Resisted a title involving the words kneading and dough, but as it’s Real Bread Maker Week there could really only be one subject: Dough by Richard Bertinet – one of my favourites, though never watched the DVD. Great recipes, great technique, my copy is quite floury now. The Handmade Loaf by [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Cookbooks'
The Friday Five – All About the Bread
May 11th, 2012 · No Comments · Bread, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Friday Five
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The Friday Five – Best of British
April 27th, 2012 · No Comments · British favourites, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Friday Five
I’ve had friends over from the US and France this week, and the conversation over a good dinner turned to the state of British cooking. Of course, the charming Frenchman was still very reticent about whether or not dinner could possibly be good, whereas the Amercans were blown away. And then breakast at Canteen convinced [...]
Tags:British Food·Canteen
The Friday Five – Cook Books to Stroke
April 20th, 2012 · 6 Comments · Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Friday Five
On a rare trip into town, I found myself in the cookery section at Waterstones, a not infrequent stop. Browsing the shelves, I saw one of the most beautiful cookbooks ever. But not one that you could ever put into an actual kitchen and cook from, definitely a looking book, not a cooking book. And [...]
Tags:Maggie's Harvest·Noma
The Friday Five – Cooking in No Time
March 2nd, 2012 · No Comments · Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Friday Five
Our house is in a bit of a state of flux, as Dr T has gone back to work full time, meaning he’s not pottering around the kitchen during the day putting together a fabulous dinner. Now, like many families, we all end up back at the house at pretty much the same time, all [...]
Tags:After Work Cooking
The Friday Five – inspired by mothers across the years
February 17th, 2012 · No Comments · Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Friday Five
Mother’s Day is on the way (18 March, in case you weren’t sure), so today’s choices are books inspired by the cooking of people’s mothers, across the ages, across cuisines. * Cooking with My Indian Mother in Law – lets not leave out the mother in laws, particularly when they can share cooking [...]
Tags:Mums know best
The Friday Five – Food with Passion
February 3rd, 2012 · No Comments · Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Friday Five
So, we’re heading towards Valentine’s Day, the shops are full of pink and red and hearts, and it’s all about passion. Well, most of the folk I know are passionate about their food, at one level or another, so these are books for those that share that passion, in its many different guises! [...]
Tags:Valentine's Day
The Friday Five – The Wizards of Oz
January 27th, 2012 · No Comments · Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Friday Five
I’m writing this on Australia Day, and there are a couple of Aussies occupying food headlines in my book at the moment, so seemed appropriate to feature some of the great cooks and cooking come out of Australia. So, advance Australia’s fair cooks, here’s my choices: * John Torode’s Beef – hard to [...]
Tags:Bill Granger·John Torode
The Friday Five – exploring the tastes of Thailand
January 20th, 2012 · No Comments · Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Friday Five
I’m trying not to be depressed. It’s been really cold here this week, and yet this time last year I’d managed a couple of nights in Bangkok and was en route to Hong Kong. And was eating pretty darn well. So it may be a way of summoning up those sunny days and fabulous eating, [...]
Tags:David Thompson·Thai food
The Friday Five – Which cookbook presents am I jealous of?
January 13th, 2012 · No Comments · Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Friday Five
I asked on Twitter earlier in the week (in a very nosy way) what cookbooks did everyone get for Christmas, just to see what was interesting, what was popular, and what I wish I’d got! Not that I’m complaining, having had five fabulous new additions to my bookshelf (shelves, to be fair). But from the [...]
Tags:Christmas gifts·Cookbooks
The Friday Five – something to look forward to
January 6th, 2012 · No Comments · Cookbooks, Friday Five
I’ve written a few times this week about nice things arriving through the post, and surely a new book arriving is a lovely thing. But most of us will be putting off purchases until we’ve recovered from purchases. So here are five books to look forward, that are not yet published, that you can [...]
