Cookery / food & drink etc

  • Persian feasts

    £34.95

    An exquisite collection presenting 100 Persian home-cooking recipes and stories from one family collection

  • The Balkan kitchen

    £27.00

    A cookbook of Balkan recipes that takes us on a journey across former Yugoslavia, giving voice to the varied cuisine of the region.

  • Cooking & the crown

    £30.00

    Blending history, monarchy, and gastronomy, Tom Parker Bowles guides the reader on an adventure across royal culinary history. From breakfasts, picnic lunches and dinners, to coronations and state banquets, ‘Cooking and the Crown’ showcases an abundance of beloved royal recipes for all seasons and occasions. Sophisticated creations feature alongside dishes of surprising simplicity, combining historical insights with modern tastes. Each chapter is accompanied by fascinating tales of royal kitchens, chefs and culinary traditions. Weaving together material from the royal archives, contemporary accounts and personal insight, Tom Parker Bowles paints a vivid picture of royal tastes and traditions, as far back as Victorian times.

  • A feast of folklore

    £16.99

    Folklorist Ben Gazur guides you through the dark alleys of British history to uncover how our food habits have been passed down through generations of folklore. Who was the first person to throw salt over their shoulder? Why do we think carrots can help us see in the dark? When did we start holding village fairs to honour gigantic apple pies? Or start hurling ourselves down hills in pursuit of a wheel of cheese? Gazur investigates the origins of famous food superstitions as well as much more bizarre and lesser-known tales too, from what day the devil urinates on blackberries to how to stop witches using eggshells as escape boats.

  • Chez Manon

    £26.00

    Simple yet chic French recipes that anyone can cook

  • The Oldest Kitchen in the World

    £33.99

    From the world’s oldest recorded cuneiform recipes, some 4,000 years ago, there is a straight line to the kitchen of Smuni Turan. Her recipes have been collected by her son in this cookbook. The Oldest Kitchen In The World describes both the oldest cuisine in the world and the culture of the Assyrians. Now scattered all over the world, they all still speak dialects of Aramaic, and more importantly: they still cook the dishes that all Middle Eastern kitchens are indebted to.

  • Café Cecilia cookbook

    £34.95

    The debut cookbook from rising star Irish chef Max Rocha and his hugely popular East London restaurant, Café Cecilia

  • The Independent Cook

    £20.00

    The Independent Cookáincludes over 75 simple and delicious recipes, perfect foráanyone moving out of home for the first time, or just wanting to take their cooking skills to the next level.

  • Nights out at home

    £22.00

    In ‘Nights Out At Home’, Jay Rayner’s first cookbook, the award-winning writer and broadcaster gives us delicious, achievable recipes inspired by the restaurant creations that have stolen his heart over the decades, for you to cook in your own kitchen. With sixty recipes that take their inspiration from restaurants dishes served across the UK and further afield, this title includes a cheat’s version of the Ivy’s famed crispy duck salad, the brown butter and sage flatbreads from Manchester’s Erst, miso-glazed aubergine from Freak Scene and instructions for making the cult tandoori lamb chops from the legendary Tayyabs in London’s Whitechapel; a recipe which has never before been written down.

  • Cocktails at Larry’s

    £14.95

    Experience iconic works from the National Portrait Gallery’s Collection and the cocktails inspired by the collection, in the menu for the Gallery’s award-winning underground speakeasy Larry’s, by the Daisy Green Collection. From the regal gin cocktail ‘The Cecil Beaton’ to the experimental, colourful ‘CMYK Fizz’ inspired by Yevonde, and the award-winning dirty martini McBean cocktail. These fabulous cocktails evoke bygone eras and the creative spirit of London’s West End which is known for its hub of creativity and pioneering jazz scene.

  • Crazy water, pickled lemons

    £26.00

    These recipes focus on dishes from lesser explored areas of the Mediterranean, North Africa and the Middle East. 12 chapters introduce the home cook to unusual ingredients and to unusual ways to cook with them.

  • A recipe for every day of the year

    £20.00

    ‘A Recipe For Every Day of the Year’ is a carefully curated collection of recipes to inspire you all year long. With menus that reflect the changing seasons and dishes to celebrate festivals and feast days, this book offers everything from showstoppers and crowd-pleasers to family favourites and simple one-bowl suppers.