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‘The Savoy Kitchen – A Family History of Cajun Food’ available now
The Savoy Kitchen – Available Now!
Sarah Savoy’s The Savoy Kitchen – A Family History of Cajun Food is now in the shops, and it’s looking just peachy. We celebrated the launch with a series of events up and down the east coast of Scotland where Sarah cooked gumbo, sang songs, played the accordion and generally kicked some ass. A big thanks to everyone who came out to say hello – we had a lot of fun.
Things kicked off at Forgan’s in St Andrews for a dining society special. On the menu: Crab Cakes Savoy, Chicken and Sausage Gumbo, Courtboillon, Stuffed Duck Breast, Pecan Pie and Bourbon Bread Pudding – there didn’t seem to be much left on the plates afterwards. Then we hot-footed it up to the wonderful Hammerton Store in Aberdeen to hang out with Susan and blogger Foodie Quine.
Then on to Waterstones Dundee for a lovely evening of music and stories from Sarah and some more gumbo. On Friday it was Edinburgh, which was cold and beautiful as only Edinburgh can be. Sarah spent an hour chatting with Claire English and Peggy Brunache on Radio Scotland’s Kitchen Cafe – though frankly, once Sarah and Peggy got going they could have have been chatting for three…
The grand finale was at Looking Glass Books, where word of the free beer and gumbo had obviously got out:
Lets get them back to Scotland soon. In the meantime: why not check the book out and listen to some tunes?
https://kitchenpressbooks.co.uk/book_item/the-savoy-kitchen-a-family-history-of-cajun-food/
https://soundcloud.com/sarahsavoy
Thanks to Chris Scott, Literary Paparazzo for the Looking Glass Books photos, and Foodie Quine for the montage.
The Gumbo Rally! Aka Sarah Savoy’s Scottish Book Tour
We’re delighted to announce the details of Sarah Savoy’s upcoming author tour of Scotland. Dates are as follows:
Weds 30 October
7.30pm Forgan’s St Andrews – Cajun Dining Club featuring a 6 course Cajun dinner.
Thursday 31 October
12pm Hammerton Store, Aberdeen – book signing, music & chat!
6.30pm Waterstones Dundee – performance & book signing
Friday 1 November
1.05 Radio Scotland’s Kitchen Cafe
3.30pm Looking Glass Books, Edinburgh – performance and book signing.
Apart from the Cajun Dining Club at Forgan’s (which is a TOTAL bargain at £24.95 for two), all events are FREE and feature not only Sarah’s very fine gumbo but also free beer courtesy of our good friends at Eden Brewery, St Andrews. It is Sarah’s first visit to Scotland, so please, don’t be shy, swing by and say hello!
Congratulations to Brixton’s Miss South
A massive congratulations to Miss South, joint winner of the Food Writing category at the Young British Foodies Awards 2013 last night!
She’s the co-founder and lead author on the Top 20 UK food blog North/South Food, food editor at the Brixton Blog & Bugle, and has been featured across national and regional media including BBC Radio 4’s The Food Programme and the Observer Food Monthly.
We’re also proud to announce Miss South is the editor of, and contributor to, our forthcoming title Recipes from Brixton Village… so we’ve actually known she’s brilliant for some time now…