Eleanor Ford: The Nutmeg Trail

<p>This week Gilly is with multi-award winning food writer and explorer,<a href="https://www.eleanorfordfood.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Eleanor Ford</a> whose latest book <a href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-nutmeg-trail/eleanor-ford/9781922351531" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Nutmeg Trail </em></a>takes us on an adventure to exotic islands and across trade routes to show how the intoxicating power of spice has changed the world.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Eleanor is also the author of <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fire-Islands-Indonesia-Eleanor-Ford/dp/1911632043" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Fire Islands</em></a><em> </em>which won <a href="https://www.gfw.co.uk/awards" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Guild of Food Writers' </a>Best International or Regional Cookbook 2020, the <a href="https://www.stanfords.co.uk/edward-stanford-travel-writing-awards" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award</a> for best Food or Drink Book 2020 and two <a href="https://www.cookbookfair.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gourmand World Cookbook Awards</a> 2020. Her first book<em>, </em><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Samarkand-Recipes-Stories-Central-Caucasus/dp/0857833278/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Samarkand </em></a>with <a href="http://www.carolineeden.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Caroline Eden</a> won the Guild of Food Writers Award for Food and Travel in 2017. In short, settle yourself in for some top quality listening.</p><br><p>You can read the transcript by clicking<a href="http://gillysmith.com/?page_id=1679" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> here</a></p><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>