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British/United Kingdom See also: International > Ireland Wild Garlic, Gooseberries and me! Dennis Cotter Acclaimed Irish vegetarian chef Dennis Cotter has made a name for himself with his restaurant in Cork, Ireland called Cafe Paradiso. This is his third book and he is now starting to gain more widespread popularity. We have been importing his books since the late '90's and he has a loyal following amongst our customers. As we are seeing more this fall many of the chefs are turning to the land and garden for inspiration in their new books, Cotter is no exception. Hardcover, 320 pp. $54.95. Eating for England Nigel Slater With three books on traditional English food released almost simultaneously (the others: The Taste of Britain, $55.95; Eat Britain!, $19.95), dishes such as Queen of Puddings, flapjack, and pikelets are all the rage. As in earlier books, Nigel Slater shows himself to be a student of English sweeties - mints of various sorts, Cadbury’s chocolate, Toblerone - and a keen observer of idiosyncratic behavior, however slightly off-kilter. Hardcover, 280 pp. $32.95. Eat Britain! 101 Great British Dishes Andrew Wheeler Digestives are 96, Cornish Pasty is 71. . . Wheeler provides an opinionated and ever-so-funny countdown of 101 items from Britain’s gastronomical empire worthy of celebration and iconic status. After all, this is the cuisine that not only gave us the inimitable Chip Butty (55) and Marmite (5), but Sticky Toffee Pudding (33) and Sunday Roast (18). Wheeler reminds us of Britain’s natural bounty as well, such as Gressingham Duck (28) and Gooseberries (76). There are recipes, and colour photographs accompany each entry. Hardcover, 238 pp. $19.95. Spuds, Spam and Eating for Victory Katherine Knight Using first-person memories from people who were young children at the outbreak of World War II, British author Katherine Knight who has also written on the 17th century medicine cabinet brings alive a period of general deprivation. She contrasts the experience of rich and poor creating a picture at once sad and hilarious. The rise of Spam - the pork bi-product rather than annoying e-mail - carrot jam, powdered milk, accidental poisonings are all part of the story. Representative recipes included corned beef on toast, Spam fritters, and “special” plum pudding. B & W photos and illustrations. Hardcover, 240 pp. $39.95. Week In Week Out Simon Hopkinson Drawn from his columns in The Independent, the 52 seasonal “ stories” features a current event, ingredient, or iconic dish. As in his earlier books (including Roast Chicken and Other Stories,$29.95), Hopkinson celebrates enduring culinary pleasure over fleeting culinary fashion. In the wake of the declaration of Roast Chicken as most useful cookbook ever, this book is more glamorous than Hopkinson’s earlier books with quality paper and glossy colour photos yet content still trumps looks. Hardcover, 255 pp, $54.95. Sarah Raven’s Garden Cookbook Sarah Raven A talented gardener and cook, Sarah Raven makes seasonal produce the star of the dinner.You will want to make things from this book, many things,black currant and almond cake, globe artichoke tart, stuffed lamb with lavender... But even if you never cooked from it , it is worth owning for the ravishing photos (particularly the red Brussels sprouts) and the good sense and passion with which Sarah Raven writes. Factoid: she is married to Vita Sackville-West’s grandson. Colour photos. Hardcover, 464pp, $65.00. Jamie at Home Jamie Oliver Since Jamie Oliver established his family in Essex, his stove finds it must compete with the garden for attention. Oliver’s dual love of gardening and cooking comes together in this collection, organized by season, featuring recipes built on available produce. Each section ends with advice for producing seasonal crops: courgettes (zucchini), potatoes, broad beans… Homemade ketchup with steak and chips, smashed peas and broad beans on toast, and plum Bakewell tart offer a hint of the fresh pleasures in the 100 new recipes. Colour photos. Hardcover, 407 pp, $59.95. Nigella Express Nigella Lawson All of the dishes in Nigella’s Express require little preparation. However, some cook quickly while others give the cook time to relax in a hot bath or curl up with a good book to the enticing aroma of dinner bubbling away in the oven. Some of the recipes are old favorites from earlier books, some will become new favorites, but all have the interplay of texture, colour, and contrasting flavours that have given Nigella Lawson’s vision of comfort food an international profile. Colour