Anja Dunk - Strudel, Noodles and Dumplings - The New Taste of German Cooking

4th Estate

An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF www.4thEstate.co.uk

First published in Great Britain by 4th Estate in 2018

Text and photography copyright © Anja Dunk

Anja Dunk asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

Design by Atelier Dyakova, London

Author photograph by Jonathan Cherry

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

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Source ISBN: 9780008244385

Ebook Edition © May 2018 ISBN: 9780008244392

Version: 2018-06-26

FOR LUCAS, TOBIAS AND AIDAN

I am not a professional photographer, but when the idea for this book came about it made sense that I take the photographs myself at home over the course of a year. It was a challenge, but one I welcomed, and I have thoroughly enjoyed watching how the light falls in the kitchen at different times of day, standing on chairs, and occasionally teetering on ladders.

All the plates and bowls of food in this book are real, whether they were part of a family breakfast, lunch or dinner; a solo lunch when the boys were in school (while I love a busy table, I relish a lunch on my own all the same); a dinner for two; cake and coffee with friends or drinks in the late afternoon – everything that was photographed was eaten as it was intended to be, or indeed was in the process of being eaten as the photo was taken.

I have to say, though, that taking pictures of children eating isn’t as easy as it may look – for every photograph of the boys that made these pages, hundreds didn’t. There is a fine line between a half-eaten plate of food and, well, a mess. A bigger challenge than taking the pictures themselves was actually getting the boys to eat more slowly – often it was a case of ‘Ready, steady, go! But slowly, slowly …’ followed by me snapping away as quickly as I could before I also sat down to eat.

All the tables, work surfaces, tablecloths, tools, utensils, pans and tableware are things we use every day – you might well, for this reason, notice some items appearing on the pages more than once.

I hope you enjoy this little window into our kitchen.

COVER

TITLE PAGE

COPYRIGHT COPYRIGHT COPYRIGHT DEDICATION A NOTE ON THE PHOTOGRAPHS THE TASTE OF HOME INTRODUCTION SIMPLE COMFORTS ALL THINGS JARS FLOUR + WATER = MAGIC FOOD FOR THE SOUL NOODLES & DUMPLINGS QUICK PLATES GERMAN FLAVOURS ANYTHING GOES SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND EVERYDAY BAKES AT THE END OF A MEAL BISCUITS & BEYOND THE FOUR O’CLOCK COCKTAIL INDEX ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR ABOUT THE PUBLISHER 4th Estate An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF www.4thEstate.co.uk First published in Great Britain by 4th Estate in 2018 Text and photography copyright © Anja Dunk Anja Dunk asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work. Design by Atelier Dyakova, London Author photograph by Jonathan Cherry A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins. Source ISBN: 9780008244385 Ebook Edition © May 2018 ISBN: 9780008244392 Version: 2018-06-26

DEDICATION FOR LUCAS, TOBIAS AND AIDAN

A NOTE ON THE PHOTOGRAPHS A NOTE ON THE PHOTOGRAPHS A NOTE ON THE PHOTOGRAPHS THE TASTE OF HOME INTRODUCTION SIMPLE COMFORTS ALL THINGS JARS FLOUR + WATER = MAGIC FOOD FOR THE SOUL NOODLES & DUMPLINGS QUICK PLATES GERMAN FLAVOURS ANYTHING GOES SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND EVERYDAY BAKES AT THE END OF A MEAL BISCUITS & BEYOND THE FOUR O’CLOCK COCKTAIL INDEX ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR ABOUT THE PUBLISHER I am not a professional photographer, but when the idea for this book came about it made sense that I take the photographs myself at home over the course of a year. It was a challenge, but one I welcomed, and I have thoroughly enjoyed watching how the light falls in the kitchen at different times of day, standing on chairs, and occasionally teetering on ladders. All the plates and bowls of food in this book are real, whether they were part of a family breakfast, lunch or dinner; a solo lunch when the boys were in school (while I love a busy table, I relish a lunch on my own all the same); a dinner for two; cake and coffee with friends or drinks in the late afternoon – everything that was photographed was eaten as it was intended to be, or indeed was in the process of being eaten as the photo was taken. I have to say, though, that taking pictures of children eating isn’t as easy as it may look – for every photograph of the boys that made these pages, hundreds didn’t. There is a fine line between a half-eaten plate of food and, well, a mess. A bigger challenge than taking the pictures themselves was actually getting the boys to eat more slowly – often it was a case of ‘Ready, steady, go! But slowly, slowly …’ followed by me snapping away as quickly as I could before I also sat down to eat. All the tables, work surfaces, tablecloths, tools, utensils, pans and tableware are things we use every day – you might well, for this reason, notice some items appearing on the pages more than once. I hope you enjoy this little window into our kitchen.