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    A PINCH OF zing

    Nov 11, 2019 4 minutes
    WORDS: Eve Boggenpoel

    If you love that sudden burst of flavour as you bite into a crisp Braeburn, the mouth-tingling acidity of pure lemon juice or the refreshing crunch of newly made kimchi, Sour: the Magical Element that will Transform your Cooking (Quadrille, £25) is the book for you. Penned by award-winning food writer, Mark Diacono, who runs the UK’s only climate-change farm and led the garden team at Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s River Cottage, it’s an in-depth guide and celebration of all things piquant.

    ‘Almost everything you eat can, and should, be acidified in some way,’ says Diacono. ‘Sourness brings contrast, balance, variety, zing – pleasure. Where sugar (and salt, to a degree) is all lustful, instant gratification, sour is more quietly, deeply rewarding.’

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