These are the cookbooks and food books that have most inspired me in 2024. And, yes, they make excellent Christmas presents.

Part 1 of my pick of new cookbooks and food books from spring and summer 2024.

Every year I think, Surely there can't be as many brilliant books published as there was last year – but every year I'm impressed by the...

A California-based journalist contacted me recently for quotes for a piece he was researching on the British food scene. “How much has...

2022 was a brilliant year for cookbooks. In terms of quality, range, depth and sheer ‘interestingness’, there was so much talent out...

The best cookbooks are the ones that make you think. The good ones might introduce you to a new cuisine, take you away to a different...

The postman brought me this beautiful new book by @zuzazakcooks the other morning. I couldn't resist stealing a few moments and poring...

Once in a while, a book comes across your desk that makes you think: Genius! This handsome cookbook from Georgina Hayden is one of those....

"I want to put Eliza back on the stage where I think she belongs," says Annabel Abbs, author of the just-published (February 3)...

I suspect no one’s going to argue with me when I say that 2021 left some room for improvement. It’s been a tough year for so many people,...

This beautiful book by Lucy Brazier and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall was published in mid-October, and I’ve been slowly dipping in and...

But that's advice I ignore. I figure, if I can't try out new dishes, recipes and flavours on my friends, then who can I try them out on?...

This book isn't out until October 14 but I was lucky enough to be sent and advance copy. And what a book... I often say that I'm not a...

If you're a cookbook lover like me, chances are that you have certain books that you just wouldn't part with. You might not cook from...

When you're a food writer, people are always wanting to know which food books you'd recommend. The Settler's Cookbook by Yasmin...

I’d been anticipating the arrival of this book, the third from Yasmin Khan, for months – and it has been worth the wait. Before she took...

This beautiful book arrived the other day and I’m finding it hard to put down. It’s written by Boston (US)-based photographer and ...