Quite possibly the cutest recipe book in existence... The brilliant Tenderbooks have published this collection of recipes from around the world, printed by Pagemasters on a limited run of 20... read more
A weird banquet of culinary superstitions: throwing salt over your left shoulder after a spill, witches using eggshells as boats, the devil getting the blackberries, etc.
From Romania, Serbia and Bulgaria, seasoned with other Central European influences - Austrian, Hungarian, Czech... Sauerkraut, horseradish, cornbread, pilafs and lamb stews.
Recipes and recollections by the legendary French chef of La Tante Claire - where he held on to three Michelin stars for fifteen years. Chicken liver paté, greengages in Armagnac...
By the legendary food-writer, editor who published Elizabeth David and was, for three decades, her literary executor and trustee. Includes a C14th 'form of cury'.
Ottolenghi's mashed potato: not just butter, milk and nutmeg, but leeks, garlic, cheese and thyme. Rich and delicious, with lots of good pasta, polenta, potatoes. Published in early Septembe... read more
A charming and practical book by the Anglo-French novelist, which includes many vignettes of her childhood in Northern France and later life in the Loire. Published by a tiny press, Les Fugi... read more
Very good and fairly straightforward fare, from the young Irish culinary whizz cooking up a storm in East London. Skye Gyngell, Ruth Rogers and Fergus Henderson are his antecedents.
Observations of small things from Slater's notebooks over the years. Zen and the art of ... watching a butterfly ... eating a mango ... smelling moss ... or macaroni cheese ... Slater is a d... read more
Leaving no stein unturned, Rick wanders about gathering talk and inventing recipes that reflect the diversity of contemporary British cookery: you'll be as likely to find a jalfrezi as a jam... read more
Work, adventures, acting, food: this energetic and indefatigable actor's memoir is funny, sharp, generous and knowledgeable. Clearly he's very good company.
Du Maurier's sloe gin, Ginsberg's borscht, Orwell's plum cake = purple recipes, if not prose. Recipes by many others, including Isherwood, Kerouac and Didion, introduced by Queen Bee. Intrig... read more
The magnificent Medoc vineyard that the de Rothschilds have nurtured for half a century. Large format; the text is accompanied by lavish photographs of the gardens, château, vine and wine-m... read more
A languorous pub crawl, illustrated by the inimitable Ardizzone, first published in 1949. Chapters include 'The Regulars', 'The Jug-and-Bottle Bar', 'Barmaids Old and New', 'After Hours'. Wi... read more
Artichokes, anchovies, avocadoes, almonds, acai berries... bread, bacon, Brazil nuts, borlotti beans... peach, pretzel, pickle, prawn, pineapple, pomegranate, pistachios... A world of tempta... read more
For the 40th anniversary of Clarke's restaurant: a celebration of all the people who have made it what it is - staff, suppliers, customers.
Arranged month by month, each chapter includes Sa... read more
A glorious book, beautifully produced, filled with anecdotes, diary entries, recipes and lots of photographs and paintings. The best possible introduction to the Bloomsbury group and their w... read more
Grigson's first book on Pugliese cooking after moving to the heel of Italy five years ago: generous and informal food from the coast to the hills around Basilicata and Calabria. Fish, meat, ... read more
Gloriously funny memoir by a Minnesotan food writer about moving to an unpretentious village in the Languedoc with his wife and two aghast children. Hoffman has previously won the James Bear... read more
A new edition of Henry's first book, published in 2002, six years before Ottolenghi's. It's still fantastically good, revelling in flavours from Sicily, the Carmargue, North Africa and the M... read more