Recipes to Reconnect: Food and conversations to re-establish the relationship between nature, food and self

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Inspired by her upbringing at Petersham nurseries, Recipes to Reconnect includes over 60 recipes from the Petersham team alongside Anna's own home cooking. Delicious, simple dishes, created in response to conversations with farmers, conservationists and nutritionists, celebrate natural ingredients and encourage you to enjoy your food all the more having considered its origin. Anna sees food as a way to create conversation, to bring people together and to experience the joy of nature. In Recipes to Reconnect, she creates a deeper consideration of nature's place in our modern lives and brings it, quite literally, to the table.

Anna Boglione spent much of her childhood exploring amongst the forest and wildflowers of the Italian alps, and within the folds of London's Petersham Nurseries, her family's restaurant and garden centre. Having grown up in such organic surroundings, Anna struggled once exposed to artificial chemicals and emulsifiers through the food she ate outside of home. She developed digestion issues, which affected her weight, cognitive function and later her spine. Anna found relief and comfort in plants and nature and launched The Gut. Petersham Nurseries, Richmond, is situated along the Thames, adjacent to a cow field. Awarded a Michelin star, the seasons are reflected in the food, flowers find their way into the dishes and colours of each season are intertwined within the ambiance. www.petershamnurseries.com