Cookbook spans world in 100 recipes

Recipes from around the world are served with equal portions of history and anecdotes in food writer Mina Holland's first book, The World on a Plate: 40 Cuisines, 100 Recipes and the Stories Behind Them.

Holland, who is based in London, is the editor of Guardian Cook, the food section of the Guardian newspaper. Her book, a travel-cookbook hybrid, has been translated into 12 languages.

"It's a book you can read from in bed and use in the kitchen," she says.