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Hodder & Stoughton serves up new Borough Market cookbook
Hodder & Stoughton has secured Borough Market: The Knowledge, the new cookbook from Angela Clutton and the London market.
Liz Gough, executive publisher, acquired world rights from Zoe Ross at United Agents. The cookbook will be published on 27th October 2022.
Each chapter of The Knowledge contains trader knowledge pages from a different area of produce from the market, including "The Fishmongers Chapter", which teaches the reader how to shuck oysters; "The Fruiterers chapter", reminding us of the importance of seasonal fruit; and "The Dairy Chapter", explaining how and why cheese rind is so vital when considering flavour. Food writer and cook Clutton’s recipes are paired alongside, ranging from parsnip gnocchi and smoked garlic butter with crisped sage leaves, to hot and sour papaya curry and asparagus with quail eggs and shaved truffle.
"As a charity, Borough Market’s stated purpose is to work ’for the benefit of the community’," said Kate Howell, director of communications and engagement at Borough Market. "One of the many forms this takes is the sharing of knowledge. We want to benefit the public by helping them understand how the food choices they make impact on people and the planet, how to overcome their inhibitions about unfamiliar produce and how to prepare and cook food in a way that brings as much pleasure as possible."
The publisher wrote: "This inspiring and informative book distils all their shared wisdom, demystifying ingredients and methods for readers, explaining not just what to buy (and why), but how to cook it, serve it and enjoy it and make your ingredients sing. Featuring 80 new recipes, this will be an exciting, special and visually stunning book, which will truly bring the market experience to life in book form. The Borough Market values of shopping locally, and supporting smaller, ethical and sustainable producers shine throughout the book."
Clutton commented: "Being asked to work on this book has felt like the most wonderful coming together of my years working, shopping and cooking at Borough Market. Reading The Knowledge is like spending time at the market and with the traders—you can feel their passion jump off the pages. Let yourself be inspired by their produce, as I was for the dozens of recipes that run across every aspect of how we want to cook and feed ourselves now."
Gough added: "We are so thrilled to publishing Borough Market’s new book. The Knowledge builds nicely on the previous book, as it still evokes a really strong sense of place, but this time it gives the reader an even deeper appreciation and respect for the produce available at the market—and the traders who want to spread their knowledge far and wide. If you’ve ever shopped there and thought, ‘That looks amazing, but I wouldn’t know where to start in terms of how to cook it’, then this is the book for you—it is the real deal. Angela’s recipes are sensational, and everyone at Hodder is hugely excited about the book’s potential."
