'[a] neat little book... it's a curious read and might come in handy if you're hosting a book club meeting. Anna Karenina's mushroom pate, anyone' Waitrose Weekend

Jennifer Barclay grew up in a village on the edge of the Pennines and studied at Oxford before moving to Athens; then Canada and France, with travels in Guyana and South Korea, and after a few years back in England ended up in a village again - this time in Greece. She writes about life on a tiny Greek island on her blog: http://octopus-in-my-ouzo.blogspot.co.uk/. She has contributed to Wanderlust online, Skyscanner, The Guardian, CNNGo.com, Blue Wings, The Globe and Mail and The Toronto Star, appearing on BBC Radio, Talk Radio Europe, Australian national radio and Korean television.