I am very grateful for this wonderful review of my book, 'Carpathia - food from the heart of Romania', and I can't...
Women Talking Magazine and the Surrey Food Festival
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Carpathia – Food from the heart of Romania
If you’d like to order a copy in the UK, please use Amazon here or Quarto Knows here. For North America, please order it on Amazon.com here or on Interlink Publishing here. For Australia, the link is here.
The book is also available at Waterstones and WHSmith in the UK, or Barnes and Noble in the US, and also at your local independent bookshops, which need your support.
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