Food
Cook Yourself Happy by Caroline Fleming
Are we over Skandi stuff yet? I ask because if we’re not, then this new cookery book by Danish lifestyle blogger and model Caroline Fleming might suit a millennial near you as a festive present. Caroline is one of those… Read More
The Flexible Vegetarian by Jo Pratt
When I first read The Flexible Vegetarian I wasn’t sure it was different enough to suggest you bought it, after all we’ve all got enough cookery books, recommending a new one requires it to have a strong point of difference.… Read More
Soulful Baker by Julie Jones.
If any of you are keen bakers, you probably already follow the talented Julie Jones on her instagram feed. She has a way with decorating a cake or a tart that makes you wish for more time in the day… Read More
London, The Cook Book by Cara Frost-Sharratt
Since we all now have enough cookery books to last a couple of lifetimes (it’s not just me, of that I’m sure) publishers are coming up with new hybrids of the form to keep us buying. So we have London,… Read More
A Bird In The Hand by Diana Henry
While helping M.A.D with his vinyl pop up, I checked out the local charity stores – East Sheen has a staggering number for a small place -and discovered this fabulous cookery book in one of them. The joy of the… Read More
Savage Salads by Davide Del Gatto & Kristina Gustafsson
Savage Salads is a neat title and the team behind the book are already food-truck stars, seen daily at Berwick Street in Soho. The book is less vegetable-drama and more a list of interesting combinations you can play with and… Read More
Clean Cakes by Henrietta Inman
I’m mostly ignoring the current food fad for ‘eating clean’, because I’m not really sure what the ‘clean’ means, but one thing I am very consciously doing is reducing the sugar in my diet. However, I am a cake lover,… Read More
Grow Your Own Cake by Holly Farrell
This book had me at the cover really, as a keen gardener and cook, the idea of being able to combine the two in one read was appealing. Our favourite Reader’s Digest cookery books from years ago did this brilliantly,… Read More
Ferment Your Vegetables by Amanda Feifer
I have no idea why January seems to be the month everyone goes on a diet. I get the Christmas overeating reaction, but January and February are often miserable months that require comfort food and cosy living in front of… Read More
Good Things To Drink with Mr Lyan & Friends by Ryan Chetiyawardana
This, I can vouch from recent practice, is an excellent book on drink. Since I received this to review last week I have thumbed enthusiastically through the recipes, considered a cocktail with pureed aubergines and made the Nuked Negroni, a… Read More
A Modern Way To Cook and Eat by Anna Jones
I direct you to today’s main post on Spiralizers, which might help you understand why I love this book so much, it has saved me a lot of money. I’m indebted to TWR readers and occasional contributor Julia Little, who… Read More
The Temporary Bride by Jennifer Klinec
This book surprised me, I approached it with a slightly heavy heart, anticipating it was yet another food-writer-seeks-world-travel-and-finds-herself, and although it kind of is, it’s also much more than that, as is the author Jennifer Klinec, and is worth considering… Read More
Dinner With Jackson Pollock by Robyn Lea
For any arty chefs out there, this might appeal, as who knew artist Jackson Pollock was an enthusiastic cook? Dinner With Jackson Pollock is a very lovely looking, ring-bound cookery book by luxury book publishers Assouline, which specialises in one-upmanship… Read More
Vanilla Table by Natasha MacAller
This is a lovely book, stuffed with excellent recipes which are linked by the inclusion of vanilla in all. I am a vanilla fiend and will use it whenever I can. I buy the stuff in bulk off the internet… Read More
Bread by Dean Brettschneider
This is not a book you may want to consider if you are going carbs-free for the January period but when you come back into the fold, Bread is a lovely book for anyone who loves to bake. With over… Read More
Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin
I was recently given this wonderful and uplifting American cookery book by my friend Kay Gardiner, one half of the magnificent Mason Dixon Knitting. More cooking memoir than recipe book, it is a gentle, funny, charming and highly readable book… Read More
Top Bananas by Mumsnet
If you’d rather clean the toilet than think about another evening meal, but find the formidable list of ingredients in most cookbooks deters you from trying anything new, Mumsnet’s latest publication might be just what you’ve been looking for.
The… Read More
One: A Cook & Her Cupboard by Florence Knight
Having seen Florence Knight talk about her first book One: A cook and her cupboard at the Regent St, Anthropologie store last week – I think I have developed a serious girl/food crush.
Naural, honest and very down to earth,… Read More
Catalogue of Exquisite Recipes by Valeria Napoleone
I have to confess I haven’t even SEEN this recipe book, it might be rubbish, although I doubt it, but I have something of a girl-crush on the exotic sounding Valeria, who not only writes cookery books, but also is… Read More
The Mixellany Guide To Gin by Geraldine Coates
This is a marvellous book for gin lovers, a slim volume that explains not just what gin is made of and what all those botanicals are, but also what goes into the key gin brands and what drinks/cocktails they are… Read More
Cake Design: 50 Fabulous Cakes by Cressida Bell
How much do I want this book? I saw it in the Saturday Telegraph magazine and there are a few more images on our Instagram page. The author Cressida Bell comes from a creative family, her great aunt was Virginia… Read More
Modern Art Desserts by Caitlin Williams Freeman
There’s nothing like a bit of cakespiration for a Monday morning. I love this video about pastry chef pastry chef Caitlin Williams Freeman and the work she is doing at The Blue Bottom Cafe, at San Francisco’s Museum of Modern… Read More
Sugar & Spice by Gaitri Pagrach-Chandra
I am indebted to The Foodie Bugle for pointing out Gaitri Pagrach-Chandra’s wonderfully written, cultural mash-up baking books. Born in India, brought up in Guyana, educated in the US, now married to a Dutchman and living in Holland, Gaitri is… Read More
Nutmeg & Custard by Marcus Wareing
Like the look of this book by Marcus Wareing, which his lovely PR lady Natasha, who we met last week, says is full of great recipes you can really do at home. Also, we love the title, Nutmeg and… Read More
Jerusalem by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi
Debora was right, this is a fabulous cookery book. I can now make stonkingly good houmous and it’s all due to this. A gem.
Buy here… Read More
Recipe Journal by Orlando Gough
It’s a while since we popped over to the Toast Travels section of the Toast website, run by Rachel Seaton and we’ve missed a lot, its got all sorts of interesting things going on.
The first thing to notice… Read More
Edible Selby by Sally Singer, Todd Selby and Chad Robertson
Photographer, illustrator and blogger Todd Selby takes a tour of the kitchens, gardens, homes, restaurants and workspaces of over forty of the most creative and dynamic foodies around the world.… Read More
Vintage Cakes by Jane Brocket
Our favourite quilting, knitting and baking blogger Jane Brocket been entertaining us for years with her domestic delights and informative books.
Vintage Cakes is her latest book and combines cake history, vintage style and recipes to suit every occasion, ranging… Read More
Food by Mary McCartney
Do you need another cook book? Unlikely. But this one’s vegetarian, does that help? I have not got many good veggie cook books in my library and the McCartney girls have almost made a career out of being the most… Read More
Recipes for Everyday by Jane Cumberbatch
This is a lovely looking cookery and gardening book that would suit a first time house or home maker (probably more girl than boy orientated due to a very feminine feel to the thing). I liked it as soon as… Read More