Food
The Fat Duck Cook Book by Heston Blumenthal
Another book sent to us from The Book People, this one’s a mighty weighty tome in every sense. Fans of Mr Blumenthal will love the history and background read here, how he and his team came together and changed the… Read More
Odd Bits by Jennifer McLagan
Another -the newest- book by Jennifer McLagan, who is the sort of cook I think I’d like to be friends with. We reviewed Fat earlier this week, well Odd Bits is a timely review of many of the cheaper, weirder… Read More
Fat by Jennifer McLagan
The sub title of this book is ‘An appreciation of a misunderstood ingredient, with recipes’ and on reading that I immediately wanted to read it. I am a natural fat lover, butter, lard, suet, olive oil, I love all of… Read More
Street Food Revolution
The Vintage Tea Party Book by Angel Adoree
We haven’t read this, but suspect it is full of lovely ideas for the presentation and cooking of lovely looking tea parties. Amazon has pictures of inside the book and it looks very tempting…..… Read More
Ginger Pig by Tim Wilson and Fran Warde
The French Kitchen by Serge Dansereau
It’s been a while since we’ve all looked at French cookery as inspiring, what with all the books on Italian, Brazilian, Scandinavian and even British food that’ve been catching our interest recently. The ideas and strict disciplines behind French cooking… Read More
Miette by Meg Ray
If this charming film doesn’t have you reaching for the ingredients to make a cake, nothing will. Thanks to food writer Debora Robertson for alerting us to the wonderful world of Miette, San Franciscos most charming cake shop. Owner Meg… Read More
Baking Made Easy by Lorraine Pascale
We met Lorraine at the Red Magazine networking event recently and she was both inspiring and charming and has clearly worked very hard to make her baking business a success. We are sure this is a good book for beginner… Read More
The Scented Kitchen by Frances Bissell
Recommended by Fire & Knives, so must be good. Like the sounds of borage pesto…blue pasta anyone?
Post note. I have now received this book and it is a joy to read. There are no photos, just pages of well… Read More
The Secrets of Scandinavian Cooking by Signe Johansen
The Nordic Bakery Cookbook by Miisa Mink
Modern Pantry by Anna Hansen
Supper Club by Kerstin Rodgers
Ms Marmitelover and her stunning dishes at the Fire and Knives food event
We featured the founder of the Secret supper club movement Ms Marmitelover – aka Kerstin Rodgers – in readers kitchens back in December 2009, as we loved… Read More
HIX by Mark Hix
Hix, by chef Mark Hix, is a lovely cook book. I say that as someone who needs another cook book on her shelves like she needs a hole in her head.
For a start it looks and feels chic, with… Read More
Battenberg Britain by Nigel Cassidy and Philippa Lamb
Do you secretly long for a Fray Bentos Steak pie, love a Vesta curry, think there is nothing better than a fish finger sandwich followed by a slice of Arctic Roll? Then you must have been a child in the… Read More
The Diner Journal
Diner Journal, produced by the owners of the Diner restaurant in Brooklyn, New York, is a sweet quarterly magazine full of musings on all things food related. The restaurant, which opened in 1998, is owned by Mark Firth and Andrew… Read More
Food from your Garden by Readers Digest
Recently we looked at our favourite cookery books and it was pretty clear that Reader’s Digest books are worth investing in as Jane and I have at least one in each of our favourites list. Well, after a trip… Read More
Milk by Anne Medelson
I could start a library with my cookery book collection and a quick look on the Amazon bestsellers list shows that 6 of the top 20 best selling books over Christmas were cookery books, so I’m not the only one… Read More
The Kitchen Revolution
Being busy working women with families to feed, we are always looking for short cuts to brilliant meals here at The Women’s Room and consequently got very excited when one of our readers from deepest darkest Wales (thanks Lindsey)… Read More