Cooking to save your life

Abhijit Banerjee, co-founder and co-director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab and winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in economics, is also a gourmet chef! In this playful, erudite and sensationally delicious cookbook, Banerjee takes us through the recipes he has delighted his friends, colleagues and students with – from charred avocado to Andhra pork ribs, deconstructed salade niçoise to a trifle made in under 20 minutes. Along the way he riffs on Karl Marx, Bengali vegetarian cooking, and why soup is so consoling. Superbly illustrated by Cheyenne Oliver, this is a book to both read and to cook outstanding meals from.