Love & Saffron: a novel of friendship, food, and love

Joan Bergstrom and Imogen Fortier are two strangers who share a love of delicious food and a friendship that lasts for ages. When Joan sends a fan letter to Imogen, accompanied by a gift of saffron and a recipe, their journey of culinary exploration and life-changing friendship begins. They build a closeness that sustains them through the unexpected changes in their own worlds, and the book is warm, delicious, and absolutely satisfying.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 208 pages
Publication date: 02 March 2023
Publisher: John Murray Press

Two strangers. One recipe. A friendship for the ages.

Creamy risotto alla Milanese. Mussels in a hot, buttery broth. Chicken spiced with cinnamon and cloves. Joan Bergstrom and Imogen Fortier understand the key to a savoured life: delicious food.

Young Joan is just discovering herself as a food writer in bustling Los Angeles, while experienced magazine columnist Imogen is settled in her decades-long marriage on Camano Island outside Seattle. When Joan sends a fan letter to Imogen, alongside a gift of saffron and a recipe, their journey of culinary exploration and life-changing friendship begins.

A long-lost flavour unearths buried memories, a quest to make carne asada opens the doors of a sheltered life, and, as the two women connect through their letters, they build a closeness that sustains them through the unexpected changes in their own worlds.

Like a dinner with friends you won't want to end.

J. Ryan Stradal

Warm, delicious, and absolutely satisfying.

Meg Waite Clayton

You'll want to share it with everyone you call friend.

Louise Miller

Weight: 150g
Dimension: 129 x 197 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529395105