A rapturous novel about a young chef whose discovery of pleasure alters her life and
indirectly the world 'A startling prose hymn to food and sex love and violence' GUARDIAN
'Unique ambitious haunting' GABRIELLE ZEVIN 'Truly exceptional' ROXANE GAY 'Superb' DOUGLAS
STUART A smog has spread food is disappearing and a chef escapes her career in London to
take a job at a decadent mountaintop colony: an experiment in a new way of living and eating.
There her mysterious employer and his visionary daughter have built a lush new life for the
global elite one that reawakens the chef to the pleasures of taste and touch. Before long she
is pushed to discover the real nature of the project: a startling attempt to reshape the world
far beyond the place. Land of Milk and Honey is a striking novel about food sex and the
intricacies of desire. 'It's hard not be mesmerised by prose that is as rich and as startling
as the food her protagonist prepares' OBSERVER 'An astounding book' CALEB AZUMAH NELSON 'The
most sensual novel about food I have ever read' EMMA DONOGHUE
