THE REAL FOOD COMPANION
By Matthew Evans, Murdoch Books, $65
Chef, farmer, broadcaster and food activist Matthew Evans first made his name as a restaurant critic and his writing still shines. In this revised edition of , he recalls the birth of his child — how suddenly “the frivolous became vital. The thwack of the cleaver, the gentle stirring of the pan, the licking of the spatula” — and realises that “what I write is