photos. Hardcover, 390 pp, $50.00. On sale Tuesday October 23rd. Sotheby's Cafe Cookbook With seasonal recipes from head chef Laura Greenfield and wine selections from wine department head, Serena Sutcliffe, this book features a double celebration: the 10th anniversary of the venerable auction house’s café, and of the intersection of food and art. In support of the latter there are essays from such contributors as food historian, Sara Paston-Williams, artist Vik Muniz, and Mrs. Beeton’s biographer, Kathryn Hughes.The recipes themselves feature a blend of the traditional and contemporary - asparagus, smoked salmon, poached egg & maltaise sauce, Eton mess with hazelnut crunch. Colour photos of food , art and objects. Hardcover, 160 pp. $56.50. Back to top

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The Borough Market Book: From Roots to Renaissance Although it has been the site of a wholesale produce market for a thousand years, it is only in the last decade that London’s Borough Market has welcomed retail customers.  This book captures all the charm and colour which have made it a destination for foodies everywhere. Interviews with retailers (eg Randolph Hodgson of Neal’s Yard) and shoppers (Rose Gray, Mark Hix, Antonio Carluccio et al) help to define the pleasures of the market. The icing on the cake is a selection of simple seasonal recipes employing ingredients fresh from the market. The market traders’ directory lists retailers both alphabetically and by category. Colour photos. Softcover, 175 pp, $49.95. England's Heritage Food and Cooking Annette Yates Regional sketches, profiles of feasts and festivals, and traditions explained(high tea versus afternoon tea) provide the background for 160 heritage recipes. From a full English breakfast to veal and ham pie and Shrewsbury cakes, this book offers the best of British cooking. Colour photos cover everything from regional landscape to step-by-step methods. Hardcover, 256 pp. $36.99. The Divertimenti Cookbook Camilla Schneideman Offspring of the family that founded the well-known London kitchen shop and founder of the cooking school and café of the same name, Camille Schneideman celebrates dishes with a Mediterranean or Asian flairpan-fried sardine with salmorejo and Tuscan bread salad, fragrant Thai curry with prawns) while doling out nuggets of knowledge on cooking techniques and equipment buying. Colour photos and Bloomsburyesque graphics. Hardcover, 192pp. $39.95. Good Eating: Suggestions For Wartime Dishes Daily Telegraph A most amusing little book, this is a reprint of manual The Daily Telegraph put out during the war years to assist the British housewife coping with rations and fuel shortages. Many of the dishes seem practically unpalatable nowadaysm, but they serve as a reminder of the ingeniousness of generations past. Treasures include chocolate truffles made with mash potato and several traditional pickle and chutney recipes. Hardcover, 129 pp. $17.99. Complete Traditional Recipe Book Sarah Edington From the National Trust, this book celebrates British cooking as it was before the Roux Brothers, Raymond Blanc, Marco Pierre White, Gordon Ramsay, Heston Blumenthal et al got their hands on it. Cornish pasties, cock- a- leekie soup, flummery, Eton mess, fools, crumbles are all here in one comprehensive volume. Colour photos and no they are not just beige and white! Hardcover, 335 pp. $56.00. Pret a Manger: Food on the Move Jane Lunzer Gifford For anyone unfamiliar with the British-founded Pret a Manger take away chain, think of it as a sort of Body Shop for food. It is a successful business that serves up great portable food while trying to do good using environmentally friendly packing, organic ingredients, and sending leftovers to charities for distribution to the needy. Much of the space here is devoted to its signature sandwiches ham, cheese and mustard, smoked salmon, chicken provencal. Still, there are also snacks, desserts, even sushi. Black & white, colour photos. Softcover, 271 pp, $45.00. Welsh Heritage Food and Cooking Annette Yates If you are looking for a traditional recipe for duck look no further than this lovely volume's roast duck with apples. Or how about a gooseberry fool? It's here as are Welsh cakes, cockle pie, Welsh rarebit and more. With step by step recipes and photos even those with no connection to the UK can make a classic Welsh meal, even if you can't pronounce the names! Hardcover, 96 pp. $24.99. A Return to Real Cooking Galton Blackiston Simple yet stunning country fare brought to you from the Morston Hall hotel and restaurant in England. Galton Blackiston deserves the