Sinfully Easy Delicious Desserts by Alice Medrich – review
It’s no surprise that I love cooking. I bake bread, make pies, curries, casseroles and roasts but, to tell the truth, I have never managed...
How Do You Measure Up? by Shirley Bond – review
I am a travel book reviewer and a cookbook reviewer and How Do You Measure Up? falls into neither of those categories …but on the other...
A Passion for Cheese by Paul Gayler – review
A Passion for Cheese is another classy book by Paul Gayler. The visual delight is supplied by, once again, Gus Filgate and his camera. The...
Love Food by Tina Bester – review
Well, I guess there are a couple of interpretations of the title, Love Food. That could be food to make for those you love; it...
The Great Book of Rhubarb by Elaine Lemm – review
This is another one of those foods that crosses the divide between vegetable and fruit. We have that same complication with the tomato, which is...
The Art of French Baking by Ginette Mathiot – review
Ginette Mathiot was one of the most celebrated French food writers. She was so respected that she was awarded Officier de la Légion d’Honneur by...
The Golden Book of Desserts by Carla Bardi – review
As a kid I didn’t have The Golden Book of Desserts but I would sit next to the radiogram (yes, there were such things and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
200 Mini Cakes and Bakes – cookbook review
There cannot be many who would not enjoy a luscious slice of cake. Cupcakes are popular even as replacements for wedding cakes, and macaroons seem...
Macaron by Alison Thompson – review
They are becoming ubiquitous. Those colourful chubby discs are showing up in smart patisseries across the land. They have long been popular in France and...
The Golden Book of Baking by Rachel Lane – review
Here it is. The Golden Book of Baking. A chunky golden ingot of a book. A gleaming brick of a tome. Another metallic and gift-quality...
Aga Roast by Louise Walker – review
Just the name Aga conjures a fine chocolate-box picture of a cottage kitchen, butler’s sink, geraniums in pots, and a big ginger cat. Where would...
The Great British Book of Baking – cookbook review
This book goes right into my end-of-year Top Ten cookbook reads for 2010. No deliberation and no waiting in case another contender floats through the...
Desserts by Rachel Lane and Ting Morris – review
It’s got to be one of my favourite books of the moment. Desserts is quality in both content and presentation. The large format allows for...
Lotte’s Country Kitchen by Lotte Duncan – review
I review many cookbooks in the course of a month but this one has had me waiting in eager anticipation. It has arrived, and is...