Hungry City

Hungry City is a sinister real-life sequel to Animal Farm with the plot turned upside down by time in ways even George Orwell could not have foreseen

Observer

A superb account of the uneasy relationship between the city and its means of sustenance, charting the historical rise of urban areas and the monopolisation of the food chain by conglomerates

Ian Critchley, Daily Telegraph

'Absolutely crammed with eye-opening facts and figures, a hugely readable account of the part we individually play in a global problem. Highly Recommended'

Publishing News

An intense, fluid, intelligent, highly absorbing text that provokes vital questions about sustainability

Food Magazine

dense with details, rippling with insight an easy to read... This is everything we need to know.

William Leith, Evening Standard

Exuberant, provocative ... her desire that we understand better and think more about our food, how much we waste, how much energy it consumes and how we dispose of it - is in the real sense of the word - vital

David Aaronovitch, The Times

fascinating history of the co-dependence of a city and country... dip into it...fascinating

Real Food Festival

Hungry City is a smorgasbord of a book: dip into it and you will emerge with something fascinating

Independent

In bringing food more directly onto the 'plate' of those who think about buildings and cities, she has done us all a great service

Richard Wilk, Building and Research Information

It's one of those rare books dense with detail, rippling with insight, and easy to read...This is everything we need to know

Johanna Thomas-Corr, Scotsman

lively, wide-ranging, endlessly inquisitive book

Independent

She can précis her specialist sources briskly, and her own direct research (e.g. a mega kitchen for cooking ready meals) is lively

Vera Rule, Guardian

this is for the person who knows everything about food but nothing about its source

Sunday Tribune