Celebrity Bake Book – Mary Berry – cookbook review
It’s a feel-good cookbook in every regard. It’s in support of The Ben Kinsella Trust, which was set up to raise awareness of knife crime...
Chef Will Torrent – interview
Will Torrent is a young chef and one of the most successful in the UK, but the name might not ring bells. He doesn’t have...
The Cookie Dough Lover’s Cookbook by Lindsay Landis – review
Surely we have all licked out the bowl after mum has made cookies. But let’s make it clear what we mean by a cookie. A...
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...
Marshmallow Madness by Shauna Sever – review
There is cooking. There is baking. And then there is culinary alchemy. There are several dishes that fall into that mysterious category. There is cinder...
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...
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...
Ice Creams, Sorbets and Gelati by Caroline and Robin Weir – review
It’s summer even in the UK and a book-buyer’s passion turns to frozen desserts and all things deliciously cool. Ice Creams, Sorbets and Gelati is...
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...
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...
Freggo, Piccadilly – restaurant review
Well, what is a Freggo? It was once a Freddo but changed its name when it opened a branch in London. Its origins are Argentinian...
Paul Gayler’s Little Book of Ice Creams and Sorbets – review
Paul is the chef at the Lanesborough Hotel in London. It’s considered a “Destination” hotel and has a restaurant to match that status. This man...
Italian Ice Cream by Carla Bardi – review
I have bought the ice cream maker and I am ready to churn. There are fine recipes in many books for ice cream but isn’t...
500 Ice Creams and Sorbets by Alex Barker – review
You know by now, dear reader, what a fan I am of this series of books – the 500 series from Apple Press. Compact, chunky...
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...
Pancake – A Global History by Ken Albala – review
Another soon-to-be classic from the Edible Series by Reaktion Books. Pancake – A Global History is just one from that long list of titles that...