Appetite (Abridged): A Memoir in Recipes of Family and Food Audiobook

Quotes

• ‘Ed is tremendous and I love his cake. This is a brilliant book.’

  — Claudia Winkleman

• ‘A big, joyous hug of a book – like drinking a pint of the best word-custard. Every reader will immediately put “Have a chatty lunch with Ed Balls” on their bucket list. It’s so lovely to be able to point at an author and exclaim, “This is clearly just a very lovely man.”'

  — Caitlin Moran

• ‘Just wonderful. This is food writing as it should be: a triumphant mix of childhood memories, family feasts, political machinations and always good food.’

  — Stephen Fry

• ‘To be a really good cook you have to be passionate about really good food. Ed is such a person and in this delightfully different book the passion shines through.’

  — Delia Smith

• 'A memoir like no other' 

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• Whatever your political persuasion, this is a delicious treat of a book. Balls is immensely likeable – and so is his cooking. Recipes such as his mum’s lasagne, and apple and blackberry crumble aren’t fancy or fiddly but they’re a glorious celebration of family food at its finest.’ 

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• An entertaining memoir … The British political food book is not a crowded field, but it’s fertile ground. Balls knows his onions.’ 

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