Books For Cooks

Anthony Worrall Thompson creates four exquisite deserts

Antony Worrall Thompson is one of the UK’s best loved chefs. Appearing regularly on popular TV shows such as ITV’s Daily Cooks Challenge, BBC2’s Food and Drink and Ready, Steady, Cook.
AWT as he is fondly known also has several leading restaurants including the celebrated neighbourhood restaurants Notting Grill and Kew Grill, as well […]


The Frugal Cook by Fiona Beckett

Fiona Beckett is an award-winning food and drink writer and author of 17 books including the student cookbook series Beyond Baked Beans. Due out in the early Autumn her latest book is called the Frugal Cook - which could just hit the spot in these times of tightening wallets and rising prices.
While specific details […]


Cooking With Booze

A collection of recipes grouped under the Cooking With Booze title are available both for free on-line and as a paid for book.
The book has been compiled by George Harvey Bone, I use the word compiled rather than written as he didn’t create all the recipes himself rather culling them from many sources, including […]


One Perfect Ingredient by Marcus Wareing

Now available is Marcus Wareing’s One Perfect Ingredient; three ways to cook it.
“Drawing on experience from his Michelin-starred restaurant, Marcus encourages readers to get inspired by the one perfect ingredient in their cupboards; he begins with a common ingredient from your store cupboard and provides 3 tasty, imaginative recipes for each one.”
The book offers 120 […]


Black Pudding and Foie Gras by Andrew Pern

Black Pudding and Foie Gras is a new cookbook, independently published, by Andrew Pern of the Michelin-starred Star Inn at Harome.
I’ve seen a few pages of extracts as part of a press pack; looks good! The book offers 60 recipes, many of them Pern’s signature dishes. There are also 227 photographs. OF these recipes […]