The Folio Diary 2012

At The Folio Society, we thoroughly agree with the great gastronome Brillat-Savarin, who said that, ‘The pleasures of the table are of all times and all ages, of every country and of every day.’ That’s why this year’s diary celebrates the pleasures of food in a dazzling series of images, whether a painting by Boris Kustodiev or a photograph of breadmaking on Scott’s Antarctic expedition. Others include an Indian miniature of a banquet for Sultan Babur; fine art paintings and woodcuts by Dürer, Diego Rivera and Kuniaki; a photograph of the kitchens of New College, Oxford in 1901, and even a 1941 ration book. With one week to a view, printed on fine paper and in a sturdy cover, this is the perfect diary for desk or bag.