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‘Witty, stylish and ferociously absorbing’ Observer Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is abandoned on the filthy streets of eighteenth-century Paris as a baby, but grows up to discover he has an extraordinary gift: a sense of smell more powerful than any other human’s. Gradually he learns how to exploit this gift in the art of creating the most […]

Det är något särskilt med att laga och äta mat ute. Det är som om smakerna blir tydligare och upplevelsen mer tacksam i en både tillåtande och utmanande miljö. Kanske finns det något äventyrligt och ursprungligt som påverkar oss

A brilliant and thought-provoking novel about family, loyalty and betrayal. Once I’d been Daddy’s favourite. Before something terrible happened. Violet Rue is the baby of the seven Kerrigan children and adores her big brothers. What’s more, she knows that a family protects its own. To go outside the family – to betray the family – […]

Om det mest förbjudna: att som kvinna välja karriären och lämna sitt barn. Kajsa Grytt har skrivit en vacker och smärtsam skildring av förlust och frihet, skuld och tillhörighet. Och om det mest förbjudna av allt: att som mamma lämna sitt barn för karriären. Peter har begravt sin pappa och städat ur hans lägenhet. Bara […]

Blessed by the abundance of sun, sea, and fertile agricultural land; vibrant Asian, Latin American, Middle Eastern, and European communities; and talent in up-and-coming mavericks, celebrity chefs, and bold restaurateurs redefining hospitality, Los Angeles is having an unprecedented food moment. Alison Clare Steingold has collected and curated 100 recipes from the most talked-about kitchens in […]

A collection of previously unpublished photo- graphs of the crazy, sexy celebrities and other cool women of ’70s and ’80s Los Angeles, from Beverly Hills to Venice Beach to the Sunset Strip. Photographer Moshe Brakha’s acidly crisp, other- worldly photographs evoke a certain stylistic sensibility and a knack for innovative and sensual photography that engages […]

The entrepreneur and philanthropist’s A-Z guide and manifesto for personal growth and for turning problems into assets. In the newest entry in Phaidon’s popular advice series, the internationally renowned fashion designer and philanthropist Diane von Furstenberg shares her accessible, empowering manifesto: connect, expand, inspire, advocate. In an easy-to-navigate A-Z format, Own It is her blueprint […]

FROM THE BEST-SELLING AUTHOR OF MY SEDITIOUS HEART AND THE MINISTRY OF UTMOST HAPPINESS, A NEW AND PRESSING DISPATCH FROM THE HEART OF THE CROWD AND THE SOLITUDE OF A WRITER’S DESK The chant of ‘Azadi!’ – Urdu for ‘Freedom!’ – is the slogan of the freedom struggle in Kashmir against what Kashmiris see as […]