miranda dress is?
Haha thanks so much - I love TOAST dresses!