red sands

reportage and recipes through central asia, from hinterland to heartland "caroline eden is an extraordinarily creative and gifted writer. red sands captures the sights, tastes and feel of central asia so well that when reading this book I was sometimes convinced I was there in person. a wonderful book from start to finish." peter frankopan, author of the silk roads "caroline eden, whose book black sea was showered with awards, is on the road again, this time travelling through the heart of asia. it's not your usual cookbook, it's more a travel book with recipes, the recipes acting as postcards which she sends as she meets new characters, most of them involved with food... eden travels quietly and lets you in on every encounter and every bite. a moving... as well as a fascinating read." diana henry, telegraph "red sands follows in the footsteps of caroline eden's previous volume black sea. both are pleasures to read, triangulating journalism, literary writing, and cookbookery. the