THE CULINARY CYCLiST BOOK - ANNA BRONES  by Ana V. Francés  A love song to the dual

THE CULINARY CYCLiST BOOK - ANNA BRONES  by Ana V. Francés  A love song to the dual pleasures of food and cycling,  The Culinary Cyclist: A Cookbook and Companion for the Good Life is an illustrated cookbook and guidebook for living well.  Written by Anna Brones.  Illustrated by Johanna Kindvall. 1. How did your idea “The culinary cyclist book” come up? I was having a conversation with my friend Elly Blue who runs her own publishing company, and we were talking about the various projects we were working on. As she publishes books based around bike themes, and I write predominantly about food, somehow the conversation kept coming back to either of those subjects. “Why don’t you publish a book about bikes and food?” I asked her. “Why don’t you write it?” she responded. Then it all kind of went from there. Since all of Elly’s books that she publishes are illustrated, I knew I wanted my friend Johanna Kindvall to do the illustrations for the book; I thought it would be the perfect compliment to the text. And so The Culinary Cyclistwas born. 2. Why bikes? Why food? Why not bikes and food? J Ultimately I think both bikes and food embody simple pleasures. Think about how you feel on an early Saturday morning, riding your bike to go to the market, or a long ride that ends in a stop at a good coffee shop. Think about how you feel when you get to the market and pick out certain vegetables for your meal later in the day, or how good that coffee is after exerting yourself physically. It’s no surprise that a love of life on two wheels and a love of good food go hand in hand. The other thing that I think ties the two together, is an appreciation for and a desire to live a “slow life.” What I mean by that is not getting caught up in the rat race that modern day life can often represent. To bike to work takes time and commitment (in the rain, even more so!). To make your own food from scratch instead of warming up a pre-made dish also takes times. But ultimately both of those things are about a commitment to a lifestyle that is healthier for the individual, the community, and the planet as a whole. 3. Who do you take your inspiration from? Everywhere! I love biking through a city and not knowing where I am going to end up. And I love heading to a market with a seasonal ingredient in mind and then coming up with a dish depending on what other ingredients I find. It’s all about serendipity and improvising. 4. Where are you based and why? For the last 10 years I was in Portland, Oregon, and earlier this year I came to Paris. While I love Portland and it definitely feels like home, I had a strong desire to come to Paris, write and explore, and a variety of things in my life just fell in place to make that move happen. And so, here I am. 5. Any future project? I just turned in the manuscript for another cookbook (that Johanna and I also worked on) and I’m working on developing an outline for a third. Completely unrelated to food but in line with my biking obsession, I make jewelry from upcycled bike inner tubes, so the goal is to do more of that and start selling some new designs. 6. What kind of bike do you ride? In Portland I rode an old Peugeot steel frame that had been turned into a single speed and had handmade wheels from Sugar Wheel Works; in fact Jude helped me build the back wheel myself. But I left that bike when I moved. Now I stick to Vélib, the Parisian bikeshare system. It has its ups and downs, but for the most part it’s nice to not have to worry about having your bike stolen in a big city. For longer weekend rides outside of town though, I have my trusty Bianchi.  http://foodieunderground.com/culinary-cyclist illustrations: http://portfolio.johannak.com/. -- source link

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