{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5e441f14c1617af6101e395d/649071ac5c21a90012411c98?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ravinder Bhogal: Comfort and Joy","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5e441f14c1617af6101e395d/1668588297141-19cb6c616479967805ead882c16c19e3.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This week, Gilly is with chef, restaurateur, journalist and award winning writer, <a href=\"https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/ravinder-bhogal\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Ravinder Bhogal.</a></p><p><br></p><p>Her latest book, <a href=\"https://www.waterstones.com/book/comfort-and-joy/ravinder-bhogal/9781526655370\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Comfort and Joy:&nbsp;Irresistible Pleasures from a Vegetarian Kitchen</em></a>&nbsp;celebrates the legacy of her grandfather and the life he built, ground up, for her family in Kenya</p><p><br></p><p>Her writing is surely some of the best in Britain today, and her poetic meditations on where we are with an increasingly plant focussed food culture combined with the stunning photography by <a href=\"http://kristinperers.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Kristen Perers</a>, are deeply seductive. This is a gamechanger in vegetarian cook books.</p><p><br></p><p>Check Gilly's Extra Bites on <a href=\"https://gillysmith.substack.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Substack</a> to hear Ravinder reading one of these beautiful essays.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Gilly Smith"}