Onwards

Author: Karen Dudley

Format: Paperback

When Karen Dudley closed her iconic restaurant, The Kitchen, in Woodstock, Cape Town, there were tears all over for the beloved establishment. Since then, Karen has found that connection does not necessarily reside only in bricks and mortar. She has found that she can carry that deliciousness onwards. This book is all about how she has done just that. In Onwards, Karen Dudley weaves a compelling narrative of how her life changed after the Covid-19 pandemic forced her to close her restaurant, The Kitchen.

From these bleak circumstances arose something beautiful, offering the time and space for inspiration to take root, to rediscover her connection with food, and to shift her perception of what it means to cook, for oneself and for others. Onwards is a book about the way forward, filled with wholesome, nourishing and indulgent recipes, with a story of hope and happiness threaded throughout.

About the Author

Karen Dudley is on a mission to improve people’s dining experience, one meal at a time. Once proprietor of the beloved and groundbreaking eatery The Kitchen in Woodstock, she now spends her energy creating and developing menus for restaurants and hotels around South Africa. When she’s not at work spreading knowledge in commercial kitchens in the Waterfront or boutique game lodges deep in the bushveld, she will be found in her own kitchen at home. This is where she creates entirely new recipes and tweaks old favourites into delicious new variations. And when the stack of recipes is tall enough, she puts them into a new book.

People who are lucky or clever enough to get their hands on a Karen Dudley cookbook can then join Karen on her mission to make food that is more delicious, stylish and doable. Karen has a dedicated following of cooks using and sharing her range of flavours and tastes… With this new book, we take our community upwards to the next level.

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