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From no-frills butter cake to galaxy buns, Ruby will provide careful and clear instructions that explain what each step should look, feel and smell like. And if you're worried about keeping up, don't! In the pauses between steps, those moments where your fingers are enmeshed in dough or batter, she'll talk you through the emotive quality of food and its place in our lives.

Ruby Tandoh implores us to enjoy and appreciate food in all of its many forms. Food is, after all, what nourishes our bodies, helps us commemorate important milestones, cheers us up when we're down, expands our minds, and connects us with the people we love. But too often, it’s a source of anxiety and unhappiness. With Eat Up!, Tandoh celebrates one of life’s greatest pleasures, drawing inspiration from sources as diverse as Julia Child to The Very Hungry Caterpillar, flavor memories to jellied eels.

A former runner-up on the British Bake Off, Ruby Tandoh has paved the way forward in guilt-free eating. An advocate for mental health and promoting a healthy relationship with food, Ruby published her third book, Eat Up: Food, Appetite and Eating What You Want, in 2018. Ruby Tandoh talks to us about getting carried away recording the audiobook, avoiding moralising around food, and where the conversation on mental health needs to go next.

In Eat Up, Ruby Tandoh celebrates the fun and pleasure of food, taking a look at everything from gluttons and gourmets in the movies to the symbolism of food and sex. She will arm you against the fad diets, food crazes and bad science that can make eating guilt-laden and expensive, drawing eating inspiration from influences as diverse as Roald Dahl, Nora Ephron and Gemma from TOWIE. Filled with straight-talking, sympathetic advice on everything from mental health to recipe ideas and shopping tips, this is an audiobook that clears away the fog, to help you fall back in love with food....