Culinary Jottings for Madras by Wyvern – review
“I should recommend anyone with a taste for Victorian gastronomic literature to snap him up…His recipes are so meticulous and clear, that the absolute beginner...
Jancis Robinson, Master of Wine – interview
Jancis Robinson is instantly recognisable as the wine expert with the soft voice….and glasses. She became popular when presenting The Wine Programme and later Jancis...
Crust by Richard Bertinet – review
This is the second bread book by Bath-based baker Richard Bertinet and doesn’t disappoint. If you have Dough in your cookbook collection you will already...
India Food and Cooking by Pat Chapman – review
Pat Chapman is famous among Anglo curry enthusiasts as a passionate Indian food lover and the man who started the Curry Club over 20 years...
Spicing Up Britain by Panikos Panayi – review
No, dear reader, this isn’t another chilli-laden recipe book but rather a book about us British – how our food has developed over the last...
Nobody Does It Better by Trish Deseine – review
Trish Deseine has written a cookbook that proclaims French home cooking to be still the best in the World. I would rather say that the...
Dough by Richard Bertinet – review
This chap Richard Bertinet has really got something here. It’s a totally different approach to bread-making and it’s explained and illustrated in his book Dough....
The Great British Village Show Cookbook by James Martin – review
Well, the title is a mouthful but James Martin has written a book that is mostly about the food at the village show. The book...
The Food of Spain and Portugal by Elisabeth Luard – review
Elisabeth Luard has written this Regional Celebration of the food of Spain and Portugal, and there is nobody better placed to do just that. She...
Cold Comfort – a Story of Ice Cream
Ice cream was probably invented in China in the first millennium. The first British recipe for ice cream was published in “Mrs. Mary Eales’s Receipts”...
Moroccan Modern by Hassan M’souli – review
Moroccan Modern will introduce you to something a bit different. There are plenty of authentic Moroccan dishes to tempt you, but also a host of...
Les Moustoussades – Bands Together in Villemoustaussou – review
Every year our village hosts a marching bands competition. These are not crisply uniformed semi-military, baton-swirling groups, these are “bandas”! The eight bandas performing this...
A New Taste of Galena – community cookbook – review
What’s a Galena and is it organic? I hear you ask. It’s not a food, it’s a place. In fact it’s a small town in...
Modern Mezze by Anissa Helou – review
Now, I am not going to say very much about Anissa Helou just now because there will be an interview with her in a few...
Celia Brooks Brown – A girl for all seasons – interview
Celia Brooks Brown was born in Colorado and seems to have been the typical all-American girl with a job as a Car Hop at Hungry...
The Indian Kitchen by Monisha Bharadwaj – review
The Indian Kitchen by Monisha Bharadwaj is, for me at least, a must-have Indian cookbook. To call it just a “cookbook” somehow diminishes its value....
Dean and Deluca Cookbook by David Rosengarten – review
Founded in 1977 by Joel Dean, Giorgio DeLuca and Jack Ceglic with the opening of its flagship store in SoHo, New York, Dean & Deluca...
Le Panier Festival in the Back Streets of Marseilles – travel review
Le Panier had always been a rough part of the city. It’s the oldest part of town with a dense lattice of narrow streets with...
Sweet Hungarian – memories and a recipe
There are more and more opportunities these days to enjoy Eastern European food, and it’s good to have easier access to Hungarian, Polish and Baltic...
Gorgeous Desserts by Annie Bell – review
Gorgeous Desserts is another winner from the Kyle Cathie stable! Annie Bell is without a doubt one of my favourite food writers and the photography...