Good reads and great recipes make a mouthwatering mix, and if you’re hungry for the best, then take a moment to savour our cookbook curation. Serving up a truly global spread, you’ll find fodder for seasoned chefs and first-time foodies alike. Tuck in!
 

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These are the dishes that fuelled great writing. Ever wondered what Iris Murdoch might have served for supper, or how Emily Dickinson took her tea? The Writer’s Table brings together dining habits and favourite recipes from some of the world’s most beloved authors, offering a delicious glimpse into their everyday lives and kitchen rituals. Each recipe is paired with a short introduction to the author and dish, along with clear instructions and modern ingredients, making it easy to recreate literary comfort food at home. With beautiful illustrations throughout, the book is a feast for the eyes as well as the table making you feel closer to the writers you love.

The Writer's Table: Famous Authors And Their Favourite Recipes Book

Lugma in Arabic means a bite. For Noor, as a chef and co-author of two Ottolenghi Test Kitchen cookbooks, her career has been centred around taking bites of food and analysing them to create the perfect dish. Raised in Bahrain and now based in London, Noor takes you on a culinary journey to celebrate her own food culture. Her recipes are inspired by the foods of her upbringing: the elaborate rice dishes and black limes of the Gulf, an abundance of herbs and sour flavours from Iran, liberal spice and chilli heat from India and the vibrant foods of the Levant – to create a unique collection of traditional and re-imagined dishes from the Middle East.

Noor Murad

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From the chic restaurants of Vesterbro to the buzzing streets of Nørrebro, eating in Copenhagen is quite unlike dining anywhere else in the world. Known for its innovation, the city’s calming vibe draws people from everywhere, and for good reason.

Eat Copenhagen: Recipes and Stories From Scandinavia Book

Acclaimed chef Thomasina Miers brings over 100 bold, bright recipes that bring the sunshine to your plate through these 12 staple ingredients, straight from the heart of Mexico.

Thomasina Miers

From the kitchen of the celebrated Padella restaurant in Borough Market comes a mouthwatering cookbook filled with exciting and adventurous pasta dishes for every occasion.

Tim Siadatan

‘A delicious cornucopia of classic French cookery delivered with aplomb.’ – Grace Dent 'A stunning debut book! An irresistible combination of culinary cleverness, boundless passion and absolute devotion to the great craft of cookery. Magnifique!' – Adam Byatt With a foreword by Raymond Blanc, this is the indispensable guide to classic French cookery...

Matthew Ryle

Whether you're feeding two, four or ten, Stay for Supper shows you how it can be effortlessly delicious.

Xanthe Ross

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Bubala (meaning ‘darling’ in Yiddish) is all about vibrant food, culture, and generosity. Discover how to make the most of ordinary vegetables with 100 innovative recipes rooted in Middle Eastern flavours. Enjoy mezze-style plates such as Burnt Butter Hummus, Halloumi with Nigella Seed Honey or Oyster Mushroom Skewers, to the likes of extraordinary showstoppers such as Braised Fennel and Harissa Labneh or Romano Pepper Mujadara with Whipped Feta, every recipe is playful, delicious and designed for sharing. In this collection of impactful and exciting dishes, you'll also find additional chapters for sides, salads, skewers and more, including pantry staples that will elevate your cooking every day.

Marc Summers

Vegetarian recipes celebrating the food of Palestine, from the co-author of Falastin, Jerusalem and Ottolenghi: The Cookbook. A homage to Palestinian food and culture, Boustany, is the first solo cookbook from Sami Tamimi, Ottolenghi co-founder and champion of Palestinian food and culture.

Sami Tamimi

Something from Nothing is Alison Roman’s latest book featuring over 100 deceptively simple, casually stylish, impossibly delicious recipes that make the most of your pantry.

Alison Roman

'Nigel Slater’s prose is the rarest delicacy of all: exquisite yet effortless, filled with heart, tenderness, yearning and humour' ELIZABETH DAY For years, Nigel Slater has kept notebooks of curiosities and wonderings, penned while at his kitchen table, soaked in a fisherman’s hut in Reykjavik, sitting calmly in a moss garden in Japan or sheltering from a blizzard in a Vienna Konditorei.

Nigel Slater

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Ditch the dull eggs and overpriced café menus-The Brunch Club is your guide to reimagining brunch at home. Packed with over 70 inventive recipes inspired by cuisines from around the world, this book turns your weekend meal into a mini celebration, whether you're hosting a crowd or indulging in a cosy Sunday treat.

