RECIPES AND FOOD STYLING: LOTTIE COVELL. PHOTO
GRAPH: TOBY SCOTT. STYLING: VICTORIA ELDRIDGE
FIVE FILMS
FOR A VIRTUAL
HOLIDAY1
Before Sunrise Amazon Prime,
to rent or buy
It’s a constant source of surprise that more
people aren’t aware of Richard Linklater’s
‘Before’ trilogy, in which Jesse (Ethan
Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy) meet,
meet again and, well, you’ll have to watch
them. The first sees the pair discover each
other over a single night spent walking
around Vienna. As a love letter to the city,
it’s on a par with The Third Man. Really.2
Amélie Amazon Prime,
to rent or buy
Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s charming and surreal
film launched Audrey Tautou on an
unsuspecting world and reminded anyone
who needed reminding that Paris really is
for lovers. This whimsical romantic tale- of a waitress who improves the lives of
those around her while ignoring herself –
shows off the city at its most enchanting.
3
Roman HolidayAmazon
Prime, to rent or buy
Has Rome changed since 1953? Certainly
not in terms of the ‘I Spy Book of Roman
Landmarks’ – and they’ve never looked
better than when they had Audrey
Hepburn and Gregory Peck exploring
them. Hepburn plays a princess who,
bored with her regimented life, goesBOOKS TO TRANSPORT YOU TO OTHER LANDS
Whether to read and imagine or to inspire you into the kitchen to cook (preferably both),
Susan Low chooses three outstanding cookbooks with flavours to tempt the mind and palate122 deliciousmagazine.co.uk
Red Sands
In her latest book,
Caroline Eden
explores the cuisine
and culture of Central
Asia, from the shores
of the Caspian Sea to
the Chinese and
Russian borderlands, in glorious detail.
Eden is a born storyteller, and this
book will carry you away with recipes,
evocative photographs and essays that
weave together the past and present.
(Quadrille £26)
Coconut & Sambal:
Recipes From My
Indonesian Kitchen
Lara Lee is the
daughter of a Chinese-
Indonesian father and
Australian mother, and
many of the recipes
from her debut book are family favourites.
Each is helpfully marked with a heat level
as well as its origin, and there are no
fewer than seven recipes for sambal,
Indonesia’s chilli-based condiment.
(Bloomsbury £26)Aegean: Recipes
from the
Mountains
to the Sea
London-based
chef Marianna
Leivaditaki grew
up in a restaurant
kitchen in Crete. The recipes from her
home island are redolent of summer sun
and salty breezes – prawns with ouzo,
orzo and courgette, and tomato and
oregano fritters top the must-try list.
(Kyle Books £26)AWOL from her official duties.
Peck is the American journalist
who bumps into her and realises
he’s got the scoop of his life... But,
wouldn’t you know it, love gets in
the way. The leads have rarely been
more charming, their chemistry is
wonderful and the whole is an
homage to romance in this most
romantic of cities.4
Chef Amazon Prime,
to rent or buy
After a social media spat with a restaurant
critic goes viral, chef Carl Casper (Jon
Favreau) goes into hiding and, through
quirks of fate, finds himself running a
street food truck. He rediscovers his
culinary mojo, bonds with his son and
makes a food-based road trip across the
US that will leave you drooling.
Favreau – who also directs – trainedfor the role under LA chef Roy Choi, a
relationship that resulted in the extremely
likeable Chef Show on Netflix.5
Lost in Translation Netflix
Bill Murray is an out-of-favour movie
star forced into making adverts and
playing out his mid-life crisis in Tokyo.
Scarlett Johansson is a recent college grad
and new bride having her own crisis in
the city. The two meet and, basically,
hang out. Is it friendship? Is it romance?
Either way, Tokyo – equal parts bewildering
and beguiling – is the perfect backdrop.TRÈS AMUSANTE
See Paris at its
most delightful
in AmélieCULTURE CLASH
Scarlett Johansson
and Bill Murray are
lost in Tokyo