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Hello and welcome to my site.

I’m a freelance food writer, a member of the Guild of Food Writers and author of fifteen books, ranging from cookery books to ingredient guides. Over the years I’ve written for a variety of publications, including The Guardian, Time Out’s Eating Out guides and The Times. My website work has included researching and writing for the British Library’s Food Stories website, a fascinating project using audio-clips from the Life Stories collection.

Born in London, my interest in food stems from living as a child in Singapore and Italy, places where good food is important to the community, both taken for granted and relished as a great pleasure.

I’m an inveterate food shopper, always on the look-out for ingredients to cook with or delicious things to eat, whether it be tangy barberries from an Iranian supermarket or a freshly baked barbecued pork bun from one of Chinatown’s bakeries. London’s fantastically diverse food scene offers constant inspiration for recipes, articles and books such as Food Lovers’ London and The London Cookbook. Have a look at my blog London Laksa
 
News

February 2012.
Jenny's article on Gloucestershire's food scene appears in Great British Food.Click here for PDF.

Jenny's interview with chocolatier Damian Allsop appears in Index magazine.
 

January 2012.
Jenny launches her new blog London Food Chronicles

Jenny reviews Claire Tomalin's biography of Charles Dickens for Bookgeeks

Jenny's article on a great Christmas for top chocolatiers for Chocolatier.co.uk
 

December 2011.
Jenny previevs Valrhona's chocolate masterclass for Chocolatier.co.uk
 

November 2011.
Jenny is interviewed for a short film "Food In London" for London & Partners.

Jenny wirtes about Kent's cobnut growers for Index magazine.

 

September 2011.
Jenny's article on Original Beans for Chocolatier.co.uk

Jenny is intervieved by SBS TV from South Korea for a documentary on British attitudes towards meat.

Jenny reviews Penguin's Great Food series for Bookgeeks
 

July 2011.
Jenny's article on Fairtrade chocolate for Chocolatier.co.uk
 

June 2011.
Jenny's article on the cocoa market for Chocolatier.co.uk
 

May 2011.
Jenny interviews chocolatier William Curley for Chocolatier.co.uk.

April 2011.
Traditional Country Foods, which Jenny worked on as researcher and interviewer, out from Cico Books.

Jenny's article on Royal Wedding Foods appears in the FT

Jenny leads another Voyage in Epicuriosity for The School of Life.
 

March 2011.
Jenny's article on the Filter Coffee Revival appears in the FT
 

December 2010.
Jenny leads another Voyage in Epicuriosity for The School of Life and appears as London food expert on three episodes of TV programme Market Kitchen, screened in the days before Christmas.
 

September 2010.
The Cook's Book of Ingredients is published by Dorling Kindersley. Jenny is one of the contributors to this useful food reference book
 

July 2010.
The sixth edition of Food Lovers' London is published
 

May 2010.
Jenny's article on London's food markets appears in The Financial Times
 

April 2010.
Jenny's top London food destinations are featured in Taste Britain, a nationwide guide to Britain's gastronomic scene Jenny's Shop
 

February 2010.
Jenny's food writing is featured in How The British Fell In Love With Food, a celebration of 25 years of food writing by the Guild of Food Writers Jenny's Shop
 

22 October 2009.
Interview with Jenny about The London Cookbook on Jamie Olilver's website Jamie Oliver.Com
 

17 October 2009
Jenny leads A Voyage In Epicuriosity for The School Of Life The School Of Life
   

20 June 2009
Article on historic food published in The Financial Times
 

16 April 2009
The London Cookbook reviewed in Harper's Bazaar
 

7 March 2009
The London Cookbook reviewed in Time Out

Article 'Iranian New Year' published in The Financial Times
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22 January 2009
Second of my food stories online
 
16 January 2009
You can now buy The London Cookbook directly from this website at the Shop page.
 
25 October 2008
First of my food stories online


14 October 2008
Cookbook Launched In Style! Harbour & Jones host a launch party to celebrate the publication of Jenny Linford's new book, The London Cookbook.

www.harbourandjones.com
 

1 October 2008
As well as the publication of Jenny's latest book, Great British Cheeses, this month sees the arrival of a Dorling Kindersley cheese-lovers' blog featuring contributions from Jenny.

www.blogacheese.com