cookbook review

• 21 Bake it easy
  Market Kitchen regular Lorraine Pascale keeps cooking simple in her latest book. Baking Made Easy is the accompaniment to her recent TV series drawing on her passion for baking gained while working in...

• 22 French fancy
  Michel Roux Jr is probably a more familiar household name these days than Albert or Michel Sr due to his tv career on programmes such as Masterchef. He, however, learnt his craft from his father and uncle,...

• 23 Cookbook round up
  There are just too many noteworthy cookbooks that have come out of late that all fantastic so we thought we’d do a quick summary of our recent favourites. These are all brilliant for their own reasons...

• 24 Out of the ordinary
  As the title of Stefan Gates’ new book suggests, there is nothing ordinary about it. The Extraordinary Cookbook is a remarkable journey through Stefan’s peculiar and brilliant culinary mind....

• 25 In a stew
  You may have spotted ‘stewed!’ pots on the shelves of your local supermarket – if you haven’t they’re well worth a try instead of the usual take-away sandwich for lunch –...

• 26 Family feasts with Sarah Raven
  Food for friends and family is a seasonal guide to entertaining throughout the year packed with recipes to satisfy friends, relations, grown-ups and little ones alike. It has everything from jams for...

• 27 A mighty meaty read
  Leith’s cookery school has spawned some of the greatest names in the food world and their books are always as comprehensive as their cookery school courses. The latest guide, Leith’s Meat...

• 28 Back to basics with Bill Grainger
  Our favourite Aussie chef is back bringing his cheerful style in his new volume Bill’s Basics. In the book, Bill Grainger takes 100 classic recipes and updates them for the 21st century, making a...

• 29 Far flung food with Stevie Parle
  Stevie Parle started cooking young at just 16 and since then has worked in three of the UK’s most famous and fashionable restaurants – the River Cafe, birthplace of Jamie Oliver’s cooking...

• 30 Stevie Parle's Cherry clafoutis
  Ingredients (Serves 6) 80g plain flour salt, a pinch 200ml milk, 2 large eggs, beaten 2 tbsp caster sugar 500g fresh sweet cherries 1tbsp unsalted butter 2tbsp granulated...

• 31 Puds from a masterchef
  Gregg Wallace, host of the popular TV show Masterchef (the celeb version has just re-started on BBC1), has brought together his top desserts in his new book, Gregg’s Favourite Puddings. The former...

• 32 Best of British with Mark Hix
  Restaurateur and chef Mark Hix opened his Smithfield eatery, Hix Oyster & Chophouse in London’s famous meat market, Smithfield in 2008. It quickly garnered a reputation as one of London’s...

• 33 Get creative in the kitchen with Alice Hart
  Alice’s Cookbook by Alice Hart - Waitrose Food Illustrated’s youngest food editor is a delicious, inspiring book - you’ll ear-mark enough recipes to keep you cooking for a good long while...

• 34 Go crazy for curry with Miss Masala
  In Miss Masala, Indian cookery goddess and girl about town Mallika Basu goes from food blogging superstar to author, bringing with her her trademark no-fuss, no-nonsense approach to cooking. She demystifies...

• 35 Munch on some Mancunian Malaysian
  South-East Asian food has been in vogue for quite some time now. It's generally healthy, light, fresh, aromatic and covers a completely different set of flavours to most of the things we are used to. In...

• 36 Father of fusion takes you on an epicurean adventure
  Peter Gordon is a chef often known as the father of fusion. It's a culinary style attempted by many and which few succeed at – earning it the nickname of ‘confusion cooking’. He led...

• 37 A journey through the edible seasons of Spain
  José Pizarro made his name as the head chef at Borough Market’s famous tapas restaurant, Brindisa. In Seasonal Spanish Food he gets right to the heart of authentic Spanish cooking, sharing...

• 38 A recipe from a cookbook with a blessing
  Saha is an engaging food journey through Lebanon and Syria – a much unexplored cuisine. The title translates as ‘blessing’ which is a fitting name for such a great read. The husband...

• 39 A sweet dish from Tom Kitchin
  Tom Kitchin is Scotland's youngest Michelin starred chef and probably best known for his cooking on The Great British Menu. In his first book, From Nature to Plate, Tom has captured the essence of seasonal...

• 40 Cafe cooking with Rosie Lovell
  Rosie Lovell is a young cafe owner in buzzing Brixton market serving up all manner of good food to her regular customers. Brixton market has recently become quite the foodie mecca and Spooning with Rosie...