Cookery - Winter 2024/25
Here are our cookery picks for autumn/winter 2024! Have a browse through to help focus your gift buying for this season, and beyond!
A Thousand Feasts (Nigel Slater)
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. These are the small moments, events and happenings that gave pleasure before they disappeared.
Miso soup for breakfast, packing a suitcase for a trip and watching a butterfly settle on a carpet, hiding in plain sight. He gives short stories of feasts such as a mango eaten in monsoon rain or a dish of restorative macaroni cheese and homes in on the scent of freshly picked sweet peas and the sound of water breathing at night in Japan. This funny and sharply observed collection of the good bits of life, often things that pass many of us by, is utter joy from beginning to end.
What I Ate in One Year (Stanley Tucci)
Food has always been an integral part of Stanley Tucci’s life: from stracciatella soup served in the shadow of the Pantheon, to marinara sauce cooked between rehearsals and costume fittings, to home-made pizza eaten with his children before bedtime. Now, in What I Ate in One Year Tucci records twelve months of eating, in restaurants, kitchens, film sets, press junkets, at home and abroad, with friends, with family, with strangers, and occasionally just by himself. Ranging from the mouth-wateringly memorable, to the comfortingly domestic, to the infuriatingly inedible, the meals memorialized in this diary are a prism through which he reflects on the ways his life, and his family, are constantly evolving.
Through food he marks – and mourns – the passing of time, the loss of loved ones, and prepares himself for what is to come. Whether it’s duck à l’orange eaten with fellow actors and cooked by singing Carmelite nuns, steaks barbecued at a gathering with friends, or meatballs made by his mother and son and shared at the table with three generations of his family, these meals give shape and richness to his days.
New Scottish Baking (Sue Lawrence)
The only book on Scottish baking you will ever need. This is the ultimate celebration of the amazing variety of Scottish baking. Acclaimed cookery writer Sue Lawrence introduces essential tips before going on to share 150 easy-to-follow recipes which will appeal to bakers of all abilities, and a chapter of baking with kids will inspire a new generation in the kitchen.
Featuring traditional favourites such as Selkirk bannock, Ecclefechan tart and Cloutie dumpling, New Scottish Baking also showcases exciting contemporary recipes such as Haggis tartlets with red onion marmalade, Roasted rhubarb, orange and ginger blondies, and Lemon curd polenta cake.
The Hebridean Baker: The Scottish Cookbook (Coinneach MacLeod)
Fàilte, I'm Coinneach, the Hebridean Baker. Welcome to my Scottish kitchen. Mastering the art of Scottish baking is more than just perfecting shortbread, scones and clootie dumpling.
It's about capturing the heart and soul of Scotland in every dish. This cookbook is a celebration of Scotland's timeless culinary traditions and an introduction to new recipes sure to become future family favourites. Hebridean Baker, The Scottish Cookbook invites you to explore a delightful array of heart-warming soups and pies, show-stopping desserts and mouth-watering cakes, along with irresistible biscuits perfect for dunking in a cup of tea.
Join me on a Scottish island adventure as I share a collection of recipes, flavours, stories, people and memories with you - one delicious bite at a time.
Ottolenghi Comfort (Yotam Ottolenghi)
Make a recipe a few times and it becomes habit. Make it enough and it becomes home. In his much-anticipated new book, Yotam Ottolenghi brings his inspiring, flavour-forward approach to comfort cooking, delivering new classics that taste of home.
Roast chicken and other traybakes sit alongside vibrant curries and stews. A bowl of pasta becomes Caramelised Onion Orecchiette with Hazelnuts & Crispy Sage, a warming soup is Cheesy Bread Soup with Savoy Cabbage & Cavolo Nero, and a plate of mash is transformed into Garlicky Aligot Potato with Leeks & Thyme. Weaving memories of childhood and travel with over 100 irresistible recipes, Ottolenghi COMFORT is a celebration of food and home – of the connections we make as we cook, and pass on from generation to generation.
This is comfort food, Ottolenghi style.
The Crisp Sommelier (Neil Ridley)
Looking for snacking euphoria? Look no further than crisps and drinks! Whether you want to upgrade your hosting abilities, impress friends with your flavour pairing knowledge or wow your in-laws at a family picnic, drinks expert and C4 Sunday Brunch presenter Neil Ridley has got you covered. Crisps and drinks go together like Batman and Robin and have been enjoyed throughout the ages. With over 130 crisps and 80 drinks covered, Neil Ridley draws upon his years of expertise to show you how to find out the perfect crisps to pair with your drink or vice versa, be it alcoholic or non-alcoholic. Divided into sections including Wine, Beer and Cider, Spirits and Cocktails, and Non-alcoholic, each pairing profile includes tasting notes, humorous titbits (did you know there used to be hedgehog flavoured crisps?) and other unique pairings.
From classics such as Roast Beef Crisps and a pint of bitter, Salt & Vinegar Crisps and Sauvignon Blanc, or BBQ Crisps with Argentinian Malbec to the more unlikely sounding pairings of Pickled Onion Monster Munch and a gin-based Gibson cocktail, Scampi Fries and Smoky Scotch Whiskey or Japanese Chilli Rice Crackers and a Shiraz, as well as illustrations throughout, this book is your gateway to sensational snacking.