Great Facebook "Plug"

Delighted to report got a great "plug" on the official Marmite Facebook site.  I have to be super-extra careful about posting anything that mentions the book..... hey, that's OK, the site is managed by Unilever (who declined to help me in compiling it). So I've got a kick out of the posting by Londoner Susanna Chenery who reported:  Just got Maggie Hall's Book Mish-Mash and I love it!   Thanks, Susanna.....

Fun Review

Bit late in posting this fun review.... it was done by blogger SmittenByBritain... aka Melissa, an American in love with all things British. She concludes her piece by saying: One thing’s for sure, after reading The Mish-Mash Dictionary of Marmite, there’s no denying this is one amazing condiment.  For sure, there is no denying that! To read it in its entirety go to: http://www.smittenbybritain.com/2010/06/the-mish-mash-dictionary-of-marmite.html

A LITERARY HONOUR

Had a great experience this summer because of Mish-Mash. I was invited to talk at a Literary Luncheon. It was staged in Gomersal - at the stupendous Gomersal Park Hotel - right in the heart of the lesser-known Bronte country, in Yorkshire. The hotel, set in beautiful country-side grounds, is just a 10 minute drive from my home-town of Cleckheaton. The event was billed as my journey from Cleck to Capitol HIll - and how I came to delve into into the tasty/disgusting world of the mighty-M. There were 60 or so guests.... some of whom I didn't know!  As I told them, the book and I were extremely flattered to be put into the 'literary' category.

A READER'S THOUGHTS....

For those of you wondering, 'why should I buy a copy?' of The Mish-Mash Dictionary of Marmite, this is what one happy reader posted on the book's Face-Book site....."Interesting , amusing, enlightening, Delighted to have a copy...." Hooray! Exactly what I was aiming for.

NUMERO UNO!!

Mish-Mash is number one in 'dictionaries' on Amazon UK. Hard to believe that it's a better seller than the Consise Oxford, Webster's and all that lot!














But as I said before (see previous posting) these ratings are fickle. It could be toppled within the hour. But for the moment Mish-Mash and MARMITE rule the dictionary world! A huge thanks to those of you who have sent it soaring.

NPR - AGAIN!

The book has been acknowledged, yet again, by NPR (that's America's National Public Radio - equivalent to BBC Radio-4). This time it got a mention in an essay - 'In Defense of Marmite' - penned by the highly-talented food writer Michele Kayal. It's a delightfully written piece, that will warm the cockles of all Marmite lovers' hearts. Mish-Mash comes into play right at the end, in the recipe section, when Michele talks about Marmite's umami-factor. As an example of its high-rating when it comes to the fifth-taste, she tells how to prepare the classic Japanese dish Chazuke - with a Brit-twist.

photo by Michele Kayal for NPR

To read what Michele has described as her 'ode' to the black-magic, go to: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126307676  and to discover Michele's lively and entertaining take on food: http://hyphenatedchef.com/ What did NPR do earlier? See below and also in 2009 archive.

AUTHOR & SUBJECT.....

This is the photo NPR  took for their website 'broadcast' of the programme they did on the book. They came, to my home on Capitol Hill, for a mighty-M breakfast: apart from toast, bagels, crackers & you-know-what, there were marinated M-sausages; egg-salad impregnated with the stuff; Marm-A-Lite (M and marmalade); even a cake made with Marm-A-Lite and iced with a mix of Cheddar cheese, the black-magic and butter. Much more of a brunch than a breakfast! To 'hear' the broadcast, go to: http://m.npr.org/news/front/121135861?page=0