Ida At My Table

Simonetta Wenkert

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Bedford Square Publishers
14 February 2025

Food & society; General cookery & recipes; National & regional cuisine; Nostalgia: general

A recipe-filled memoir of food, love, family and running a small neighbourhood restaurant that has survived recession and lockdowns to become an internationally-renowned haven of Italian home cooking.

'Simonetta invites you to the table, with a menu of intimate stories and confidently unfussy recipes. This book is heartfelt and captivating' Yotam Ottolenghi

'A love letter to a mother-in-law and the food heritage of a closely bonded Italian family.' Mail on Sunday

In 2007, Simonetta and her husband made the quixotic decision to open a restaurant.

Without any relevant experience IT engineer Avi and novelist Simonetta put aside their careers to throw themselves (and their three young children) into their dream.

This is the story of Ida, a tiny resilient restaurant situated on an unlovely arterial road between Kilburn and Kensal Rise, a barren thoroughfare with few shops and zero passing trade. A restaurant that survived (only just) the 2008 economic crash and the pandemic lockdown to become an internationally renowned haven of Italian home cooking. But this is much more than the rise, fall and phoenix-like resurrection of the unlikely restaurant. Avi and Simonettaâ€™s vision was formed by generations before them, spanning countries from Israel to Austria and Greece, with Britain providing the home for Idaâ€™s regional Italian menu. Those cultures have informed their own family and identity as much as that of the restaurant. This is a book for anyone who has ever fantasised about painting a name over a door and creating a refuge of delight for their neighbourhood.

And itâ€™s for anyone who sees the beauty in serving the food you have prepared with love for the people you love â€"" as well as the beauty in eating it.

By: Simonetta Wenkert
Imprint: Bedford Square Publishers
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 214mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781835011096
ISBN 10: 1835011098
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 14 February 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Simonetta Wenkert was born in London in 1965 of an Italian mother and Austrian-Jewish father. She is a novelist and translator, and a mother of three grown up children. Together with her husband, she runs an Italian restaurant in Queens Park called Ida.

Reviews for Ida At My Table

'Captivating... It's about love and family and stoicism... and the strange alchemy of a neighbourhood restaurant' -- Rachel Cooke, Observer 'A love letter to a mother-in-law and the food heritage of a closely bonded Italian family... Reading Ida At My Table replicates the feeling of eating a gorgeous, rich bowl of ragu. You will finish it feeling full, happy and content' * Mail on Sunday *

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