Book Reviews

A Chef For All Seasons

The name Gordon Ramsay always generates interest. Be it for his sharp tongue or the expletives that follow, he is, to most TV viewers, great…

A Chef in Provence by Édouard Loubet

A Chef in Provence, a book written by Édouard Loubet, is a book that I love but get annoyed at all at once. The thing that most annoys me ab…

A Passion for Vegetables

Paul Gayler is Executive Chef at the Lanesborough Hotel in London and has written many excellent books on vegetarian cooking, my favourite b…

A Taste of Home by Angela Hartnett

With almost every famous chef bringing out "at home" cookery books, I had to say that I approached A Taste of Home by Angela Hartnett with s…

A taste of the country

A Taste Of The Country is described as a traditional cookery book. This is true, but it offers the reader more, as we are taken on a persona…

Accidental Foodie, The

The Accidental Foodie is a hard book to review. Not because the book is hard to read or the style is difficult to understand. No, it isn't t…

Africa Cookbook

This would have to be my very favourite of African cooking as it follows through the many regions of African cuisine with clear explanations…

African Kitchen, The

This book follows the cooking of safari chef Josie Stow from a rangers breakfast, traditional African Food to Sophisticated Cocktail and Din…

Amuse-bouch, little bites of delight before the meal begins

To quote the introduction of this book, "The amuse appeals to my philosophy that no one should take food too seriously, even while they are …

An A-Z of Great food and drink combinations: Eating and Drinking

"From aioil washed down with a crisp dry white wine to zabaglione with a shot of marsala" Eating and Drinking is a informative guide to matc…

Anatomy of a Dish, The

Diane Forley's book, The Anatomy of a Dish, deals with the way ingredients, and in particular vegetables, are used to form the basis of dish…

Around the Roman Table

Around the Roman Table is part history, part cookbook that "dazzlingly evokes this ancient culture whilst rediscovering the lost recipes of …

Balance & Harmony

Neil Perry is an amazing chef with a passion for Asian food. His restaurant Rockpool in Sydney's Rocks is one of my favourite restaurants, s…

Ballymaloe Cookery Course by Darina Allen

Darina Allen started Ballymole Cookery School in 1983 as a way to make ends meet during difficult times, since then the school has gone from…

Bentley, Contemporary Cuisine

Sydney's Bentley Bar and Restaurant is renowned for its unique contemporary cuisine. Using the best seasonal ingredients Brent Savage aims t…

Big Fat Duck Cookbook, The

This is a book like no other cookbook! It is far from being simply a cookbook, it is on a totally different level, it gives us an insight in…

Bill Cooks For Kids

Bill Granger is internationally renowned for his easy going style of food, which is both easy to prepare and nutritious. In this book he cre…

Bill's Basics

Bill Granger, that much loved TV cook, has put together Bill's Basics, which follows the trend to simplifying the recipes to a point that le…

Bills Food

Bill Granger is a successful restaurateur with Sydney Bills and Bills 2, he also writes for many food magazines in Australia and internation…

Bittersweet

Alice Medrich has had a profound affect on almost everyone of her customers. Being American, it came as a bit of a shock when she first tast…

Black Pudding & Foie Gras

Black Pudding & Foie Gras is the name of The Star Inn's best selling dish, enjoyed by the famous and locals alike. It is also a great exampl…

Blue Ginger: The Colours and Flavours of Asia

In Australia, we are lucky that we have a diversity of people from every part of the world. This has brought to our table the world's cuisin…

Brian Turner's Favourite British Recipes

It amazes me that a country that has so much diversity of really good traditional dishes and great ingredients, always looks abroad for good…

Brilliant Bread by James Morton

If your lucky enough to live in the UK, or we able to watch the Great British Bake Off, then the sight of James working up some wonderful ba…

Café Paradiso Cookbook, The

A fabulous collection of recipes from one of the best vegetarian restaurants in Ireland. Denis Cotter head chef and co-founder of Cafe Parid…

Celtic Cuisine

Celtic Cuisine brings together over 160 recipes from 67 cooks in Wales, Scotland, Brittany, Isle of Man and Cornwall. Rick Stien, Darina All…

Charlie Trotter's Desserts

What true dining sensation would finish without dessert? In this cook book Charlie Trotter brings the reader some of his favourite recipes f…

Charlie Trotter's Meat & Game

In this cook book, Charlie Trotter brings the reader some of his favourite meat and game recipes from his acclaimed restaurant. His unique s…

