Search for “clean” in online bookstores, and there are over 8000 results in the cookbook category; the hashtag #cleaneating has been used over 43 million times on Instagram (with #eatclean and other similar terms in the same ballpark). Dirty Food is a joyful pushback against this amorphous, abstract buzzword and its connection with ideas of purity and goodness. With recipes like Eton Mess, Sloppy Joes, Dirty Rice and Sticky Buns, Dirty Food contains a wide variety of dishes that celebrate the pleasure we derive from food, and its ability to bring people together to socialize, comfort and enjoy each other’s company—when it comes to food, there should be no guilt in pleasure. Dirty Food is the first in a new series of small format, single subject cookbooks that aims to give home cooks confidence in the kitchen with versatile, cookable recipes that are useful, unfussy and easily adapted to suit personal tastes and the seasons. About the Author Julie Van Rosendaal is the Calgary-based author of eleven best-selling cookbooks. Her first, One Smart Cookie, was published soon after she closed her cookie bakery of the same name at the turn of the millennium. Julie has been the food columnist on the Calgary Eyeopener on CBC Radio for over 15 years, she writes about food for the Globe and Mail, and has been a freelance food writer and columnist for various publications for over two decades. Julie teaches, speaks and cooks at culinary schools and events virtually and in real life, and has a very engaged audience on her social media channels and website, Dinner with Julie.