Georgia Hearn

Ever wondered how to make a dessert extra delicious? Look no further. In this book, Alexina Anatole, MasterChef finalist and author of Bitter, guides you through unlocking the secrets of sweetness.

Sweet: the secret to the best desserts Book

Following the success of A House Party in Tuscany and Italian Coastal, Amber Guinness invites you on an artful tour through her beloved Southern Tuscany and favourite pockets of Florence. Winter in Tuscany celebrates the region’s rich culinary and cultural traditions with a quanto basta approach – the intuitive, Italian method of ‘just enough’ – and brings the heart of Tuscany’s cosy autumnal and wintry flavours to your kitchen.

Winter in Tuscany Book

You don’t need to be rich or have expert knowledge – just feel confident in choosing wines that will bring you joy. Drinks writer and broadcaster Olly Smith is here to walk you through the wonderful world of wine, teaching you how to find what you like and understand why.

Maunika Gowardhan

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Celebrate the simplicity of cooking in a Dutch oven or casserole dish with 100 delicious, globally inspired recipes from Larousse

One Pot: 100 Simple Recipes to Cook Together Book

Olly Smith

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Cooking for two is feeding yourself and your partner, your best friend, your favourite sibling. It can be a magical endeavor—you don’t need a full house to treat yourself and your loved ones to a delicious, nourishing meal, and A Meal for Two provides all of the tools and inspiration you will need.

A Meal for Two: Recipes to Treat Your Favourite People Hardcover Cookbook

Indian 101 introduces beginners and seasoned home cooks to authentic Indian recipes in a simple and intuitive way – going beyond the stereotypes and making real Indian home cooking enjoyable for everyone.

Karan Gokani

From hot smoked salmon potato salad to strawberry shortcake loaf, the nutritionist and bestselling author of So Good serves up a mouthwatering selection of fresh recipes that are both good for your health and utterly delicious.

Emily English

Celebrate the joy of community and friendship with 101 flavourful recipes‘Rosie uses affordable ingredients and makes really special and really delicious meals.

Rosie Kellett

Following on from the popular Bold Beans, Christie-Miller's wonderfully tasty - and wonderfully titled - recipe guide shows you how to make the most out of a wide variety of beans, from borlotti beans to queen carlin peas.

Amelia Christie-Miller

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Need an easy contribution for a picnic with friends? Dip it. Want stunning small plates for impressive entertaining? Dip it. Craving a quick and delicious snack to tide you over until dinner? Dip it. Dip it real good.

Dip In: 80 delicious dip recipes for entertaining, snacking & beyond Book

In his debut book, Ben Lippett distils his years of experience as a professional chef in restaurants all over the world to reveal the hows and whys behind everything we do when preparing food. Through over 100 recipes you’ll learn skills and techniques that can be applied to any recipe, enabling you to chop, fold, sauté and whisk your way through this book and gain confidence and competence in the kitchen.

Ben Lippett

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Behind the Home Bar is THE cocktail book you need to live your best drinking life at home. It covers everything you need to know to build up your home bar in a way that is exciting, innovative, won't break the bank, and – crucially – will be guaranteed to get the party started.

Behind the Home Bar: The Essential Guide to Making Cocktails at Home Book

Pull up a chair to Martha Collison's table, where the recipes are big on flavour with minimal fuss, making sharing food with friends easier than ever.

Pull Up a Chair: Recipes for Gatherings Big and Small, Morning to Night Book

In the hands of Rogers and Ruscha, the humble lemon is transformed into the ultimate kitchen hero. Packed with fifty inventive recipes, the book casts the lemon as the star of sweet and savory dishes alike. Whether you are whipping up a creamy risotto al limone, baking a showstopping lemon tart, or brightening a salad with a burst of citrus, Rogers s signature style makes every recipe, from appetizers to mains, approachable and unforgettable. Elevating this journey is the singular artistry of Ed Ruscha, whose images, created specifically for this project, transform this book into a visual delight. Ruscha s style is both visually accessible and intellectually layered and invites viewers to appreciate the beauty in the very ordinary and mundane. Known for documenting a single subject in intensive detail, a Ruscha book is an instant collectible.

Hardback book by Ruth Rogers and Ed Ruscha

'Once I hand them off to you, these recipes are no longer mine. They’re yours, to do with as you please. And maybe, in the act of receiving, a little thread of connection will be woven between me and each of you.'

Samin Nosrat

In this epic celebration of Malaysian cuisine, Roti King serves up the long-awaited recipes for some of their most popular menu dishes, alongside the food that has shaped their journey from a roadside café in Buntong, Ipoh, to a cult London restaurant.