Chocolate Desserts

Pierre Hermé is master of pastry and passionate about chocolate. He is a fourth generation pastry chef and among France's best. This book is…

Chocolate Nations: Living and Dying for Cocoa in West Africa

Orla Ryan is a well-travelled financial and investigative journalist who lived in Africa for four years (Uganda and Ghana). Currently writin…

Cinnamon Club Cookbook, The

The Cinnamon Club opened in Westminister in 2001 bringing a new world of Indian food where India meets West. The restaurant prides itself on…

Complete Asian Cook Book, The

Charmaine Solomon has made the food of East Asia accessible for cooks all over the world. The Complete Asian Cook Book covers Indian cuisine…

Complete Vegetarian Cookbook

This new updated version of this Australian classic vegetarian cookbook offers readers exciting vegetarian dishes from around the globe. Con…

Contemporary French Cuisine

When I first approached this book I wasn't impressed! It seemed to be far to artistic, busy and looked complicated. When I actually sat down…

Cook Your Own Veg by Carol Klein

One thing that is important in life, but so often overlooked, is to know where your food comes from. How many times have we all visited the …

Cook's Companion

Stephanie Alexander's Cook's Companion is a brilliant collection of ingredients which are accompanied with lots of recipes, information and …

Cooking with Herb, A Cookbook for Kids

This is a light hearted cook book, with exciting and tasty recipes for everyone. All the recipes are well laid out and easy to follow. They …

Cooking with Verjuice

In Cooking with Verjuice, Maggie Beer introduces us to Verjuice, a product that she is very passionate about. Maggie, whom is now famous as …

Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons

When Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons came out, there was a lot of talk about Diana Henry being the new Claudia Roden. After all, there was an au…

Creole

Babette de Roziéres started in her foodie career in a small restaurant in near the Folies Bergères, Paris. Then she ran restaurants in Saint…

Da Silvano Cookbook

Da Silvano is a New York institution, taking the best of Italy and marrying it with the best of New York to create some of the best food in …

Dear Francesca, A Cookbook with Love

Dear Francesca is a delightful book written by Mary Contini for her daughter. Mary Contini, well known among Edinburgh's foodies, is one of …

Dim Sum (The Art of Chinese Tea Lunch)

Ellen Blonder book is a a celebration of Dim Sum with over sixty recipes for you to create in the home. The book introduces the reader to th…

Divine Heavenly Chocolate Recipes

Chocolate! It has to be the most love little indulgences in the world. Just thinking about it, I taste in my mind the smooth taste that is l…

Dough: Simple Contemporary Bread

Bread making is one of those pleasures that until recently was dying out in Britain. With so much cheap bread available, there is a generati…

Easy Weekends

Neil Perry is one of my favourite chefs with a style of cooking that could only come from a multicultural country like Australia with a grea…

Edible Selby

When I first flicked through Todd Selby's book, Edible Selby, I was really at a lost to what to think about it. I could understand that peop…

Elizabeth David's Christmas

Over the many years of her amazing career, Elizabeth David wrote many articles and recipes for the festive season of Christmas. After much d…

English Bread and Yeast Cookery by Elizabeth David

Elizabeth David never simply skims the surface of her subjects in her books. This cook book is an in-depth study of bread and everything rel…

Entertaining Solo

A unique cook book for those who cook and entertain guests on their own. Over 40% of the U. K. population live on their own but single hande…

Entertaining Vegetarians

For some, the idea of eating vegetables and nothing but vegetables is an alien concept. For others, the concept is not so much alien as fore…

Everyday Novelli

Everyday Novelli is Jean-Christophe's book of everyday recipes. It contains recipes suitable from breakfast thought to late supper. Simply l…

Ezard

Finally, I have found a refreshing cook book to review. There are some cookery books that miss the mark, merely because the book is too flow…

Fishmongers' Company Cook Book, The

Stephen Pini is head chef of the Fishmongers' Company and a teacher at the Billingsgate Seafood Training School. He has compiled some really…

Flavour

Vicky Bhogal takes a very open approach to cooking, without the rules and controls that have often limited the creation of new dishes. Often…

Flavours

This is the fourth book in the series of Donna Hay's bright and exciting cook books. Flavours is a recipe book for all levels of cooks from …

Flavours of the Sun

Patricia Lousada and Charlotte Fraser co-wrote Flavours of the Sun, a cook book inspired by the Southern Mediterranean, an area which offers…

