Cupcake Heaven by Jennie Milsom – review
Apple Press have a reputation for presenting cookbooks which are attractive and informative. I have recently reviewed Smoothie Heaven, and Cupcake Heaven indicates that there...
200 Cupcakes – cookbook review
It’s a trend that is enduring. These little cakes are practical to eat, they are versatile, being enjoyed equally by adults and children, and they...
Bake and Decorate by Fiona Cairns – review
The author, Fiona Cairns, began producing cakes on her kitchen table 25 years ago. Her husband, Kishore, now managing director of the company, knew that...
Home Chef by Neven Maguire – review
Neven Maguire is an Irish chef and television personality from Blacklion, Co. Cavan. He is also the head chef and proprietor of the MacNean House...
The Minichefs Cookbook by Claire McAvoy – review
A couple of generations of children have missed out on real cooking lessons in the UK. Kids might know all about nutrition but there are...
Cakes by Rachel Lane and Carla Bardi – review
It’s winter and we want to spend more time in our cosy kitchens. It’s the season for celebrations and indoor entertainment and cakes are often...
The Golden Book of Cookies – cookbook review
It’s that time of year again when we start to think about heavy-duty cooking and baking for friends and family. We plan the Thanksgiving menu...
Easy Baking by Australian Women’s Weekly – review
This is one of a series of slim volumes with large page format from Australian Women’s Weekly (see more here). This is a publisher whose...
Bake me I’m Yours – Chocolate by Tracey Mann – review
Bake me I’m Yours – Chocolate: you have gotta love a book with a title like that. It’s an attention-grabber but it’s what’s between the...
A Passion for Potatoes by Paul Gayler – review
I have only ever met one person who doesn’t like potatoes. What is not to like! They have a mild taste, come in different colours,...
Tea and Crumpets by Margaret M Johnson – review
Well, the name ‘Tea and Crumpets’ is tempting but add a subtitle of Recipes and Rituals from European Tearooms and Cafés, and my attention is...
The Farmer’s Wife Cookie Cookbook by Lela Nargi – review
If you are a regular visitor to Mostly Food and Cocktails (and why wouldn’t you be?) then you will be familiar with the series of...
Duchy Originals Cookbook by Johnny Acton and Nick Sandler – review
If ever there was a cookbook review I wanted to get right it’s this one. Johnny Acton and Nick Sandler are two very witty and...
Cooking with Kids by Erin Quon and Tatum Quon – review
Don’t get alarmed, dear reader, Cooking with Kids isn’t suggesting that you have children as the main or even incidental ingredient. No, this is about...
The Eagle Cookbook by David Eyre – review
If you are not from London then perhaps you might not know about the Eagle Cookbook. No, dear reader, it’s not a right-wing American recipe...
Sky High – Irresistible Triple-Layer Cakes by Alisa Huntsman – review
Surely everyone would like a slice of cake. Many of us whenever we are allowed, and most of us at every opportunity. It’s naughty comfort...
Pies, Pies, Pies – cookbook review
Good Housekeeping produce some of the best real cooking books around. What exactly do I mean by real cooking books? Well, these are books that...
Home Baked by George and Cecilia Scurfield – review
There are few things in life that are predictable. Death, taxes, bad weather at weekends, a ladder in your tights when you’re going out to...
Pie – A Global History by Janet Clarkson – review
Well, dear reader, if you are a regular here (and why wouldn’t you be?) you will know of my warm and close relationship with pies....
Miss Dahl’s Voluptuous Delights by Sophie Dahl – review
The Miss Dahl mentioned is none other than Sophie Dahl who, I must confess, I had never heard of (I don’t move in the right...