Joan Harris

Feb 5, 2024 | thecookbooktest.substack.com | Joan Harris |James Norton

Dear Readers,In some ways, finding myself writing about cookbooks every week while being squarely middle aged is kind of a surprise. I grew up obsessed with military history, politics, and espionage, and started my career editing Middle East news for an international newspaper. There was every indication I was gravitating toward the hard stuff. That was my trajectory. Then: something happened.