Scrandemonium
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A collection of our favourite cookbooks, food writers and fiction filled with feasts.
Recommended by Gayle
‘Few things have made me feel as hungry as I felt while reading this book. Tiny Moons explores the connections between food, language, inheritance and belonging, and contains a dangerous number of delicious descriptions of dumplings.’
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**New for 2021: celebrate the life and legacy of the inimitable food writer with WORLD TRAVEL, Bourdain's guide to the global food scene, compiled by his long-time assistant and cookbook co-author**…
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WINNER AT THE FORTNUM & MASON FOOD AND DRINK AWARDS 2026…
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Vittles #3: The Influencers IssueA magazine about who influences the way we eatWith the talented contributions of:Stephen Buranyi, Hester van Hensbergen, Vaughn Tan, Ozoz Sokoh, Nigel Slater, Jonathan Lovekin, Rob Martinez, Helen Cho,…
Recommended by Claire:
‘The Odyssey! Mrs. Beeton! Refusing the recipe! Tomato sauce! Winnicott’s sausage! Small Fires from Vittles co-editor Rebecca May Johnson is an inventive, capacious, radical and – most importantly – generous book. Gorgeous!’
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**A 2025 book to look out for by the Guardian and Sunday Times**'Bee Wilson is one of my favourite writers and this may be her best book' CHRIS VAN TULLEKENThis strikingly original account from award-winning food writer Bee Wilson…
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A Book of the Year in the Daily Mail, Independent, The Times & Sunday TimesFinalist for the Guild of Food Writers Food Book Award 2021'Sharp, rich and superbly readable... Fascinating' Sunday Times'Utterly delicious' Observer'Superb'…
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'Not just an elegant love letter to the anchovy, but the only book you'll ever need on one of the world's greatest ingredients' Tom Parker Bowles'A gloriously geeky, deeply researched and hugely entertaining journey that gives this small…
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'As ferociously rude as anything Bourdain has done before' Guardian'Terrific ... His love for his subjects - both the food and the cook - sings' Telegraph'Bourdain has insight, access and good taste, and he's a naturally engaging writer'…
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'Terrific ... His love for his subjects - both the food and the cook - sings' Telegraph'Christ, could Bourdain weave words ... The guy wrote like a poet' GuardianA celebration of the life and legacy of one of the most important food writers…
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Vegetarian recipes celebrating the food of Palestine, from the co-author of Falastin, Jerusalem and Ottolenghi: The Cookbook.A homage to Palestinian food and culture, Boustany, is the first solo cookbook from Sami…
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'I have yet to meet anyone who hasn't adored this book' Nigella Lawson'Absolutely not to be missed' Spectator'Like all great food writing, The Man Who Ate Everything celebrates much more than the journey from plate to palate . . . An…
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'Brutto is actually bellissimo. A perfect cookbook for lovers of true Tuscan food.Simply brilliant.'- STANLEY TUCCIBrutto ma buono - ugly but good. This is the food of Florence - rigorously simple, few ingredients, exceptionally…
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Bethlehem is a celebration of Palestinian food and culture from one of the area’s most dynamic chefs and a portrait of one of the most storied cities in the world.Franco-Palestinian chef Fadi Kattan celebrates the hidden parts of…
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‘An oyster leads a dreadful but exciting life.’The celebrated American food writer M. F. K. Fisher pays tribute to that most delicate and enigmatic of foods: the oyster. She tells of oysters found in stews and soups, roasted,…
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‘ An easy, honest, delicious win’ Yotam Ottolenghi‘Clever, delicious, heartfelt and wholesome’ Jamie OliverAward-winning and bestselling cook Anna Jones gives her golden rules for easy wins in the kitchen…
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'A beautiful book: compellingly written, tender and thoughtful' Ruby Tadoh'A warm, incandescent memoir about identity, food, family, relationships' Annie Lord'The type of book that I would buy for friends on repeat' Ravneet GillGrowing up…
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‘A beautifully written instant classic that is every bit as exuberant and delicious as the man himself!’ Nigella Lawson‘This is already a classic’ Fergus Henderson‘One of the most beautiful cookery books I have…
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From award-winning and acclaimed chef Jeremy Lee, a new seasonal cookbook on the day-to-day kitchening of good food.In this follow-up to the multi-award-winning Cooking, Jeremy shows you how to make the most of local produce while finding…
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A deliciously moreish collection of the 100 finest pieces of writing on food, glorious food.In this big, beautiful anthology, award-winning writers Kate Young and Ella Risbridger present you with their ultimate fantasy dinner party. Here…
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Translated by Jamie RichardsRosa, midway through life, is alone. Her husband passed away long ago, and her cosmopolitan daughter is already out the door, keen to marry and move to the city. At loose ends, Rosa decides to transplant…
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A delightful book about Italy's unexpected history, told through its citrus fruitsThe story of citrus runs through the history of Italy like a golden thread, and by combining travel writing with history, recipes, horticulture and art,…
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From an acclaimed cultural critic, a story of how and why we eat, and the relationship between food and empowerment. Told through the historic feasts and fasts of radicals and tyrants, from the Suffragettes to the Black Panthers, early…
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GRANTA BEST OF YOUNG BRITISH NOVELISTSFrom the Booker Prize-nominated author of The Water Cure comes a chilling new feminist fable based on the true story of an unsolved mystery . . .'A shimmering fever-dream of a…
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Sister Perpetue is not to move. She is not to fall asleep. She is to sit, keeping guard over the patient’s room. She has heard the stories of his hunger, which defy belief: that he has eaten all manner of creatures and objects. A…
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Part of the beauty of the art of cooking is that it involves transience, making something delightful that then vanishes, and that in turn involves cherishing the time we spend on perfecting a dish. Cooking yourself something delicious is…
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'The Book of St John is too witty to be a manifesto, but it is a sturdy invocation of the need for comfort, generosity and ritual at the table. And it is a gurglingly delightful compendium of - quite simply - delicious ideas and stories'…
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'A magical, tender, revealing, rude, honest, very funny and very vulnerable book . . . will be read and talked about for a long time' BILL BUFORD'Engrossing, fearless and ultimately very moving' JAY McINERNEY'Moving and…
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She is a curator, who spends her time dressing the rooms of historic buildings to bring them to life. But in the lush private quarters of a medieval palace, she finds herself so transfixed by the reign of an almost-forgotten King that the…
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Fergus Henderson caused something of a sensation when he opened his restaurant St John in London in 1995. Set in a former smokehouse near Smithfield meat market, its striking, high-ceilinged white interior provides a dramatic setting for…
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In her new cookbook, Michèle Roberts casts her net further afield with handpicked recipes adapted from an array of historical and personal sources. Containing over 170 recipes, many of them introduced with the author’s…
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