Description

SHORTLISTED FOR THE FORTNUM AND MASON FOOD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023

GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2022

‘People think it’s easy to write well about food. It isn’t. Goodman does it brilliantly, with brio and wit as well as cleverness. This is a collection of essays, recipes and meditations about snacks and it is both joyous and useful.’

India Knight, The Times

‘Deft storytelling, deep research and real wisdom about how we actually eat’

Rachel Roddy, Guardian Books of the Year 2022

This book is a celebration of snacks in all their glorious forms, guaranteed to fill your day with snacking joy.

It’s full of lists, essays and recipes to take you from your morning coffee (cinnamon crumble cakes and cherry-marzipan hand pies) to your evening wine (oeufs durs mayonnaise and mushroom pate) via salsas, hot dips, crispy bits, crab nachos and frozen pina coladas in the sun. The Joy of Snacks will lift your spirits while satisfying your deepest snacking desires, helping you squeeze the joy out of life’s big and small moments, whether it’s party time or Monday morning.

Publisher Review

As moreish as the snacks it celebrates, The Joy of Snacks is a smart, funny and moving meditation on the little things that make life great. I loved it. * Ruby Tandoh * Laura Goodman is a simply perfect food writer and everything she does is a dream * Ella Risbridger * There are few food writers as witty and informed as Laura, and I (unsurprisingly to me) devoured this book. She also happens to have great taste, so I will be making most of these dips immediately. * Georgina Hayden * It's so refreshing to read a cookbook that makes me laugh! Laura does the near impossible; her food and her good humour are as delicious in real life as on the page * Alice Levine * An utterly joyful read. I cannot think of a nicer afternoon than to settle down with this book and a variety of snacks alongside. * Rukmini Iyer * Naked, unashamed and witty, Laura Goodman delights, tempts and insults our intestines with raucous, dangerous and surprising suggestions * Miriam Margolyes *