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Geetie Singh's policy of using only seasonal produce on the twice-daily changing menu at her organic pub, the Duke of Cambridge in Islington, north London, shines through in this, her first cookbook.
Posted: 17 June 2010 | 17:21
Knowledge is always a good thing and that is certainly the case with Jekka's Herb Cookbook, a wonderful new book from "the queen of herbs" Jekka McVicar.
The book is packed with useful information about McVicar's top 50 culinary herbs ...
Posted: 11 June 2010 | 14:23
It still comes as a surprise to some that Yotam Ottolenghi is not a vegetarian, his name being so inextricably linked to meat-free dishes thanks to his weekly New Vegetarian column in the Guardian Weekend magazine.
Posted: 04 June 2010 | 11:58
Pub operator Peach plans to sell books through its 13 pub sites following the launch of its own publishing arm. The north Oxfordshire-based Peach Publishing is the brainchild of Peach co-owner Jo Eames. Eames, who is married to Peach chairman and director Hamish Stoddart...
Posted: 01 June 2010 | 11:53
Simone and Inés Ortega's new tome, The Book of Tapas, is so yellow it should probably have come with free sunglasses. Its recipes are printed on warm yellow pages, topped with rich red headlines. And the cover is also decked out boldly in Spain's national colours.
Posted: 21 May 2010 | 10:39
As the title suggests, this is a book aimed at home cooks preparing food on a day-today basis as well as for special occasions. However, chefs will find plenty of inspiration in it for adaption in the professional kitchen.
How To Eat In provides an insight into the repertoire of Adam Byatt, who initially at Thyme and now at Trinity in Clapham, south London, has shown himself to be a chef who cooks the kind of food that people really want to eat.
Posted: 07 May 2010 | 15:49
With the weather improving and summer seeming closer than ever, thoughts turn to lighter dishes that can conjure up memories of the Tuscan countryside or a Sicilian sea breeze.
Posted: 23 April 2010 | 14:33
An Australian publisher has been forced to reprint thousands of copies of a cookery book after one recipe listed "salt and freshly ground black people" instead of black pepper. Penguin Group Australia had to reprint 7,000 copies of the Pasta Bible last week, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
Posted: 19 April 2010 | 16:17
Growing up in New Zealand, it took Peter Gordon until his late teens to discover avocado or sushi. But since then, he has made an art of finding foods and inspiration from around the globe to create culinary combinations hitherto unheard of.
Posted: 16 April 2010 | 11:46
At first glance, this pretty pink, slightly kitsch volume of baking, illustrated with whimsical photographs of the author depicted as a fairy tale character does not appear to be the kind of book one would expect to see in a professional kitchen.
Posted: 09 April 2010 | 15:33
In 1984 the Guild of Food Writers was launched, with the likes of Derek Cooper, Prue Leith and Claudia Roden among its 40 or so founding members. Today the association represents nearly 400 food writers, who as well as filling countless column inches in newspapers and magazines and writing books, are now increasingly deploying their skills on websites and blogs.
Posted: 06 April 2010 | 10:50
Neil Kirby worked at the Grosvenor House hotel on London's Park Lane for 28 years. In these extracts from his book Celebrity Hotel he recounts his rise from pot washer to general manager, and the vanities, whims and special requests of the guests he encountered...
Posted: 03 April 2010 | 09:00
For the past 10 years, Nigel Haworth and Craig Bancroft have held a star-studded food festival at their beloved Northcote in Langho, Lancashire. During that time, they have championed the food of some of Britain's finest chefs, including Heston Blumenthal, Phil Howard, Angela Hartnett, Raymond Blanc...
Posted: 19 March 2010 | 00:00
A Boy After The Sea is a triumph in more ways than one. Not only is it a stunning collection of recipes from some the world's leading chefs, accompanied by beautiful photography, but it is also a tribute by Kevin Snook to his 19-year-old son, Dan, who died following a drugs overdose.
Posted: 12 March 2010 | 10:20
The utilitarian cover of Great British Food may not be the most thrilling to grace a cookery book, but it does give some indication that the recipes inside are simple, straightforward and no-nonsense. You might think the world does not need another tome telling you how to cook leek and potato soup, roast chicken...
Posted: 05 March 2010 | 14:21
This page lists links to all the AA-listed five- to three-rosette restaurants in the UK. It also has other great stuff about AA-rosette restaurants all collected in one area to make it easier to find the information.
Posted: 23 February 2010 | 17:19
AA five-rosette restaurants
Posted: 23 February 2010 | 15:56
Inspired by her marriage to Tuscan chef Giancarlo and countless trips throughout Italy, Katie Caldesi has produced an astonishingly comprehensive food compendium of the country.
Posted: 18 February 2010 | 16:43
Trish Hilferty and Tom Norrington-Davies are two of the keenest game cooks around. They love it for being incredibly tasty, natural, healthy, cheap and local.
Posted: 12 February 2010 | 12:28
Food intolerance is on the rise and has been for some time. You only have to listen to orders being taken in restaurants across the country to realise this: "I'm allergic to nuts"; "I'm a coeliac"; "I have lactose intolerance"; "no mushrooms, please". The list is endless.
Posted: 05 February 2010 | 12:29
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