ARMCHAIR travel time

Transport yourself this month to the wilds of Canada or the heights of the Himalayas, or opt to follow historic footsteps or global flavours

NATIONAL DISH: AROUND THE WORLD IN SEARCH OF FOOD, HISTORY AND THE MEANING OF HOME

By Anya von Bremzen

TV Book

Tracing the true story of the Austrian National Tennis Champion’s journey from Vienna to Wimbledon to escape the Nazis in 1930, Liesl Herbst was 27 and a celebrity in Austria when she fled with her husband David and their daughter, Dorli. Written by her grand-daughter, the family were rendered stateless aliens yet Liesl and Dorli remain the only mother and daughter ever to have played doubles together at Wimbledon.

The award-winning food writer explores the idea ‘we are what we eat’, travelling from Paris to Tokyo, Seville to Istanbul and learning along the way about the stratospheric rise of ramen, the legend of pizza and the complex legacy of multiculturalism in a meze feast. She finishes at home in Queens, New York, and reflects on food’s pivotal role in our identity.