{"id":757,"date":"2012-07-26T10:37:16","date_gmt":"2012-07-26T08:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ulrikehill.co.za\/?p=757"},"modified":"2015-11-18T07:55:15","modified_gmt":"2015-11-18T05:55:15","slug":"essentially-justin-bonello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ulrikehill.co.za\/?p=757","title":{"rendered":"Essentially Justin Bonello"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Book Cover of Cooked out of the Frying Pan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I always appreciate the ironies of life. I was asked to interview Justin Bonello<\/strong> about his new book: Cooked: Out of the Frying Pan<\/em><\/strong>. I hate cooking but I do love eating. More than that, I love a man in the kitchen.<\/p>\n

I used Writers Write Essentially interview technique. It is a creative approach and provides a different perspective on the person you are interviewing. This interview was first published in The<\/strong> Bluestocking Review<\/strong> (Facebook), 15th<\/sup> November 2011.<\/p>\n

If your life were a city, what city would it be?<\/strong> Bangkok<\/em><\/p>\n

Writing sounds like<\/strong> laughter<\/em><\/p>\n

Writing looks like<\/strong> jumping through hoops<\/em><\/p>\n

Writing tastes like<\/strong> Mississippi mud pies<\/em><\/p>\n

Writing smells like<\/strong> rose<\/em><\/p>\n

What is your favourite number?<\/strong> 7<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

What is your favourite meal?<\/strong> Italian dish called Vongole. Clam Pasta. Dad taught me how to make<\/em> it<\/em>.<\/p>\n

What are you reading?<\/strong> I read Sci Fi and fantasy to escape. I am currently reading the sixth book in the Throne series. I have a stack of books next to my bed. I am also reading Bloodriver by Tim Butcher.<\/em><\/p>\n

Where do you live?<\/strong> Noordhoek in Cape Town. Used to live in Observatory. I realised how unhappy I was in Observatory once I moved.<\/em><\/p>\n

What is your favourite quality about yourself?<\/strong> Humility<\/em><\/p>\n

(Note from interviewer: initially thought that Justin said humanity. Seemed to fit in with the type of person he is).<\/em>
\nWhat is your least favourite quality about yourself?<\/strong> Temper<\/em>
\nDo you have a favourite quote?<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are no bad cooks just friends who are not hungry enough.<\/em><\/p>\n

(Note from interviewer: will be using this quote the next time someone criticises my cooking!)<\/em><\/p>\n

What are you most proud of accomplishing so far in your life?<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is a dichotomy. I am a cook and a film producer. I run a small company with 27 staff but I get stuff out there. My work is global.<\/em><\/p>\n

How did you come up with the titles of your books? <\/strong><\/p>\n

I had very little to do with titles<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Who designed the covers?<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is a long story. I wrote my first book \u2013 40 pages \u2013 many years ago. I went to a club called The Curve. The barman poured me a scotch. I told him that the scotch was too small. His name was Quint Bruton and he was a graphic design. He moved in with me later. When Penguin phoned me about writing a book I told them I had a book. Quint designs all my covers.<\/em><\/p>\n

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I always appreciate the ironies of life. I was asked to interview Justin Bonello about his new book: Cooked: Out of the Frying Pan. I hate cooking but I do love eating. More than that, I love a man in the kitchen. I used Writers Write Essentially interview technique. It is a creative approach and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[58,60,62,61,59,57,63],"class_list":["post-757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-04interviews","tag-book","tag-cooking","tag-eating","tag-hungry","tag-interview","tag-justin-bonello","tag-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ulrikehill.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ulrikehill.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ulrikehill.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ulrikehill.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ulrikehill.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=757"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.ulrikehill.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":968,"href":"https:\/\/www.ulrikehill.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757\/revisions\/968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ulrikehill.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ulrikehill.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ulrikehill.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}