growing recognition he has received for creating meals using fresh, seasonal produce, and the recipes here reflect that style. Particularly appealing are the breads, fish dishes, and, of course, the puddings. Hardcover, 224 pp. $64.50. Cooking at Morston Hall Galton Blackiston Galton Blackiston, proprietor and chef at Morston Hall, a UK country hotel in Norfolk, is known for his simple but delightful dishes. This is reflected here with his use of fresh ingredients and easy techniques, combining to make comforting meals with just the right amount of novelty to keep things interesting. The fish dishes are particularly worthy of attention. Softcover, 176 pp. $34.95. First Catch Your Hare Hannah Glasse Subtitled The Art of Cookery Made Plain & Easy this is a facsimile of the original 1747 edition of this classic British volume. The recipes reflect the tastes and dining customs of the eighteenth century, with plenty of meat and game as well as dishes for the sick and, oddly enough, ships' captains. This fascinating book includes essays about Glasse, a truly self-made women at a time when that was extremely rare. Softcover, 218 pp. $50.00. Cooking with Tom Aikens Tom Aikens Aiken's cooking is credited to be sexy and indulgent, he says he prefers simple meals at home, yet spends his days creating complicated dishes. His stunning new book delivers his own favourites passing along many tidbits of useful advice and alternative serving suggestions as he steps the reader through each recipe. Hardcover, 256 pp. $59.95. Cook with Jamie Jamie Oliver This latest offering from Jamie Oliver has shot to number one on the bestseller list since being released this month in the UK. School lunch reform completed, Jamie is set to improve home cooking. Solid information and simply sensational recipes, perfectly synthesizing Oliver's English heritage and River Café Italianate training, will help any cook build confidence in the kitchen. The Ultimate Gingerbread recipe is to die for! Colour photos. Hardcover, 447 pp. $64.95. The Dave Myers and Si King Hairy Bikers’ Cookbook Imagine mixing a dollop of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall with a dash of Anthony Bourdain then welding the result to the Two Fat Ladies. What you end up with is a thoroughly entertaining account of the food, bike culture, and history of countries from Ireland to Vietnam as viewed from a motorcycle. When not collecting recipes for whore’s coddle or tortilla soup, the amiably dishevelled authors are involved in film production. Colour photos. Hardcover, 256pp, $39.00. Apples for Jam Tessa Kiros Like Nigella Lawson, Nigel Slater and a handful of others, Tess Kiros (Twelve,$34.95 and Falling Cloudberries, $45.00) is more than a recipe writer. Aided by Lisa Greenberg’s art direction, Kiros conjures up the atmosphere which lifts her homey foods –fish pie, tomato lasagne, hamburger patties—from the humble to the exceptional. We have one criticism—the silvery print is hard to read. Colour photos. Hardcover, 417pp, $45.00. A Taste of the Country Jimmy Doherty If every farmer looks as delicious as Doherty there will be a stampede back to our rural roots! Not only are there great traditional British farmhouse recipes with a twist, but also information on gathering wild food, cooking with edible flowers, keeping a few chickens and best of all whittling walking sticks! Hardcover, 320 pp, $45.00. Soup Kitchen Editors Annabel Buckingham and Thomasina Miers Everyone who is anyone on the British food scene - Delia Smith, Antonio Carluccio, Fergus Henderson, Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver - contributed to this well-illustrated collection of soup recipes in support of charities for the homeless. Hardcover, 224 pp, $39.95. Winter Food Jill Norman An editor, publisher and the literary trustee of Elizabeth David's estate, Jill Norman is a cookbook author in her own right. Game dishes and sweet/savory combinations seem to be her preferred method of keeping the cold and damp at bay as typified by roast goose with prunes and apple,duck with vanilla, and liver with hazelnut and garlic sauce. Colour photos. Hardcover, 192 pp, $39.95. Porter's English Cookery Bible Richard, Earl of Bradford and Carol Wilson From potted shrimp to Sussex pond pudding, Lord Bradford presents the great, and often maligned, traditional basics of English cooking. Vintage illustrations. Hardcover, 288 pp, $32.50.   