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Bluebird dishes up 'indispensable' Thrifty Kitchen and free e-book from Monroe
Bluebird has netted Thrifty Kitchen and a free e-book of recipes from anti-poverty campaigner and "national treasure" Jack Monroe.
Publisher Carole Tonkinson acquired world rights from Rosemary Scoular at United Agents. Thrifty Kitchen, described as a "bumper household guide", will be published on 5th January 2023.
"There is no one better qualified than Jack to guide readers through the challenges of eating and living on a budget, with her delicious and nutritious food and wise and accessible household tips," said Scoular. "She is a wonderful writer and campaigner, and we’re thrilled that she will be working with the brilliant team at Bluebird once again on her indispensable new book."
Thrifty Kitchen includes 120 low-cost recipes alongside money-saving tips and lifestyle advice. Featuring warming curries, pies, sauces and indulgent puddings, Monroe shows how to turn "basic ingredients into nourishing, mouth-watering meals that you and your wallet will love". The publisher continued: "Jack is the UK’s best-loved expert on budget cooking; through the gorgeous recipes and straightforward advice in Thrifty Kitchen, she proves that you don’t need to sacrifice on flavour or settle for lacklustre meals when you’re spending less."
Alongside Thrifty Kitchen, Bluebird and Monroe will publish 30 Thrifty Meals for Less, a free e-book which will include 30 low-cost recipes, 10 from the new book and the rest taken from Monroe’s previous titles. It will be available to download from the Pan Macmillan and Trusell Trust websites.
Tonkinson said: "Jack’s work to highlight food poverty in the UK has never been more important. We’re incredibly proud to be working with Jack on Thrifty Kitchen, her most comprehensive book to date, which shares her ingenious recipes and tips to offer breathing room in household budgets. Jack is a hero to me and to so many: her practical approach is heartwarming and welcome. As she writes: ’First we feed the people and then we plan the revolution.’ Jack is a gem and a national treasure."
Monroe added: "I hope that in these challenging times, this book will help reduce your shopping bill, expand your culinary repertoire, make use of odds and sods, be a little friendlier to the planet by making single-use plastics into many-years-of-use plastics, and more. And that the tips and tricks contained within give you a little breathing room in your household budgets, a little joy in your days, and a tiny flicker of peace when you go to bed at night. Frugality can be exhausting, complicated and overwhelming; I’ve tried here to make some elements of it genuinely enjoyable, simple and very gently life-changing instead. It won’t make everything easier overnight, but it may make some things a little better, one day, one tin of budget tomatoes, one extra pound in your pocket at a time."
