Georgina Hayden: Nistisima

This week as it's Lent, we’re off to fast in Cyprus with Georgina
Hayden, and to find a host of vegan gems in the traditional
fasting food from religions and cultures of the Eastern Med and
Eastern Europe.


Her book, Nistisima borrows the vegan dishes from the Greek
Orthodox Church which frames her family life, as well as the
rituals around Ukraine, Russia and Serbia where fasting is a rich
vein of inspiration for meat and dairy free recipes. But it’s
about much more than food; it’s how family, festival and ritual
creates a food culture which connects us with where food comes
from and why, as Socrates says, we eat to live. We began by
discussing just how hard it is to find a gap in the book shelves
these days, and what it takes to get a book deal.


You can read the transcript here


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