Wild Food Mike Robinson Inspired by traditional Spanish, French, and Italian cuisine, BBC broadcaster and restaurant pub owner Mike Robinson creates vibrant dishes from the freshest ingredients with an emphasis on game. Colour photos. Hardcover, 192 pp, $49.95. Roast Chicken and Other Stories Simon Hopkinson with Lindsey Bareham Since a panel of experts assembled by Food Illustrated magazine, named this the best ever cookbook, even beating out Delia Smith, sales have topped those of the latest Harry Potter book in the United Kingdom. Its enduringly popular recipes leek tart, steak au poivre -- and the fact that they work as written drew the judgesí accolades. The whimsical drawings that introduce each chapter are an added bonus. Paper, 230 pp, $25.50. Kitchen Diaries Nigel Slater In combining excerpts from his diary with recipes, Nigel Slater illustrates in a very direct and appetizing way, the relationship between mood and food. Colour photos. Hardcover, $59.95. Kevin Gould’s Loving and Cooking with Reckless Abandon Kevin Gould Some people love to cook; others cook to love. With dashes of astrology, lashings of Middle Eastern spices, and a voice at once refined and erotic, British food writer Kevin Gould has written a book that should appeal to both camps. If massaged shoulder of lamb and a ruby red pomegranate jelly with cream fail to raise your temperature, nothing will. Colour photos. Paper, 176 pp, $29.95. Around the World in 80 Bites Suni Vijayakar In a riot of colour and flavour, Suni Vijayakar leads the cook on a tour of the world’s great food, touching down on all the continents (except Antarctica). Hardcover, 192 pp, $29.95. River Café Two Easy Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers In their second collection of pared-to-its-essence Italian cooking, Gray and Rogers continue to show the style that made them den mothers to a whole new generation of British culinary stars (Oliver, Fearnley-Whittingstall, O'Donoghue et al). Rice with chestnuts, broccoli with red wine, and rhubarb with orange are typical of the simple yet vibrant recipes. Colour photos. Hardcover, 288 pp, $49.95. Kevin Gould’s Loving and Cooking with Reckless Abandon Kevin Gould Some people love to cook; others cook to love. With dashes of astrology, lashings of Middle Eastern spices, and a voice at once refined and erotic, British food writer Kevin Gould has written a book that should appeal to both camps. If massaged shoulder of lamb and a ruby red pomegranate jelly with cream fail to raise your temperature, nothing will. Colour photos. Paper, 176 pp, $29.95. Back to top

The New English Kitchen Rose Prince While advocating for political and economic correctness in the kitchen, Rose Prince's arguments never descend into a diatribe. Although she supports local produce and methods as a first choice she does not suggest shunning the international selection of ingredients and recipes that we have all come to love. With loads of hints and over 200 recipes, Prince shiws us how to practice what she preaches. Hardcover, 468 pp, $52.00. Darina Allen's Ballymaloe Cooking School Cookbook International/UK With as many as six recipes per page and tiny type, this is a difficult book to read but well worth the trouble. Though the collection is encyclopaedic in scope, it is Allen's ways with seasonal produce and baking that are most engaging. Colour, B & W photos. Hardcover, 639 pp. $62.95. Sausage & Mash Fiona Beckett Lowfat, it ain't! However, it is British comfort food at its best. Along with recipes employing ready-made links for everything from pizza to jambalaya, there are also a few recipes for make-your-own sausage. Colour photos. Softcover, 158 pp, $29.95. Nicey & Wifey's Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down     The most charming part of this celebration of the adult timeout is its catalogue of that most important part of the sitdown: the biscuit. Oreos, bourbons, garibaldis (aka dead fly cookies) are all here. Illustrated. Hardcover, 179 pp, $39.95.   New Scottish Cookery Nick Nairn Take game, berries, a dusting of oatmeal. Add a few Mediterranean techniques and ingredients along with a few flavoured oils et voilà! New Scottish cookery. Colour photos. Paper, 264pp, $32.95.   