Food From Many Greek Kitchens

In Australia, where my wife comes from and where I grew up, the sight of big Greek picnics in the local reserve was something that was alway…

Food of Indonesia, The

The Food of Indonesia is a collection of 71 lavishly illustrated recipes gathered from all corners of Indonesia "as varied and exciting as t…

Food of Spain

If there has ever been a food writer that has captured the essence of Mediterranean food and ingredients then it has to be Claudia Roden. Wh…

Formulas for Flavours

Have you ever wished that you could cook like a professional chef? Anyone preparing for a dinner party will know just how hard it is to get …

French Laundry Cookbook, The

Thomas Keller is chef and proprietor of the French Laundry located in the Napa Valley. It is considered by many critics to be one of the bes…

From Nature to Plate

Tom Kitchin is a highly successful Scottish chef who worked his way up through some of the top restaurants in the world. His Edinburgh resta…

Good Food by Neil Perry

Neil Perry has an awsome reputaion in the world of food. He owns Wockpool, XO and Rockpool Bar and Grill. He uses his food knowledge to writ…

Goose Fat and Garlic

"Goose Fat and Grlic describes a rustic and vibrant part of France where the temperatures are too extreme for either butter or olive product…

Gordon Ramsay's Fast Food

It is a sad fact of life, that to many of us don't put the time in to cook our own food. It is easy to blame the modern, hetic lifestyle for…

Gotham Bar and Grill Cookbook

Alfred Portale is head chef of one of New York's top restaurants, the "Gotham Bar and Grill", and in this book he has brought its food to hi…

Green Pickled Peached

Given the abundance of restauranteurs writing books, mostly being pretentious, self glorifying essays, it is nice to come across one where t…

Hairy Bikers' British Classics

While there seem to be almost endless TV chefs talking and writing about British Classics, the majority are fairly boring and very predictab…

Happy Days with the Naked Chef

I am, no doubt, going to annoy some readers when I say this book disappoints in the dialogue that starts each chapter in Happy Days with the…

Hot Sour Salty Sweet

There are some books that are just so good that they are a must for foodies. Hot Sour Salty Sweet is one of these books. It is a gastronomic…

Independent Cook, The

The Independent Cook grew out of a series of articles about when fresh food is at its best. Written by Jeremy Round food corespondent for th…

Innocent; little book of drinks

Innocent is a British company that produces a selection of really yummy smoothies and yoghurt drinks, that are not only tasty but also reall…

Jamie At Home by Jamie Oliver

Jamie Oliver, that much loved cheeky chap who has won the hearts of many a mum around the world has brought us his vision of the Good Life. …

Japanese Cooking: A Simple Art

After years of hunting for a a really good Japanese cook book I stumbled across Shizou Tsuji Book. This book is a thorough study of Japanese…

Jerusalem

With a city with such diversity as found in Jerusalem we should never be surprised by amazing selection of dishes that hail from there. Jeru…

Just Desserts

Just Desserts, that near witty retort to indicate you get what you deserve, is the title of Gordon Ramsay's book dedicated solely to a subje…

Lake House, a culinary journey in country Australia

Alla Wolf-Tasker's Lake House is a book of her personal journey of food discovery and creating a restaurant. Her introduction has some hones…

Le Repertoire de La Cuisine

Le Repertoire de La Cuisine is a book that lists over 6,000 recipes. It contains the collective works of many chefs, but it was Escoffier th…

Legendary Cuisine of Persia, The

Persian cuisine is one of the oldest in the world and "justly famous for its subtlety and fragrance." In this superb cookery book Margaret S…

Leith's Vegetarian Bible by Polly Tyrer

With the constant array of health scares, many of us are more concerned with what we comsume, choosing to eat more vegetarian dishes or beco…

Limoncello and Linen Water

Limoncello and Linen Water is a celebration of the beautiful traditions of Tessa Kiros' adopted home land Italy. Written in honour of the wo…

Loose Birds & Game

Those who are in the know will remember Andrew Pern's first book, Black Pudding & Foie Gras, and have been waiting with bated breath and rum…

Made In Italy, Food and Stories

In Australia, we are lucky enought to have many great italian restaurants and cafés. We believe that we understand italian food, what it mea…

Maggie's Harvest

I have long been a fan of Maggie Beer, she was one of the first Australian food writers who really understood and promoted seasonal produce …

