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Reviews Chris Stafford

THE REAL FOOD COMPANION By Matthew Evans, Murdoch Books, $65 Chef, farmer, broadcaster and food activist Matthew Evans first made his name as a restaurant critic and his writing still shines. In this revised edition of Real Food, he recalls the birth of his child — how suddenly “the frivolous became vital. The thwack of the cleaver, the gentle stirring of the pan, the licking of the spatula” — and realises that “what I write is not just for my son, it’s also for all those babies already born and yet to come”. With around 200 recipes, this is the distillation of his considerable knowledge of food and the ethical conundrums surrounding it. Even while trying to answer the big questions about sustainability, he knows it’s “still the small questions that are…

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