Saturday Kitchen Cookbook Compiled and edited by Orla Broderick The top 100 recipes from the popular BBC show hosted by Antony Worrall Thompson. Reflecting the diversity of the guests who range from Jill Dupleix to Madhur Jaffrey, Valentina Harris to Curtis Stone, recipes include garlic potatoes, sushi, and polenta gnocchi. Colour photos. Hardcover, 144pp, $32.95. James Martin s Great British Dinners James Martin James Martin (Eating in with James Martin,$34.95), in a Gary Rhodes moment, has taken traditional British cooking -- from toad in the hole to trifle -- and made it even better. Colour photos. Hardcover, 144 pp, $37.95. Jamie's Dinners Jamie Oliver What with the wife and two daughters, our Naked Chef is turning his thoughts to the family kitchen with simple and affordable dishes like farfalle carbonara and spring peas. Jamie shares his top 10 family meals along with showing how to vary basic recipes. Colour photos. Hardcover, 322 pp, $49.95. The Oyster Seekers Mandy Bruce In Britain, oysters and Whitstable, on the Kentish coast are synonomous. Seafood cookery in Whitstable means Wheeler's where London and Paris trained Mark Stubbs is the resident genius. There is more on the menu than oysters: smoked trout and leek tart, roasted monkfish on olive and sun-dried tomato mash among other taste treats. Colour photos. Hardcover, 242 pp, $34.95. How to Cook Better Shaun Hill Shaun Hill’s method of better cooking is to remember the simple things: selecting the best ingredients for the dish, selecting the best equipment for the job, using ingredients at the correct temperature. Yet these are the very things most of us tend to discount. The master of simplicity at Merchant House, Ludlow, Hill deserves as much recognition as fellow Brits, Ramsay, Rhodes et al. Try the rhubarb meringue tart. Colour photos. Hardcover, 240 pp, $55.00. Feast Nigella Lawson The Yummy Mummy’s fifth book is the best since her first. As in How to Eat ($63.00,$37.50) this book appeals to both the cook and the reader. Nigella’s feasts range from a funeral reception to a Passover seder always using tempting yet simple dishes. Colour photos. Hardcover, 416 pp, $55.00. Family Food Heston Blumenthal Increasingly celebrated for his cooking at Fat Duck in Bray, Berkshire, Heston Blumenthal focuses on family dining and educating young palates in his only book to date. Feed your kids a bowl of chocolate fondant and they will never want a commercial pudding again. Colour photos. Hardcover, 350 pp, $36.99. The Gastro Pub Diana Henry Sure you can still eat steak and mushroom pie or treacle tart at the local but British pubs have moved beyond these classics. How about a pint with home-smoked venison salad with quince vinaigrette? Crisp pork belly with black pudding and mustard mash? Finish up with bramley apple custard and honey tart. Diana Henry, author of the acclaimed Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons ($39.95) traveled England, Scotland and both the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland to gather the best of pub grub. Colour photos. Hardcover, 224 pp, $45.00. Café Paradiso Seasons Denis Cotter Cork’s Café Paradiso is one of the world’s great vegetarian restaurants. Baked pumpkin, cashew and yogurt curry, savoy cabbage dolmas of wild rice, leek and eggs in truffle oil or risotto of parsnip, salsify, and sage with beet crisps please both the palate and the eye. Colour photos. Hardcover, 290 pp, $39.95. Kitchen Heaven Gordon Ramsay Using earthy ingredients such as turnip, potatoes, venison and marrow, Ramsay focuses on flavour rather than flash in recipes that allow him to demonstrate his culinary insights. Colour photos of both food and Ramsay with his adoring apprentices. Hardcover, 255 pp, $45.00. The Duchess of Devonshire's Chatsworth Cookery Book The Duchess of Devonshire If one can manage an army of household help, then one should be able to write a cookbook even if one last cooked during World War II! The author's well-honed wit Garnishes dishes that range from the nursery to the banquet table. Hardcover, 208 pp, $24.95. New Celtic Cooking Kathleen Sloan-McIntosh & Ted McIntosh Taste what the land and sea from Eastern Canada and Wales, Scotland, Ireland and the Isles of Galicia and Brittany have to offer. Gorgeous photos. Hardcover, 196 pp., $39.95.   Sophie Grigson's Country Kitchen Sophie Grigson Homey classics infused with exuberant flavours are the feature of Grigson's latest offering. 120 seasonal recipes with colour photos. Hardcover, 246 pp., $50.00. River Cottage Year Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall Another volume of tasty seasonal cuisine, full of freshness, good taste and good health. Gorgeous colour photography. Hardcover, 255pp. $39.95   Diva Cooking Victoria Blashford-Snell & Jennifer Joyce From multi-course extravaganzas to a casual buffet, the British authors show how to combine glamorous presentation with seasonal fresh with a minimum expenditure of time. 176 pp, $29.95. Recipe: Grilled Red Peppers Stuffed with Herbed Ricotta and Black-Olive Vinaigrette . Scotland on a Plate Edited By Ferrier Richardson Here's a 2001 title to finally reach our shores ó seems like the Europeans want to keep their best cooking a secret! This gorgeously photographed book includes recipes from the finest chefs across the land. The Honey Wafer Millefeuilles of Raspberries and Nectarines from Braidwoods in Ayrshire (p. 31) is so tasty and the Roast Red Pepper Souffle With Red Onion Marmalade from The Albannach in Sutherland (p. 70) is sublime. Hardcover, 263 pp., $44.95. Brit Spice Manju Malhi The best of Brit-Indi cuisine! The new author has proven that fabulous Indian dishes can be made in less time than ordering take-away. The Butter Lentils (p. 95) are DIVINE and the family's handmade spice mix on page 3 is an instant classic! Hardcover, 192 pp., $37.99.   