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In this lively account of people, food and places, award-winning food writer
Julie Biuso traces the development of the passions that have shaped her life.
Only in part a memoir Dancing On My Table shares with the reader the flavour
of precious memories and vividly recreates the warmth of Julie's typically
Kiwi family, and her marriage to an Italian and subsequent adoption by his
extended Italian family.
Although there are some recipes in this collection of stories, they are not
the star event. The book comprises of 16 chapters, each with its own theme,
for example; memorable meetings with luminaries like Claudia Rodin (who
ended up coming home with Julie, donning an apron and cooking up a storm
in the Biuso kitchen); Luciano Pavarotti (for whom Julie cooked a special
lunch during his one and only visit to New Zealand); and interesting and
educative encounters - particularly in other countries - with little-known
ingredients.
A story full of energy and joy, punctuated with flashes of sadness at the loss
of deeply loved mentors, Dancing On My Table is a refreshingly honest read for
everyone who has come to appreciate the endless fascinations of the table.
First Published in 2001 by New Holland Publishers (UK).
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- Winner Best Food Literature in the English language Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
- Winner Best Food Literature in the World Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
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More Accolades for Well-known Foodie
A month ago Julie Biuso's highly entertaining memoir, Dancing On My Table,
won the Gourmand World Cookbook Fair Award for Best Food Literature Book in English.
Over recent weeks the judges involved in this prestigious international series of
awards have been wading their way through the winners in seven other languages to
try and decide which of all the entries deserved to win the coveted Best Food
Literature Book in the World.
Last night, in France, after a gala dinner, it was announced that Julie Biuso is
the winner again, beating the best food literature books that Spain, Sweden,
Germany, Italy, France, Norway and Korea have to offer.
Well done, Julie! This is just the latest accolade for this extraordinary
New Zealand food writer who has won numerous awards in her food-writing career,
including the Lifestyle category award at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards
earlier this year for her eighth cookbook, Fresh.
- New Holland, 2001
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Dancing on My Table wins at World Cookbook Awards
She’s done it again! Julie Biuso has won yet another accolade for her writing, this
time for her memoir Dancing on My Table, which has just picked up the award for Best
Food Literature Cookbook in English at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards.
Her highly personal account of people, food and places won the hearts of the
judges in much the same way that two of her previous books have already won
over their stomachs. In 1999 Take a Vine Ripened Tomato… won the Best
Mediterranean Cuisine Book Award at the Versailles International Cookbook
Fair while this year Fresh won the Lifestyle category at the Montana New
Zealand Book Awards as well as the University of Canterbury Food Journalism
award.
Over 3000 food and wine books were entered in this year’s Gourmand World Cookbook
Awards. More than one third of the books were in English, with entries coming from
15 different countries. The category of Food Literature is becoming increasingly
popular as readers wish to know more about their favourite cooks and how they came
to excel in the kitchen.
- New Holland, 2001
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Dancing On My Table
In this lively account of people, food and places, award-winning food writer Julie Biuso traces the development of the passions that have shaped her life.
Only in part a memoir, Dancing On My Table shares with the reader the flavour of precious memories and vividly recreates the warmth of Julie’s typically Kiwi family.
Aspects of her youthful travels in Australia, Britain and Europe are explored, as is her marriage too an Italian and subsequent adoption by his extended family.
Also recollected is her time at the prestigious London Cordon Bleu School of Cookery; her introduction to the world of magazine and newspaper writing; her breakthrough experiences in radio and television back in the 1980s; and, of course, her development into a leading food writer and author of eight cookbooks.
A story full of energy and joy, punctuated with flashes of sadness at the loss of deeply loved mentors, dancing On My Table is a refreshingly honest read for everyone who has come to appreciate the endless fascinations of the table.
- Hamilton Press 2005
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Julie Biuso interviewed for Dancing On My Table
>Watch the video
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