Love With A Chance of Drowning could be just another memoir of traveller girl meets traveller boy and they sail off into the sunset. Except it’s not.
My Greek Island Home
March 21, 2013 By 11 Comments
In the book My Greek Island Home, Australian Claire Lloyd explores her place in Greek rural life with all its complexities, myriad ancient and modern flavours on the Aegean island of Lesvos.
Losing weight in France
March 17, 2013 By 2 Comments
Losing It in France by Sally Asher reveals les secrets of the French diet – how to give yourself life’s pleasures in moderation and not get fat.
Life unravels for accidental pilgrim
January 7, 2013 By 2 Comments
An accidental traveller unravels his life in Rachel Joyce’s steely but funny and tender debut novel The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. It’s a quiet book with unexpected power.
Bagging a husband in the Raj
December 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Ships which took women to colonial India to bag a husband were known as the Fishing Fleet. These tenacious women had little lasting legacy. The British Empire was entirely dominated by men and it’s their names in the history books about the sub-continent. Until now.
Tuscan Sun in your kitchen
November 12, 2012 By 3 Comments
“Tuscan food tastes like itself,” Frances Mayes writes. “Ingredients are left to shine, not combined with a list as long as your arm or tortured into odd combinations.”
Living the dream at The French Table
October 28, 2012 By 7 Comments
Jane Webster is living the dream. Five years ago she and her husband Pete sold their home in Melbourne and bought a chateau in Normandy.
Paramedic’s wild adventures
August 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Buckle up and go on a heart-stopping ride with Australian paramedic Ben Gilmour in his travel memoir set in some of the most dangerous places on earth.
Walking 1200km across Spain
June 7, 2012 By 1 Comment
Ailsa Piper woke in darkness on a chilly morning in Granada. After a quick shower she hoisted a pack on her back and started to walk across Spain all the way to Galacia. That’s 1200km. It was no picnic.
Cook’s journey to Paris and travels in saucy Mexico
May 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Two deliciously entertaining journeys – one to Mexico City and the other tracing the career of an Indian chef from Mumbai to Paris – are Taste for Travel’s best reads of the month. Enjoy!
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