Rosemary: Castle Cook Rosemary Shrager and Sue Gaisford "You have to eat with your eyes. You've got to use every sense when it comes to food -- you can get such pleasure out of it." Rosemary Shrager, a largely self-taught chef, sums up her philosophy on food and eating in that one statement, and her first cookbook is a testament to that philosophy. Beautifully photographed with inspired recipes, included Poached Sea Trout with Spring Vegetable. 176 pages. $50.00. Back to top

Happy Days with the Naked Chef Jamie Oliver Happy days are here again! We can all rejoice that Jamie Oliver has delivered a new book. Full of colour photos and his trademark easy to follow recipes, we enthusiastically endorse this book. Jamie's writing has evolved into a slightly more sophisticated cuisine, making this an excellent third book. $55.00. Recipe: Chocolate and Whole Orange Pudding Return of the Naked Chef Jamie Oliver The Naked Chef is back and we're all mad about the boy. The new book is full of great new recipes and fantastic colour and b &w pictures of Jamie walking, Jamie marketing, Jamie on his motor cycle, Jamie cooking, Jamie eating, Jamie fooling around with his mates. The food's there too and it's as great as he is. $55.00. Recipe: Pan-toasted almonds with a touch of chilli and sea salt. Chef For All Seasons Gordon Ramsey With Marco Pierre White in retirement, Ramsey inherits the title of Bad Boy of the British culinary scene. But like White before him, there is more than notoriety to the boy; he is one of the few chefs in London to earn two Michelin stars. These recipes, which are straightforward yet innovative, demonstrate why he deserves his acclaim. Colour. $49.95. Recipe: Apple, Prune and Butterscotch Compote. Gordon Ramsay's Passion for Seafood Gordon Ramsay Simple, yet elegant, these seafood recipes are not for the novice; but with a little effort the average cook can bring to the table a sophisticated meal that will delight the palate and the eye. Beautifully illustrated with colour photographs. Includes a section on buying and preparing seafood. $69.95.   New British Classics Gary Rhodes With his innovative use of the very best ingredients, Gary Rhodes has written the definitive book on British cookery. In addition to the recipes, a series of special features looks at the many traditions that have shaped culinary Britain. The chapter on afternoon tea and high tea is especially beguiling. Colour illustrations. $57.95. Cook at Home with Peter Gordon Peter Gordon A shining new collection of recipes by The Sugar Club's Peter Gordon. One of the more interesting new books around, with recipes which cross the sweet/savoury barrier like the apple, almond and stilton tart - to die for! $55.00.   Delia Smith's Christmas Delia Smith Delia organizes Christmas. From the basic shopping list (two full pages) to leftovers, this beautiful and practical book exorcises the ghosts of Christmas disasters past and paves the way to a delicious, delightful holiday season. Start planing now! Colour illustrations $32.95. Delia Smith's Summer Collection Delia Smith A celebration of summer with all its glorious ingredients. Delia brings new dimensions to grilling, roasting and barbecuing. The section on preserving takes the brightness of summer into the dark days of winter. Colour illustrations. $29.99.   Delia's How to Cook Book One Delia Smith In the first of two volumes Britain's First Lady of the kitchen goes back to basics: eggs, flour potatoes, rice and pasta. Practical advice from boiling an egg through bread and pastry making to cooking all kinds of rice perfectly every time. Both the beginner and the accomplished cook will find something of interest in this beautifully illustrated book. $34.95 Delia's How to Cook Book Two Delia Smith Volume Two of How to Cook takes the novice cook from staples to the basics of fish, meat, poultry, fruit and vegetables. Boning, carving, grilling and roasting are demystified and the subtleties of the well stocked larder are made clear. This book will take the beginner to new heights as well as affording new ideas for even the most accomplished cook. $34.99. Back to top