Maggie's Kitchen

I love Maggie Beer's approach to food: fresh, seasonal, simple and flavoursome. Maggie is one of Australia's favourite 'foodies', her passio…

Maggie's Orchard

As any Australian will tell you, Maggie Beer has become a cooking institution. The legend started 1973 when she moved with her husband to th…

Marco Pierre White's Great British Feast

Three Michelin star chef Marco Pierre White has a great respect for Mother Natures ladar and understands that his role is to prepare dishes …

Marie Claire 10 Years of Great Food with Michele Cranston

Marie Claire cookbooks have provided inspiration for cooks around the world for many years, full of stunning photography and focused on tast…

Marie Claire Fresh

Maire Claire have produced an excellent selection of cookbooks and this one follows on the tradition. This is a colourful fun seasonal cookb…

Marriages Est Est Est Cookbook

This is one of the most beautifully presented cook books from an Australian restuarant in years. It has been written by the husband and wife…

Mastering the Art of Baking

Mastering the Art of Baking is a step by step cookbook that takes you through all the stages of baking. From modern to traditional, this boo…

Mastering the Art of French Cooking

Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child has been rereleased after 48 years. Julia Child studied at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris after …

Matt Moran

Matt Moran is the Head Chef of the Aria restaurant, which overlooks the famous Sydney Opera House. His fame has allowed him to travel the wo…

Maze the Cookbook

Jason Atherton was the first British chef to complete a stage at the renowned El Bulli. At London restaurant Maze Jason Atherton talents hav…

Menú del Dia by Rohan Daft

Rohhan Daft book, Menú del Dia, is one of those books that simple make you want to be in Spain, enjoying those long, lazy lunches that are a…

Momo Cookbook

Momo, the restaurant, along with the likes of Moro, burst onto the London restaurant scene in the late nineties. While Moco was not the firs…

Moro The Cookbook

Moro, The Cookbook, written by Sam and Sam Clark, takes its inspiration and its theme from the Moro, the restaurant Sam and Sam own, which s…

My China

Kylie Kwong is a very talented Australian-Chinese chef whose entertaining television program has brought her international fame. In "My Chin…

My Party, canapés and cocktails

If you are like me, you will have a dread of going to cocktail parties where the hostess has sent the dear husband down to their nearest sup…

Neil Perry: Food I Love

Like everyone, Sarah loves to cook simple dishes that are easy and quick to cook which the family can enjoy. It may be Homemade Pasta with P…

New Home Larder, The

In this world of convenience food and instant meals, and where fewer people than ever are able to even boil an egg without reaching for a re…

New Tastes Of India, The

Das Sreedharan is the founder of the award winning Rasa restaurants, which specialise in vegetarian food from his home town, Kerala in South…

On The Menu

This I have to say is an exceptional cookbook. Fabulous, slightly quirky presentation, tantalising recipes and great use of seasonal local p…

Organic, Baby and Toddler Cookbook

We all worry about what we feed our children's mouth these days. With much of our food full of pesticides, additives and genetically modifie…

Origin

Ben Shewry, the head chef of Attica, in Melbourne, has been delighting his patrons and critics with some wonderfully creative and exotic dis…

Ottolenghi: The Cookbook

This cookbook is bound to become a classic amongst all the Ottolenghi cookery books on Middle Eastern and Mediterranean food that Yotam has …

Oxford Companion to Food, The

Containing information that you would need hundreds of books to obtain, the Oxford Companion to Food makes an extremely useful tool in the k…

Pancakes

Pancakes is a fun book that takes you from the very basics of what flour to use through to the best pan for making them. The recipes show yo…

Paradiso Sesaons

Denis Cotter is chef and co-founder of the internationally renowned vegetarian restaurant Cafe Paradiso in Cork City. This is his second boo…

Paris Cookbook, The

Patricia Wells moved to Paris over 20 years ago, and in the intervening years she has become very passionate about Parisian Cooking. In her …

Passion, seductive food

A book full of seduction with recipes listed under sexy, spicy, steamy, creamy, salty and sugary. Each section offers succulent food for all…

Pasta Artigiana

Like many of us I'm a great lover of pasta, be it fresh or dried, as my most comforting dinner is dried pasta with a simple tomato and chill…

Pasta: The story of a universal food

Pasta is an amazing food that many of us simply take for granted. In fact, it has a fascinating history dating back to ancient China. This b…

Pepys at Table

Pepys, the famous London Diarist of the 1600's, recorded his everyday goings for ten years. Lucky for us foodies that he did, for in them we…

