Quite a simple list this year; and I’m cheating by including two food memoirs. But that’s what I read this year! What I ate in One Year Stanley Tucci’s facility to talk about food is brilliant, utterly captivating in a way that makes you run to the kitchen immediately. Simply delicious. Do not read hungry. Buy on Amazon Fried Gold […]
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Gifting time is here! Check out my choices for the cookbooks of the year. Diet and sustainability has never been higher in the agenda. While these are important topics for anyone nerdy about their food, despite money worries people are asking these questions about their dinner. And the cookbooks of today reflect that. Here’s a selection of some books I’ve […]
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I recently got hold of a copy of Marco Pierre White’s White Heat book from the library. It is a cookbook but really it’s a capture of a time and a place: when Marco was on top of the culinary world and the absolute hottest thing in chefs and cookery. I hadn’t read it before; I devoured it an hour […]
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Which is Heston Blumenthal’s best book? Blumenthalophile that I am I own them all, so I thought I’d compile them all in one list. I’ve ranked them from least favourite to most favourite. He’s authored 7 distinct books spanning 20+ years (with a couple of compendiums, deluxe editions and best-ofs) with different themes and ideas. Video version of this review […]
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