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A Year in Fleurville: Recipes from balconies, rooftops, and gardens by Felicita Sala

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An ACHUKA Book of the Year 2021
ACHUKA Book of the Day 22 Nov 2021

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A much-appreciated sequel to the bestselling Lunch at 10 Pomegranate Street, an ACHUKA Book of the Day in January 2019.

In each garden, someone is tending to their produce. Maria is picking asparagus, Ramon’s mum is watering the cucumbers, and a gaggle of kids are eating cherries fresh from the tree and even wearing some as earrings! Meet the many people of Fleurville, delight in their harvests, learn their recipes, and find comfort in the cycle of the seasons.

A Year in Fleurville is a cookbook, a mini guide to gardening, and a picture book rolled into one. This glorious celebration of community is filled with recipes from all over the world and with simple instructions perfect for young chefs.

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The Cooking Club Detectives by Ewa Jozefkowicz

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“A beautifully observed story about the power of food and friendship” The Bookseller
“Tackling food poverty and online bullying head on, and featuring a puppy called Sausage (I can’t even speak for the genius of it all), I dare to defy anyone who will not instantly fall in love with Erin and her fellow detective buddies.” Onjali Q. Rauf

Meet Erin, her puppy Sausage and friends as they swap recipes and pots for clues and culprits and try to solve the mystery of why their cookery club is closing and save it for everyone. The fourth middle-grade book from Waterstones-shortlisted author Ewa Jozefkowicz about family, friendship and self-discovery, touching on themes of food poverty and online bullying.

Skipton House Community Centre may look ramshackle, but it is soon at the heart of Erin’s life – especially the cooking club. When the building is suddenly threatened with closure, Erin and her new friends, Tanya, Frixos, and Sam, form The Cooking Club Detectives. Can they, and their four-legged assistant, Sausage, uncover who the mystery culprit is and save Skipton?

A beautifully observed 9+ story about the power of food and the importance of community.

Listen to the author speak about her debut [2019] novel, The Mystery Of The Colour Thief