Easy Chinese Recipes by Bee Yinn Low – review
To any home cook that title might sound attractive – Easy Chinese Recipes – but to a reviewer who is a passionate cook that very...
Veggiestan by Sally Butcher – review
Any self-respecting cookbook collector will already be familiar with the work of Sally Butcher. She charmingly penned Persia in Peckham, which was a worthy showcase...
500 Slow Cooker Dishes by Carol Beckerman
I have a slow cooker dating from the 80s. It’s a solid tub with a switch for high and low and it just doesn’t seem...
Hawksmoor at Home by Huw Gott – review
I am, and it’s evident to you, dear regular reader, not only a restaurant reviewer but a cookbook reviewer. I love my work and almost...
The Pressure Cooker Cookbook by Tori Ritchie – review
Way back in the 60s pressure cookers were the latest kitchen appliance. My mum had one and would use it quite often but it had...
Cake Decorating Skills by Tracey Mann – review
It’s just the time to start getting anxious about Christmas. All that shopping …and all that cooking and baking. It’s a special season, when we...
Tapas – Classic small dishes from Spain by Elisabeth Luard – review
It’s the modern way of enjoying a meal out. Perhaps not even a full meal, but a few small and perfect plates to graze on...
500 Asian Dishes by Ghillie Basan – review
I am an unashamed supporter of these chunky volumes from Apple Press. This time it’s the talented and prolific Ghillie Basan who has penned 500...
Fishy Fishy Cookbook by James Ginzler – review
I am surprised that there are not more fish cookbooks. We live on an island and the wet stuff around the edges is sea. It’s...
Whoopie Pies by Viola Goren – review
Food, like clothes, has fashions and trends. We have had cupcakes and macaroons and now it’s the era of the Whoopie Pie! The name is...
500 Vegan Dishes by Deborah Gray – review
As regular readers will know, I am a great fan of this series of books from Apple Press. Always attractive and practical, these small and...
One More Slice by Leila Lindholm – review
I confess that I had not heard of author of One More Slice, Leila Lindholm. She is a celebrated TV chef and author …but in...
My Indian Kitchen by Hari Nayak – review
Even the title holds out great hope for the oft-confused home cook – My Indian Kitchen. We are looking for books written with us in...
The Cookiepedia by Stacy Adimando – review
It’s a time of belt tightening and financial gloom, and it’s said that we are all hankering after old-fashioned lifestyles. We want to be wafted...
French Brasserie Cookbook by Daniel Galmiche – review
The prospect of “French cooking” brings many of us out in a cold sweat. It’s the thought of a sauce with 27 stages and pastry...
The Big Red Book of Tomatoes by Lindsey Bareham – review
I love that title The Big Red Book of Tomatoes. Comforting and very reminiscent of a Christmas Annual – one of those bumper volumes that...
Simply Good Bread by Peter Sidwell – review
This book should have arrived a few weeks ago. One is always advised to bake bread when the estate agent is bringing viewers around. It’s...
Eating In by Sue Lawrence – review
Sue Lawrence came to prominence in 1991 when she won Masterchef – those were the days when I actually watched it and the programme was...
Reza’s Indian Spice – restaurant review
There are a few chefs in Britain who are icons of the industry and recognised by just their first name. There is the forceful “Gordon”,...
Classic Vegetarian Cookery by Arto der Haroutunian – review
Arto der Haroutunian died too young. He has left a cult following and a series of books to remind us of the very reasons that...