Percy's Cookbook

Percy's is an independent restaurant and hotel situated in beautiful West Devon. Much of the hotels success is owed to the high quality food…

Perfect Parties

Alison Price has devoted nearly 30 years to organising others parties. She is head of a successful catering company which began in 1981 with…

Plenty

Yotam Ottolenghi is a well established as an exciting British food writer with his first book Ottolenghi:The Cookbook and his regular New Ve…

Potato

Where would we be without Potatoes? If you are like me, potatoes are a staple part of your diet. I love the varieties that are available, fr…

Prawn Cocktail Years, The

Prawn Cocktails, to the uninitiated, are a treat waiting to happen. I remember parties at the local RSL, where the buffet had the omnipresen…

Real Greek Food

When I was a young man, I lived in Carlton, a suburb of Melbourne. Now, anyone who knows Carlton will know that it is the restaurant distric…

Recipes from an Italian Summer

As all foodies know, there is nothing better than the quintessential delights of dining al-fresco during the summer months. Be it light sala…

Richard Corrigan Cookbook

Richard Corrigan is one of those television chefs that is highly regarded. While he doesn't have series after series, he has a wide followin…

Rick Stein's Far Eastern Odyssey

Rick Stein's Far Eastern Odyssey is a culinary journey off the usual tourist trail in search of authentic dishes. His journey takes him wher…

River Café Cookbook Green

This is the third River Cafe Cook Book and is considered to be the best. This is a seasonal cook book that takes a handful of the freshest a…

River Cottage Fish Book, The

Fish and seafood! Those whom indulge in fishing as a sport will tell you that there is nothing as nice as cooking the fish that you have cau…

River Cottage Year Book, The

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is a staunch believer in nature's larder, not what you find on the supermarket shelves. His first television ser…

Roast Figs Sugar Snow, food to warm the soul

To me, the idea of Winter meals brings memories of curries, stews and broths, warming and nourishing. With short days and long cold nights, …

Rococo: Real Chocolate

When I moved to England, I lived on the Kings Road, and knew I was lucky. Not because I live in a very trendy part of London, or that there …

Rosa's Farm

Rosa is an Italian born Australian chef. Twenty years ago her husband Colin and herself bought a farm in the countryside in Victoria, Austra…

Rosemary: Castle Cook Book

Rosemary Shrager is mainly a self taught cook, whose passion for food and perfection has led to her becoming extremely accomplished. She has…

Rôtis: Roasts for everyday of the week

Stéphane Reynaud is well known for his previous books Pork and Sons (my favourite, an amazing collection of recipes based purely on pork) an…

Scottish Cookery

This book takes you through Scotland's world famous produce and cuisine. Ingredients and recipes are accompanied by historical and tradition…

Seafood Cafe Cookbook

With a passion for seafood, Mitchell Tonks opened the first FishWorks in the historic town of Bath. It includes a small fishmongers, a seafo…

Season To Taste

Liam Tomlin was born in Ireland, where he started working a kitchen hand at the age of 14. He worked up through the ranks in different resta…

Seasonal Food: A Guide to what's in season when and why

Paul Waddington's book, Seasonal Food, is a book I applaud. Not only does it strive to understand and take advantage of seasonal food that i…

Serendip, My Sri Lankan Kitchen

When I think of Sri Lankan Food, I must admit that I think mainly of fish curries, with their delicate flavours and subtle infusions of spic…

Sichuan Cookery

Sichuan Cookery originates from the region of south west China. Cooking from this area is famous for its spiciness. and for most people outs…

Simply Asian

Neil Perry is one of Australia's premier chefs. His passion for good food and East Asian cuisine shine through in this book. He has a true u…

Simply Seasonal

Claire Macdonald is an accomplished food writer from Kinloch Hotel in Skye. She has written many excellent cookbooks, all with an emphasis o…

Simply Seaweed

When I think of eating seaweed, I think of Japanese dishes. Well, that is not quiet true, for I love lava bread, that traditional dish from …

Smashing Plates: Greek Flavours Redefined

Maria Elia has always had a passion for food. It developed at a young age, where she spent much of her time in the family's Greek restaurant…

Snow Flakes and Schnapps

This is just the book to beat those winter blues. A book full to the rim with mouth-watering, tummy warming dishes, from snacks and drinks, …

South East Asian Food

When first released, South East Asian Food was more a book of wonders, being full of strange sounding named recipes from far off places. The…

