I was one of the judges for the Guild of Food Writer Awards International and Regional Section and was very pleased with the final nominations on which our panel of judges agreed. However, there were some other outstanding books which didn’t quite make it into the final five and but which are well worth buying…
Books
Widening distribution for The Olive Oil Diet
Great to be able to announce widening distribution for my book with Dr. Simon Poole, The Olive Oil Diet. It was first published in the English Language by Robinson Books, a subsidiary of Little Brown. It is now on general distribution in the UK and also in the US. La Dieta del Aceite de Oliva…
Planeta-olive-oil and the magical island of Sicily
I am just back from a wonderful trip to Sicily as the guest of the Planeta family, producers of Paneta-olive-oil and I was bowled over by the rich history of the island . The earliest visitors to put down roots were the Phoenecians, closely followed by the Greeks and then the Romans. A few hundred…
New Approach to cooking with olive oil
I have just received a copy of Mary Platis and Laura Bashar’s book “Cooking Techniques and Recipes with Olive Oil” and I am very impressed. The book is clearly presented and beautifully illustrated with a picture for every recipe but more importantly it offers a whole new approach to cooking with olive oil. The clue…
The Olive Oil Diet; Book Review
I make no apology for reprinting this book review of The Olive Oil Diet which was published in the internet magazine Medscape. It was written by Dr. Melissa Walton- Shirley MD, a US cardiologist. In it she sums up everything that my co author, Dr Simon Poole, and I were trying to convey. “If you…
More reviews and testimonials for The Olive Oil Diet
Since I posted the first batch of wonderful reviews and testimonials about my new book The Olive Oil Diet, written with co-author Dr. Simon Poole, it has not only been named as the UK winner in the Diet Section of the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, it has now also been shortlisted for the International Award. In…
New Monograph for IWFS
I have been travelling the world of olive oil for many years and I also try to keep in touch with growers and producers in as many countries as possible. Now all this work has come together in my new monograph just published by The International Wine and Food Society. Entitled Around the World with…
The True Food of Spain
This is the title of a new book by Monika Linton who started the very successful Spanish food importing company Brindisa over twenty five years ago. The title is an apt one for the book is full of interesting in depth information on the various Spanish specialities together with guidelines on preparing and serving them. …
Listen to Judy and Simon talking about The Olive Oil Diet
If you would like to hear some more in-depth discussions about the olive oil diet and the central place of olive oil in the Mediterranean Diet listen to me talking to Katharine Tate, the Health Teacher on UK Health Radio Listen also to my co-author, Simon Poole, talking to Jeremy…
Birth of a Book
My new book The Olive Oil Diet was published by Robinson Books on 15th September 20116 and I have been looking back on the three year lead up to its publication. I first met my co-author for The Olive Oil Diet, Simon Poole, way back in 2013 and immediately discovered that we had a strong mutual…