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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
500 Cakes by Susannah Blake – review
Just the title has got your attention! There are picky eaters all over the world but who among them would pass up a slice of...
500 Cupcakes and Muffins by Fergal Connolly – review
Fergal Connolly is a London-based home economist who has worked in restaurants in Europe and the United States. He has worked on such food magazines...
The Golden Book of Chocolate
The Golden Book of Chocolate has got to be the gift book of the year. It has impact in both size and quality of presentation....
Kids Parties by Lisa Atwood – review
This is such a lovely dolly-mixture-coloured volume that I am considering adopting a few kids just to have the excuse to throw a party for...
Home Made by Tana Ramsay – review
Tana Ramsay has a book with one of the prettiest covers around, with a moiré silk-effect dust jacket. Home Made – Good Honest Food Made...
Traditional Teatime Recipes by Jane Pettigrew – review
This is a lovely book from Jane Pettigrew and The National Trust. It draws on Jane’s expertise as a tea expert (nice choice of words,...
Green and Black’s Chocolate Recipes – review
From the cacao pod to muffins, mousses and molés! This is such a lovely book with large photographs by Francesca Yorke (if they were any...
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...
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 Cakes by Annie Bell – review
Annie Bell has got to be one of the finest food writers around and Chris Alack, one of the best photographers. This was always going...