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Fitzcarraldo and Open City to co-publish updated edition of London Feeds Itself edited by Nunn
Fitzcarraldo and Open City will co-publish a new and updated edition of London Feeds Itself, edited by the food writer and editor of Vittles Jonathan Nunn.
The book was originally published in September 2022 by Open City, a charity dedicated to making architecture and neighbourhoods more open and accessible.
"We are excited to be collaborating with Fitzcarraldo Editions on a revised and expanded release of Jonathan Nunn’s sumptuous London Feeds Itself," Open City chief executive Phineas Harper said. "They are explorative and continuously surprising publishers whose diverse tastes and striking novels resonate with our charity’s work in telling holistic stories about London in new ways."
Fitzcarraldo publisher Jacques Testard and Harper will co-publish the book with an updated design by Rosa Nussbaum, the designer of the first edition, for publication in March 2024. Fitzcarraldo will lead on publicity and are representing world English and translation rights for the book.
London Feeds Itself includes 26 essays about 26 different buildings, structures and public amenities "in which London’s vernacular food culture can be found" alongside an updated guide to some of the city’s best "vernacular restaurants" across the 33 London boroughs by Nunn.
Contributors include Rebecca May Johnson, Aditya Chakrabortty, Yvonne Maxwell, Owen Hatherley, Claudia Roden, Jeremy Corbyn and Ciaran Thapar.
Testard commented: "I have been following Jonathan Nunn’s work for some time. I was fortunate enough to get a copy of the first edition of London Feeds Itself before it sold out last year – it’s a landmark book about London, as seen through food culture. I am excited to have a role in getting it into the hands of the huge readership it deserves."
Nunn said: "I’m delighted that London Feeds Itself will have a new lease of life with Fitzcarraldo and Open City together. I’ve been a long-distance admirer of how Jacques and the Fitzcarraldo team work with their writers, and I’m excited that the second edition of the book will be shaped by both their vision and Open City’s generosity. It’s rare to ever get to work with a dream publisher, let alone twice on one book."
