Author: Caroline Eden
During my recent visit to Scotland, while walking the cobblestoned streets beneath moody skies and with a grumbling stomach, I dipped into a nearby bookshop to whet my appetite before heading to dinner — and discovered a book offering a sort of charcuterie board of travel morsels: Caroline Eden’s 2024 release, “Cold Kitchen: A Year of Culinary Journeys.”
The book invites readers into Eden’s Edinburgh basement kitchen to recall where she went and what she ate in Eastern Europe and Central Asia over the course of a year.
The title refers to the part of the kitchen often used for preparing cold dishes, like salads, preserves and such. But in Eden’s hands, it becomes a metaphor for freezing memories.
The book is a slice of life, a scrapbook of scrumptious crumbs that make up a medley of a meal: Recipes, descriptions and reflections — arranged seasonally.
