Books
Written by (Xanthe Milton)
As the cupcake craze sweeping the nation shows no sign of abating, a charming book by Cookie Girl AKA Xanthe Milton hits our shelves this week. 'Eat Me! The Stupendous, Self-Raising World of Cupcakes and Bakes According to Cookie Girl' is a pretty compendium of sweet delights and features pistachio rose blossom cakes, passion fruit sandwiches, pumpkin marshmallow cookies and Bollywood cupcakes amongst many others.
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Written by Nada Saleh.
With stunning photography, an in depth approach to each recipes and a health conscious attitude, Fresh Moroccan takes you through over 80 recipes inspired by the Marrakech markets and Moroccan village food.
Nada Saleh nudges the reader towards healthier mealtimes with a passion for nurturing a healthy lifestyle. Flavours aren’t compromised in this clutch of recipes, but sensible approaches towards fats and sugar are incorporated throughout the book.
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Written by (Tom Kitchin)
Tom Kitchin shares 100 mouth-watering French and European inspired recipes dedicated to seasonal eating and fresh ingredients from his homeland. At the age of 29, Tom Kitchin was the youngest Scottish chef-proprietor to receive a Michellin star at his restaurant, The Kitchin in Edinburgh. Having trained with some of the best chefs in the world including Pierre Koffmann, Guy Savoy and Alain Ducasse, Tom has created a stir in the culinary world with his fresh approach and innovative cooking.
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Written by Edited by Chris Catlin & Iain Middleton
This book provides an accessible approach to cooking game. Instead of panicking at the thought of plating up grouse, partridge or pheasant at your table, you can relax with this tome which takes you through the paces with a few pearls of wisdom from four of the UK’s revered gastropub chefs.
Mark Gough (The Tollemache Arms, Buckminster, Leics), David Lem (Houghton’s at The Pear Tree, Woodhouse Eves, Leics), Sean Hope (The Olive Branch, Clipsham, Lincs) and Neil Dowson (The Lawns, Holt, Norfolk) select over 50 popular game dishes and seasonal puddings from their menus, and demonstrate how to prepare them quickly and easily at home.
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Written by (Cass Titcombe, Dominic Lake & Patrick Clayton-Malone)
Canteen took the London restaurant scene by storm in 2005. Their no-nonsense, modern-meets-classic menu has brought British cooking to the High Street once more.
Unapologetically nostalgic, their first cookbook is a splendidly comforting collection of 120 British recipes, paying homage to their signature dishes and resurrecting the country’s honourable tradition of affordable honest food.
With chapters dedicated to classic British institutions, the book opens with the ‘all day breakfast’, along with recipes ranging from rhubarb compote with yoghurt and granola, to hot buttered Arbroath smokies.
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Written by (Gregg Wallace)
How many times have we heard Master Chef’s Gregg Wallace tell us he’s a pudding man? Countless times! It should come as no surprise therefore that Mr Wallace has released a book entirely dedicated to desserts: Gregg’s Favourite Puddings.
Michel Roux Jr is quoted on the cover saying: “*Gregg is the best possible judge of a good pudding*”. High praise indeed. The book is full of stunning photography; page upon page of sauces drizzling down the sides of sponges, and of untouched slices of cake just waiting to be devoured.
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Written by Huw Gott, Will Beckett & Richard Turner
If you love steak and old-school British classics, this bulging book from Hawksmoor hits the mark.
They know how to do steak at Hawksmoor. With three restaurants in London now (Guildhall, Spitalfields and Seven Dials), fans of a rib eye, Porterhouse or a 55 day aged D-rump have more locations to choose from for their steak fix. Incidentally, they also know how to do beef-dripping chips (£4), mussels in Stilton & bacon sauce (£8), and a mean Grapefruit Picador cocktail (Tequila, Velvet Falernum, Lime Juice, Grapefruit Sherbet, £9).
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Written by (Jamie Oliver)
Jamie Oliver's travels through a clutch of countries have inspired this cookbook, which is brimming with foreign fare to get stuck into. Dishes feature from Spain, Italy, Sweden, Morocco, Greece and France, offering up a real cultural mix of recipes.
We tried out Jamie's 'Best Chorizo & Tomato Salad in the World' and his 'Pickled Herrings'. Both dishes look eye-catchingly pretty and they delivered Oliver's typically punchy thwack of flavours.
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Written by Prosper Montagne
If you despair at the number of cook books you’ve accumulated over the years, and wonder how much more strain your book shelves can take, you might consider down-sizing your recipes collection to one tome. And you’d be hard pressed to do better than choose Larousse Gastronomique as your lifelong guide in the kitchen. More of a reference book than a mere recipes book, this hefty weight of a book has over a thousand pages of gloassry terms, recipes and conversions for you to get your head around.
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