Cookbook raises funds for the hospitality industry The Covid pandemic has given rise to some wonderful charities and one of these brings together two of my main interests – the health service and the hospitality industry. We have all seen the footage of our dedicated doctors, nurses and paramedics working themselves to the bone in […]
Happy Food For Life – Review
Health, Food and Happiness – in a book! That what we eat affects our physical health is old news, but a growing body of research is revealing that it also has a direct link to the state of our mental health. Happy Food For Life (Bloomsbury) sets out to present some of the latest findings […]
The Food Almanac – a book for all seasons
A cookbook to savour – The Food Almanac. A rainy, cold Saturday afternoon is the perfect time to snuggle down with a book about food. The Food Almanac: Recipes and stories for a year about food (Pavilion), by Miranda York, editor of At The Table, is just the ticket. For those, and I include myself, […]
Flavour by Yotam Ottolenghi and Ixta Belfrage – Review
Flavour Turns up the Heat A new cookbook by Ottolenghi always raises the pulse. FLAVOUR (published by Ebury Press) is no exception. Written by Yotam Ottolenghi and Ixta Belfrage, the recipes will turn up the heat in your kitchen. FLAVOUR is a vegetarian delight, the third in the Plenty series. Many readers will already be […]
Roast Chicken Salad from Jikoni
Review of Jikoki cookbook – Immigrant Cuisine for All. Jikoni, the newly published cookbook by Ravinder Bhogal, has such a beautiful cover that if it were a fabric, I’d certainly wear it. Published by Bloomsbury and subtitled ‘proudly inauthentic recipes from an immigrant kitchen’ the cover is a painting of exotic fruits – guava, pomegranate […]
Carpathia: Food From The Heart Of Romania
Lettuce Soup and more – a collection of Romanian recipes. During lockdown we travel to foreign climes in our imaginations and our kitchens, our palettes traversing borders, opening our minds to new taste experiences. Visuals help too so a cookbook with evocative photographs is a boon. Carpathia: Food From the Heart of Romania is one […]
Flor de Cana Rum and Good Together by Mr Lyan – Review
A Smashing Little Devil of a Rum Cocktail with Flor de Cana: I’m a big fan of the cocktail maestro and bar impresario and Ryan Chetiyawardana (he calls himself Mr Lyan). His Tom Dixon designed bar Dandelyan in the Mondrian Hotel on the South Bank is ranked at number one in the World’s 50 Best […]
Simple Summer Food from Eating Well Everyday
Salmon and Goats Cheese Omelette – a review of Eating Well Everyday: I tend to run shy of chef recipe books – I generally find the recipes are too complicated for everyday and too high risk for entertaining. But Eating Well Everyday by Peter Gordon caught my eye – and, breaking my own rule, I was delighted […]