Laura Freeman: Art Critic, and Author of The Reading Cure

Desert Island Dishes

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4.8 • 780 Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2018

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

My guest today is Laura Freeman.

Laura is an art critic, a writer and an author.

Her book which came out earlier this year called The Reading Cure is a very brave and thoughtful memoir about how reading about food helped her on her road to recovery from anorexia.

Laura is a truly excellent writer – having gained a double first from Cambridge and her book has had an amazing reaction.

A review in the independent said of her book :

“The Reading Cure is the work of a true-blue bibliophile, and it's impossible not to be seduced by Freeman's love of prose. It's essential reading not just for those who love food, but words.”

This was a different kind of chat in many ways – but one that I think it really important and really interesting. We do all have different relationships with food and I think its important to explore them and to talk about them and I learnt a lot from Laura plus there are some delicious goodies in here too.

Food is so much more than just the food itself – which is what this podcast talks about a lot - I for one - remember my life through the meals I’ve eaten and the best moments with friends, or celebrating happy occasions or holidays are often centred around meals, around food and it’s such a central character in the story of so many of our lives. However, it’s wrong to think that everyone’s relationship with food is straight forwards and obviously everyone is different – there is no completely shared experience. Laura has struggled with her appetite for food but her appetite for reading never went away and ultimately it was this that saved her and that makes for an incredibly interesting read and a very different outlook on food which I hope you will enjoy!

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Margie and welcome to the Desert Island Dishes podcast. This is the podcast where every week I ask my guest to choose their seven desert island dishes. These range from finding out about the dish that most reminds them of their childhood, the best dish they've ever eaten, and of course, the last dish they would choose to
0:23.5	eat before being cast off to the desert island.
0:26.7	I hope you're all well and that you've had a brilliant week.
0:30.7	I feel rather like a wilting flower in this heat wave, not that I'm complaining, although
0:36.7	I am complaining a little bit,
0:38.6	and would rather be lying down, being fanned and fed grapes,
0:43.0	and not sitting on the central line in London.
0:46.6	Anyway, this week, I met with Laura, lovely Laura,
0:50.2	and we had a different kind of chat in many ways,
0:53.4	but one that I think is really important
0:55.7	and very interesting. We do all have really different relationships with food, and I think it's
1:03.4	important to explore them and to talk about them. And I learned a lot from Laura, plus there are
1:10.2	some delicious goodies in here, too.
1:12.1	Without further ado, here is today's episode.
1:17.4	My guest today is Laura Freeman.
1:20.1	Laura is an art critic, a writer and an author.
1:23.3	Her book came out earlier this year called The Reading Cure,
1:26.0	and it's a very brave and thoughtful
1:28.0	memoir about how reading about food helped her on the road to recovery from anorexia.
1:33.3	Laura is a truly excellent writer, having gained a double first from Cambridge, and her book
1:38.1	has had an amazing reaction.
1:40.6	A review on the Independent said, The Reading Cure is the work of a true blue bibliophile, and it's
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