It all starts with a determined, food-conscious bride baking her own wedding cake. From there the new book by Ann McColl Lindsay, Hungry Hearts: A Food Odyssey across Britain and Spain 1968-69, blossoms into an enjoyable account of a liberally-minded couple’s affair with food, life, and each other as they follow their whims to travel across Europe in a Volkswagen camper. Restless to take a break from their teaching careers, Ann and her husband, David Lindsay, set out to find what the world had to offer, but little did they expect such a series of food-related revelations, including a “gradual change from two innocents raised on white bread, tinned soup, and cherry cokes, to adventurous eaters, appreciative of baby eels and bouillabaisse.” Read more