Description

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE FORTNUM AND MASON FOOD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023
A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022

Take your morning coffee with cinnamon crumble cake and your evening wine with mushroom pate, via a riot of salsas, crispy bits, banana splits, cheeseballs and frozen pina coladas. Whether you're home alone or ready to party, The Joy of Snacks will lift your spirits while satisfying your deepest snacking desires.

'People think it's easy to write well about food. It isn't. Goodman does it brilliantly, with brio and wit as well as cleverness. This is a collection of essays, recipes and meditations about snacks and it is both joyous and useful.'
India Knight, The Times

'Deft storytelling, deep research and real wisdom about how we actually eat'
Rachel Roddy, Guardian Books of the Year 2022

'As moreish as the snacks it celebrates, The Joy of Snacks is a smart, funny and moving meditation on the little things that make life great. I loved it.'
Ruby Tandoh

'Naked, unashamed and witty, Laura Goodman delights, tempts and insults our intestines with raucous, dangerous and surprising suggestions.'
Miriam Margolyes

About the Author

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Laura Goodman is a food writer whose work has appeared in the Sunday Times, Eater, Food52, Lucky Peach and Waitrose Magazine. From January 2019 to January 2020 she wrote a weekly column about snacks for Grazia. Her first cookbook, Carbs, was published by Quadrille in 2018. Nigella Lawson called it 'wonderful', Meera Sodha called it 'joyful, funny and intelligent' and Rukmini Iyer called it her 'favourite cookbook'.

Praise For…

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Deft storytelling, deep research and real wisdom about how we actually eat—Guardian Books of the Year 2022

Deft storytelling, deep research and real wisdom about how we actually eat—Guardian Books of the Year 2022

Delightful—Waitrose Food

Delightful—Waitrose Food

Another brilliant book from food writer Laura Goodman . . . Funny, joyful and packed with deliciousness—Cambridge Edition

Another brilliant book from food writer Laura Goodman . . . Funny, joyful and packed with deliciousness—Cambridge Edition

As moreish as the snacks it celebrates, The Joy of Snacks is a smart, funny and moving meditation on the little things that make life great. I loved it.—Ruby Tandoh

As moreish as the snacks it celebrates, The Joy of Snacks is a smart, funny and moving meditation on the little things that make life great. I loved it.—Ruby Tandoh

Laura Goodman is a simply perfect food writer and everything she does is a dream—Ella Risbridger

Laura Goodman is a simply perfect food writer and everything she does is a dream—Ella Risbridger

There are few food writers as witty and informed as Laura, and I (unsurprisingly to me) devoured this book. She also happens to have great taste, so I will be making most of these dips immediately.—Georgina Hayden

There are few food writers as witty and informed as Laura, and I (unsurprisingly to me) devoured this book. She also happens to have great taste, so I will be making most of these dips immediately.—Georgina Hayden

It's so refreshing to read a cookbook that makes me laugh! Laura does the near impossible; her food and her good humour are as delicious in real life as on the page—Alice Levine

It's so refreshing to read a cookbook that makes me laugh! Laura does the near impossible; her food and her good humour are as delicious in real life as on the page—Alice Levine

An utterly joyful read. I cannot think of a nicer afternoon than to settle down with this book and a variety of snacks alongside.—Rukmini Iyer

An utterly joyful read. I cannot think of a nicer afternoon than to settle down with this book and a variety of snacks alongside.—Rukmini Iyer

Naked, unashamed and witty, Laura Goodman delights, tempts and insults our intestines with raucous, dangerous and surprising suggestions—Miriam Margolyes

Naked, unashamed and witty, Laura Goodman delights, tempts and insults our intestines with raucous, dangerous and surprising suggestions—Miriam Margolyes