Andre Simon Shortlist Special: Dee Rettali

<p>The third in this special series celebrating the <a href="http://www.andresimon.co.uk/awards.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Andre Simon Awards 2021</a> in which Gilly meets the authors shortlisted for the prestigious food book gong with an introduction by food assessor, the Nigerian born author&nbsp;<a href="https://www.davidhigham.co.uk/authors-dh/yemisi-aribisala/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Yemisi Aribisala </a>whose memoir <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/longthroat-memoirs-soups-sex-and-nigerian-taste-buds/9781911115267" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Longthroat:&nbsp;</em></a></p><p><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/longthroat-memoirs-soups-sex-and-nigerian-taste-buds/9781911115267" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Soups, Sex and Nigerian Taste Buds</em></a><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Longthroat-Memoirs-Soups-Nigerian-Taste/dp/191111526X" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> </a>won the Andre Simon’s John Avery award in 2016.</p><br><p>Four out of seven on the shortlist have already appeared on Cooking the Books, and this week, you’ll get a chance to listen again to <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/baking-with-fortitude-9781526626967/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dee Rettali </a>tell Gilly how <a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Dee-Rettali/Baking-with-Fortitude/25694326" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Baking with Fortitude,</em></a> the name of her book as well as the story of her life,&nbsp;&nbsp;is about so much more than bread and cake. </p><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>