Watch the replay of Eleanor Ford in conversation with Orlando Murrin at the North London Book Fest

On March 24th 2024, award-winning author Eleanor Ford was interviewed at the inaugural North London Book Fest by Guild of Food Writers president Orlando Murrin about her latest cookbook, A Whisper of Cardamom.

Highlights include:

• how to avoid “dusty disappointment” when storing spices

• which French company makes cars, bicycles and excellent spice grinders

• which spice was described by a famous food writer as “beastly”

• which recipe in the book is Eleanor’s current favorite

Watch the recording of the talk, below, to discover all this, and more…

Recipes mentioned during the talk

Other useful links

• Peugeot spice mills

• Steenberg’s spices

• The A-Z of Perfumes by Luca Turin

• The Flavour Thesaurus by Niki Segnit

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