Food for thought #47
A weekly round-up for hungry readers📚
Reading
Observer Food Monthly’s essential Christmas gifts for food lovers – including our very own Blasta Books!
Something few people know about me is that I lived in communal housing when I was in college in the 1990s (it’s actually how I met my husband – I was housemates with his younger brother – but that’s all a story for another day), so I was interested to read this piece in Bon Appétit: How communal living makes cooking easier, cheaper and better
No more faggots and Gypsy Creams! How the culture wars came for cookery – as
said in her Instagram post about this piece, “Forget culture war, this conversation sits firmly in the ‘read the room’ and ‘don’t be an idiot’ boxes.”In a taste test of 17 butters, the New York Times rates Kerrygold butter best for baking and eating
How the Irish came to rule pop culture – how great is the term ‘craic pack’?
Listening
Watching
Widow Clicquot, now streaming on Apple TV
Window shopping
The napkins, tea towels and prints from Made by Lottie are all so beautiful, I want them all
More food ornaments, this time from Sass & Belle
Scrolling
Word of the week
ICYMI
Why pre-orders are important in publishing
In the past 10 days, I’ve announced the next four Blasta Books for the 2025 series and our sole spring title for Nine Bean Rows, with all my authors encouraging their followers to pre-order their book – even if it won’t be published for months.
About me
I’m Kristin Jensen, the founder, publisher and editor at Blasta Books and Nine Bean Rows. Before I started my publishing house, I was a freelance editor and food writer for over 20 years and I’ve co-authored three books. I pretty much eat, sleep and breathe books and food. You can also find me on Instagram @edibleireland.📚
Thanks so much for the mention Kristin!