Spice

This is Christine Manfield's third cook book and possibbly her best yet, her previous books are the well known "Parmount Cooking" (1995) and…

Spice is Right, The

If, like me, you enjoy good Indian food but find it far too heavy, then this book could be the answer to your prays. In Monica Bhide's new b…

Street Café Japan

When I grow up in Australia in the 70's and 80's, it would be very rare indeed to venture out into Japanese restaurants. Times have changed,…

Sue Lawrence's Scottish Kitchen

With over a 100 recipes Sue Lawrence's Scottish Kitchen brings to life the food of Scotland, a country with an amazing selection of high qua…

Sugar Club Cookbook, The

Peter Gordon is one of my favourite chefs, and after dining at The Sugar Club (many years ago now) I was sold. The food was imaginative, fre…

Summer Cooking

Elizabeth David writing puts her among the great food authors of the world. When many other writers were running to the freezer or the cupbo…

Sydney Food

To celebrate 10 years in print an updated hard back collector's edition of "Sydney Food" has been released by the now World famous Bill Gran…

Taste Australia: an inspired cuisine from country to coast

Think of food, and you think of home and all those meals that your Mum and Dad prepared for you. Think of dining, and you are likely to thin…

Taste of Britain, The

The Taste of Britain is a good book! I know that is a very short review, but it is a very fair way to describe it. So, what else am I going …

Thai Food

David Thompson is a world renowned chef from Australia. His restaurants in Sydney have brought great recognition and appreciation for Thai c…

The Cook's Book Of Everything

This is a helpful book which covers all the basics, with a selection of international recipes both traditional and modern. Chapters cover al…

The Food of Spain and Portugal

If you were to ask most non-Iberians to name a Spanish dish, they would more than likely say Paella or Tapas. Ask about Portugal, some may k…

The Great British Bake Off: How To Turn Everyday Bakes Into Showstoppers

The Great British Bake Off is an excellent cookery show that really gets down to the nitty gritty of baking, while allowing competitors to s…

The Hairy Bikers' Food Tour of Britain

It was with great joy to discover those lads have once again been busy making a great new TV series, The Hairy Bikers' Food Tour of Britain.…

The National Trust Complete Traditional Recipe Book

The National Trust’s Complete Traditional Recipe Book, as one might expect, is extremely British. Sarah Edington describes it as "a celebrat…

The Songs of Sapa

Luke Nguyen is a chef and owner of the award winning Red Lantern restaurant in Sydney. He was also co author of the successful Red Lantern C…

The Whole Hog

This book is a celebration of everything pig. Not simply another pig based cookbook, this book includes an entertaining and educational hist…

Three Chimneys, The

After visiting The Three Chimneys on many occasions, dining on Shirley Spear's fabulous food left me full of anticipation for the release of…

Tips for Better Baking

Cup cakes, fruit cakes, carrot cakes, fairy cakes, brownies, pavlovas, biscuits, shortbread, muffins and chocolate cakes are just some of my…

Too Many Chiefs Only One Indian

bare ingredients Cookery Book of the year, 2012. We are please to announce that Sat Bains' Too Many Chiefs, Only One Indian is our cookery b…

Truly Italian

The book introduces the reader to the Italian way of life and passion for food and clearly explains the Mediterranean diet and its health ad…

Tuscany

Famous for its culture, architecture and history, Tuscany is also the birth place of Italian cuisine as we know it today. The Tuscany cookbo…

Warm Bread and Honey Cake

Gaitri Pagrach-Chandra has a true passion for baking through an inspiring selection of international selection of recipes she encourages the…

West of Ireland Summers: A Cookbook

Tamasin Day-Lewis recreates dishes from her childhood in the West of Ireland bringing us a selection of traditional Irish dishes alongside h…

Wild Food

Why do we keep this book on our list for over ten years? Well, the book is a brilliant guide to the world of wild food. Roger Phillips has a…

Willie's Chocolate Factory Cookbook

Reading Willie Harcourt-Cooze's book, Willie's Chocolate Factory Cookbook, you realise what a fascinating upbringing the man has had. His pa…

You're All Invited: Margot's Recipes for Entertaining

No matter what ever the food event Margot Henderson shows you how from a special family meal, barbecue or picnic to a cocktail party with ca…

Zenbu Zen

When Jane Lawson found herself stressed and without direction, she escaped to the stunning Japanese city of Kyoto. Here immersing herself in…