English Bread and Yeast Cookery Elizabeth David The ultimate bread book by the prima donna assoluta of the kitchen. With the elegance typical to her Elizabeth David deconstructs bread in all its incarnations. Spiced breads, muffins, buns...if it's not in here, you don't need it. Take it to the kitchen and bake or curl up in a big chair with tea and a muffin, read and enjoy! $40.00.   Real Food Nigel Slater One of our favourite cookbook authors. Nigel believes that anyone can follow a recipe and cook something delicious, and his writing, coupled with pictures of him actually cooking in his home kitchen, make you eager to cook. His recipes involve handfuls of ingredients, and these are foods you do want to dig into! Sexy stuff. This book is organized in terms of 8 ingredients that Nigel is passionate about: potatoes, chicken, sausages, garlic, bread, cheese, ice-cream and chocolate. $35.00. Appetite Nigel Slater Oh joy! Oh bliss! New Nigella, New Nigel all in one season. This time Slater devotes less space to recipes and more to theory-flavour pairings, for example, the better to expand our kitchen repertoires. Colour photos. Softcover, 448 pp. $55.00. Recipe: A winter supper to revive and restore. Hieland Foodie Clarissa Dickson Wright Food history of a northern nature. Here the surviving Fat Lady shares the history behind some of Scotland's best-known (loved?) dishes such as black bun, mince and tatties and the dreaded haggis. Hardcover, colour and b&w photos. $29.95. Nigella Bites Nigella Lawson The UK's latest, & certainly most stunning, celebrity food personality. Let the backbiting begin in earnest. There are too many author photos, too much borrowing ( but at least she cites her sources ), and what's with the trash cooking ( Elvis's infamous fried peanut butter and banana sandwich again)? However, a taste of slow-roasted pork shoulder, aromatic lamb shank stew or raspberry and lemongrass trifle will stop the critics cold. Give us more! $50.00. Recipe: Pasta with Meatballs How to be a Domestic Goddess Nigella Lawson Woman-about-the-arts and confirmed coobook addict Jane Marsland has given her stamp of approval to Nigella Lawson's Domestic Goddess based on the banana loaf.Since, like us, her previous gold standard for same was James Beard's recipe (the one without the nuts) in Beard on Bread ($21), we respect her opinion. Like the late Richard Sax, Lawson writes with the voice of a good friend offering suggestions rather than rules which must be followed because she knows best. Colour photos. How to Eat Nigella Lawson A former restaurant critic for the Spectator, current food columnist for British Vogue, a Booker Prize judge, a sidekick of Nigel Stalter, and beautiful too. Could we be more jealous? Subtitled The Pleasures and Principles of Good Food, Lawson gives us plenty to digest for the brain as well as the stomach. With chapters covering cooking in advance, feeding small children, small quantity and low-fat cooking, she has hit upon all the flash points for today's busy lives. Rather idiosyncratic photos. $70.00. Fifth Floor Cookbook Henry Harris The squeamish may be put off by some of the graphic photos in this book from the famous London fashion emporium, Harvey Nichols -- a favourite haunt of the late Diana, Princess of Wales. A meat-lovers dream, this book also offers a tempting selection of sauces and condiments. The fruit-based desserts are a bit out of the ordinary. Colour photos. $65.50. Daily Mail Modern British Cookbook Alastair Little & Richard Whittington With everything from chicken tikka to stuffed pig's trotters, all well garnished with advice, Glenfiddich Award winning authors Little and Whittington have covered all the bases for the modern cook. $45.00. Gammon & Spinach Simon Hopkinson Another Glenfiddich award winner (for his column in the Independent), Hopkinson mixes recipes for traditional English fare with an emphasis on game and offal with an occasional dip into Mediterranean and Asian cuisine. Slightly jumbled layout. Colour photos. $49.99. Scots Cooking Sue Lawrence Simple yet honest ingredients and dishes with very odd names are the foundation for traditional Scottish fare. Colour photos.192 pages. $34.95 cloth. A Yorkshire Lad Brian Turner From his father's trucker cafe to the Savoy and Claridge's, the celebrated English chef shares a slice of culinary life. Photos, colour and black and white. 256 pages. $39.95 cloth. Back to top

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