Knife Skills by Marcus Wareing – review
This is a “must have” book for anyone who is serious about cooking. It isn’t just for wanabe chefs but for all of us who...
Healthy Indian Cooking for Diabetes by Sanjeev Kapoor – review
Now, don’t just scroll to the next review! Have a read and understand that this isn’t a book for people with diabetes but a book...
Keeping Bees and Making Honey by Alison Benjamin – review
This isn’t a cookbook but a very informative volume telling us about where we get honey and how we get honey. A substance that’s not...
500 Barbecue Sizzlers by Paul Kirk – review
The weather is getting warmer and a young man’s fancy turns to…the barbecue! Why should the blokes have all the fun, so I say this...
The Sweet Life by Antony Worrall Thompson – review
The Sweet Life by Antony Worrall Thompson has arrived just at the right time. I make no apologies for being enthusiastic about a book that...
Eat Yourself Smart by Charlie Ayers – review
“Chef Charlie’s delicious nourishing cuisine was the secret sauce behind Google’s early success” says David Vise, author of The Google Story. Well, that set the...
Ice Cream and Frozen Desserts by Peggy Fallon – review
Ooooh, I love this book. I could quite happily eat my way through each and every one of Peggy Fallon’s gorgeous desserts! Dan Kartong, 1978...
The Cocktail – 200 Fabulous Drinks by Jane Rocca – review
Ths is Sex in the City for cocktail sippers! It’s this year’s book for girls to give their girlfriends. It’s frilly, fluffy, gorgeous and a...
Vegetarian Dishes from the Middle East by Arto der Haroutunian – review
First published in 1983, Vegetarian Dishes from the Middle East is a classic and I am so pleased to see its re-introduction. It’s a book...
Authentik Gourmet Guides – London and Paris
These Gourmet Guides are quite exceptional little books. Small in format, I should say, but full of the most useful information sufficient for any enthusiastic...
Wine Travel Guide to the World by Robert Joseph – review
This is yet another Footprint guide and it’s well up to the standard of their regular travel books, but this one is rather unique. It’s...
Gourmet Cornwall by Carol Trewin – review
This is another from that marvellous collaboration of Alison Hodge Publishing, author Carol Trewin and photographer Adam Woolfitt. This book is of the same glossy...
Beans – A History by Ken Albala – review
I was expecting a pamphlet. What is there to say about beans? Well, lots and it’s much more interesting than I had supposed. The author,...
Essential Scottish Cookery by Carol Wilson – review
We hear so much about the Scots’ passion for deep-fried chocolate bars and not nearly enough about the wealth of fine food that represents the...
Simply Lebanese by Ina’am Atalla – review
This is a wonderful and well-designed book on Lebanese cuisine. It has plenty of pictures in both colour and sepia. The recipes have lots of...
Cornish Fishing and Seafood by Carol Trewin – review
Fishing is Britain’s most dangerous peacetime occupation. Now, there’s a thought! This is a gorgeous, full-colour volume (photographer Adam Woolfitt does fantastic work) that I...
A Handful of Honey by Annie Hawes – review
Annie Hawes, the bestselling author of Extra Virgin, has another cracking book. It’s A Handful of Honey and should be on the required reading list...
Traditional Irish Cooking by Andy Gravette – review
I confess that the book was bigger than I had expected. I should know better, considering that I am half Irish by blood. Probably there...
Honey from Clova by Clova McQueen – review
Or to give the book its full and poetic title: Honey – A handbook for home, health and happiness by Clova McQueen. That has got...
The Indian Bible – cookbook review
We in the UK have a very particular view on Indian food. For most of us it’s visits to restaurants that introduce us to those...