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Andy Lynes is an author and freelance food, drink and travel writer. His work appears in The Times, The Telegraph and The Independent. He has reviewed restaurants for the Metro and the Guardian and is currently a member of the http://www.60SecondReviews.com team. He is a contributing editor to Seasoned by Chef's magazine and food and drink editor of Zuri magazine. He writes regularly for Host, the pub and bar magazine, and The Caterer. He has contributed to a number of books including two editions of Where Chefs Eat and the Oxford Companion to Food. His second book, How to be a Chilli Head will be published by Portico in May 2015. ...more

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	How to Be A Chilli Head: Inside the red-hot world of the chilli cult 3.50 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Why and how I wrote Kingdom of Cooks

In 2014, I dedicated part of the year to travelling the UK talking to chefs. In truth, that's how I've spent every year since 2004 when I began my freelance writing career. But last year was a bit different. Instead of the usual collection of random jaunts to fulfil a series of unconnected commissions from various newspaper and magazine clients, I made a plan. I wanted to write a book.

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“As the excesses of 'molecular gastronomy' have slowly faded away, like the smell of a particularly pungent fart, a breath of fresh culinary air has swept across the country. I've been passionately interested in food and drink for more than 30 years and writing about it for a decade. In my experience there has never been a more exciting time to eat out in this country.”
― Andy Lynes, Kingdom of Cooks: Conversations with Britain's New Wave Chefs

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“your body is not a temple, it's an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.”
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“The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.”
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“Every good idea sooner or later degenerates into hard work.”
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“To eat figs off the tree in the very early morning, when they have been barely touched by the sun, is one of the exquisite pleasures of the Mediterranean.”
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“I believe it's a cook's moral obligation to add more butter given the chance.”
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