6. On Food and Publishing with Marigold Atkey

In this episode Irene and Margaux welcome Marigold Atkey, editor at Daunt Books Publishing, to chat about food writing in the publishing industry. 

With Marigold, we spoke about Daunt Books’ reissue of the work of M.F.K. Fisher, the role of food in literature, our favourite food writing, the rise of social media homecooks and so much more!

Recommendations from today’s episode:

Books:
The Gastronomical Me by M.F.K. Fisher (1943)
The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge (1946)
‘The Anatomy of a Recipe’, published in With Bold Knife and Fork by M.F.K. Fisher (1968)
The Life and Times of Michael K. by J.M. Coetzee (1983)
This Is Just To Say, a poem by William Carlos Williams (1991)
Toast by Nigel Slater (2003)
POLPO: A Venetian Cookbook (of sorts) by Russell Norman (2012)
Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin (2016)
Chocolate Cake by Michael Rosen (2017)
Hungry by Grace Dent (2020)
Tiny Moons by Nina Mingya Powles (2020)
Real Life by Brandon Taylor (2020)
In the Kitchen, essays on food and life, an anthology published by Daunt Books (2020)
The Last Harvest: the Fight to Save the World’s Most Endangered Foods by Dan Saladino (2021)
Elizabeth David’s cookbooks
The Roasting Tin cookbooks by Rukmini Iyer
Anna Jones’ cookbooks
Ella Risbridger’s writing 

Publications:
Feast
Potluck Zine
Vittles

Podcasts:
Aisling Bea on Comfort Eating with Grace Dent
Lecker podcast

Other recommendations:
Sophie Davidson’s photography
Ryan Ryley - Life Kitchen