Mark Diacono at Otter Farm has been growing and writing about food for years - each book is an unmitigated boon for the epicurean home cook. After Herb and Sour he's turned to spices - their... read more
Madison quietly set about creating a revolution in vegetarian cooking at Greens restaurant in San Francisco; she'd also done time at Chez Panisse. First published in 1987, this excellent boo... read more
Snippets from the writings of Laurie Colvin, Salman Rushdie, Rachel Roddy, Jack Underwood, Nigella Lawson and many others. At over 700 pages, this should keep gastrognomes quiet for while.
CE is a lively companion, adventurous and hungry, as she takes us from the Caspian Sea to the Fergana Valley in eastern Uzbekistan. This is not a traditional cookbook and the recipes play se... read more
A caravan of vegetable dishes, mostly small and perfectly formed, from the head chef of the eponymous Bristol restaurant who won a Michelin star aged 21.
A 'summer kitchen' is a cooking space in the vegetable garden, typically Ukrainian. Fresh ingredients, lots of pickling, and beautifully told. Another gem from OH.
Vegetarian recipes from the cold north: Hahnemann is at the forefront of Danish cooking, with her eponymous company making about 3000 lunches a day in Copenhagen, sustainably. Somehow, in th... read more
Dill, pomegranates, zaatar, oregano, lemon...dishes from Greece, Cyprus and Turkey, gathered on Khan's extensive travels, that show how tastes, ingredients and recipes recognise no borders. ... read more
Diacono is a serious gardener and nurseryman as well as a cook, so this has tips on propagation and storage as well as culinary uses. A really useful book for those who want fresh zingy flav... read more
Culinary archaeology following the trails of ancient maritime trade through Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Vietnam, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, Iran and the Emirates. Transporting stuff.
Cooking as an act of love, in a hundred recipes: for self, family and friends, as well as for driving love objects wild. Like Norman Douglas in his aphrodisiac Venus in the Kitchen, McAlpine... read more