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Tracy Madden is a Brisbane Interior Decorator who has always had a vivid imagination and passion for family, food and books. Here she reflects on her upbringing and first encounters and subsequent love with food.
Writing this book about a passion for food was an absolute joy for me. I often think back and remember that it was funny that one of my first words ‘more’ was related to food. Years later as a young girl, I was often in trouble at the dinner table, because I always wanted to know what we were going to be eating the next day. I distinctly remember being in grade 9 and having to do an assignment in French. Of course mine was all about the food I loved. It was a piece of cake, no pun intended.
So it was only fitting that my first novel The Essential Ingredient – Love, be about the love of food and how it goes hand in hand with the seduction of life. It may have taken two years of hard work, but it was definitely a labour of love!
Now, each day it’s still relatively early in the morning when I have decided on a menu for that evening and made a shopping list for my daily trips to the market. I clearly recall a friend a couple of years ago, coming up to me at the markets saying she had been waiting outside to say hello to me, but couldn’t wait any longer as she had never seen anyone hand select each piece of fruit and vegetable the way I did with such obvious pleasure.
For me going to markets and browsing is akin to window shopping for clothes for other women. It’s a gratifying pleasure simply being surrounded by such beauty.
The food I cook for my family is filled with love and there lies the title of my book… The Essential Ingredient – LOVE!
It is a delicious read but be warned… It will leave you with a passion for the finest of food and the love of your life!