What to do with all that extra starter? The queen of sourdough baking extends her realm - brioche, millefeuille, morello cherry shortbread... Her first book, The Sourdough School (£25), has... read more
The Provencal almond paste ovals that defy description and lead otherwise sensible bankers and historians to barter their wives and children. Here we have their history and - oh - joy - how ... read more
A new vegetarian contribution from the gastronomic powerhouse. Perfect for those who would sell their well-fed souls for an aubergine dumpling parmigiana.
Vegetarian recipes from the cold north: Hahnemann is at the forefront of Danish cooking, with her eponymous company making about 3000 lunches a day in Copenhagen, sustainably. Somehow, in th... read more
A book by the founder of an international chain of restaurants that began in Sydney twenty years ago. Renowned for their fusion cooking, one landed in Pavilion Road a few years ago, and som... read more
The author lives in Tuscany and has been writing about Italian regional food for many years - and she is a purist, who doesn't believe in adding ricotta to every kind of ravioli, and underst... read more
I had my first French meal and never got over it: a collection of Child's amiable witticisms and observations. "In department stores, so much kitchen equipment is bought indiscriminately by... read more
A funny, self-deprecating memoir of living in Lyon (the lodestar of budding cooks), learning the ropes chez la Mere Brazier and the Institut Bocuse. The title does not refer (as far as we kn... read more
An excellent anthology by a baker's dozen of contemporary writers, including Juliet Annan, Daisy Johnson, Laura Freeman as well as established food writers.
Natural selection and the table, served as a meal of several courses... beginning with oysters. Who knew of the role of mussels in the exodus of our ancestors from Africa? A fascinating and ... read more
CE is a lively companion, adventurous and hungry, as she takes us from the Caspian Sea to the Fergana Valley in eastern Uzbekistan. This is not a traditional cookbook and the recipes play se... read more
More Nordic extravagance, a worthy successor to Faviken (anybody remember the recipe for vinegar flavoured in a burnt spruce log?). This time you need to have a huge fire pit and a lot of bi... read more
The wolf of the title is the wolf at the door...how to keep things delicious in lean times. First published in 1942, this is another reissue of the incomparable MFK.
A 'summer kitchen' is a cooking space in the vegetable garden, typically Ukrainian. Fresh ingredients, lots of pickling, and beautifully told. Another gem from OH.
Ecstatic ice creams, sorbets and granitas by the ice cream whizzard of South London. More ideas than Professor Branestorm and some as madly dotty. Pea pod ice cream? Fresh scents and flavour... read more