(*NEW ARRIVAL*) Samuel Clark and Samantha Clark. Moro the Cookbook. *Signed*

Illus. throughout. Jacket. First Edition. London: Ebury Press, [2001].

Signed on the title page by Samantha & Samuel Clark, as well as Alex & Katie Clarke (brother & sister-in-law to Samantha, and also restaurateurs who owned The George in Rye), and with a warm inscription on the half-title from one cook (Linn Lee) to another (named Martin), Meadow Wood, Penshurst. 

The Moro menu encompasses dishes that originated in Spain and dishes from the Muslim Mediterranean, two areas linked in history by the Moors' 700-year occupation of Spain. The book is much more than a simple catalogue of recipes—the chefs also communicate the romance and tradition inherent in each dish and their writing is informed by an intimate knowledge of long-established culinary and cultural traditions. In a market saturated with impersonal restaurant cookbooks, this book has a refreshingly different feel. It oozes character and is written and designed with palpable passion and insight.

Fine.