Hints and tips:
...I was given two wine glasses filled with soil by Grant Rolston, a ruddy-faced viticulturist from a long line of farmers....
...Mimi insists she was using a normally obtained UK passport....
...When it comes to finding the next generation of opera lovers, I much prefer that idea to honking for Mimi. josh.spero@ft.com...
...Mandalay: Recipes and Tales from a Burmese Kitchen, by MiMi Aye, Bloomsbury Absolute, RRP£26/$36 It’s rare to come across a book that opens up a largely unknown cuisine, but Mandalay does exactly that....
...Tokyo Stories: A Japanese Cookbook, by Tim Anderson, Hardie Grant Publishing, RRP£26/$35 Anderson has always focused on the more informal, warmer aspects of Japanese cooking but this third book is his most...
...Neither Indira Mahajan’s brittle Mimì nor Adrian Dwyer’s hard- pressed Rodolfo brought tears to the eyes for the right reasons....
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