Barbara-Jo: “Beyond The Great Wall”

Barbara-Jo cannot get over Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid’s latest book, Beyond the Great Wall: Recipes and Travels in the Other China ($45).

This is the fifth book in the couple’s series of award-winning titles that include Flatbreads & Flavors, Seductions of Rice, Hot Sour Salty Sweet, and Mangoes & Curry Leaves. This gloriously aesthetic cookbook maps new borders in outlying China that are bounded by food rather than politics. Beautifully written, it’s a book of new and uncharted flavours.

Jeffrey will host a dinner on Thursday, September 25th at 6:00 pm at Wild Rice. Chef Ryan Mah will prepare a colourful meal while guests enjoy Jeffrey’s stories of feasts and adventures.

Barbara-Jo’s Books to Cooks will welcome Jeffrey to the shop on Friday, September 26th at 6:30 pm for an evening of slides and stories. Guests will explore some of the recipes from Beyond the Great Wall while Jeffrey presents a slideshow featuring spectacular photographs taken during his voyages across Asia.

For further information on these events, please visit BooksToCooks.com or all 604-688-6755.

ED Note: I am happy to announce that the team at Barbara-Jo’s Books To Cooks will be recommending book titles for Urban Diner on a regular basis.