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EAT, DrInK, BAKE! M


y husband groans at this time of year as the bookshelf in the kitchen starts to warp with the


prospect of a new addition. the food & drink publishers flood the market with new arrivals ready for the christmas purchases and the old favourites are all there churning them out: mary berry, Jamie Oliver and many a ‘bake Off’ spin-off. the book I can’t resist is Plenty More by Yotam Ottolenghi (£27, Ebury Press). this is vibrant, vegetable cooking and the follow-up book to the popular Plenty. the focus is vegetarian food as a main course and the emphasis is on flavour with cooking influences from around the world.


Ottolenghi has long been


admired as an inspiration in the kitchen with numerous ideas to liven up vegetables such as the humble aubergine and beetroot. the book is interestingly split into


sections according to type of cooking; such as tossed, steamed, grilled, cracked, baked, sweetened, etc … and if you are prepared to search out the more obscure ingredient from time to time it really is a book worth tucking into. For my DrINK book I give you Gin Glorious Gin:


How Mother’s Ruin Became the Spirit of London by Olivia Williams, (£14.99, Headline). I feel the title alone says it all as the book paints the colourful and fascinating history of our favourite spirit told through the life and times of our capital city.


It’s an easy and


highly entertaining, if not scholarly, read and provides the interesting background to today’s gin craze. It’s also the ideal stocking present for any gin loving aunt or uncle full of “pacy, gleeful anecdotes and


quotes” (the telegraph). For example, did you know that the term ‘proofed’ is derived from the naval practice of mixing spirits with gunpowder to see if it still catches light, which requires a minimum Abv of 57 per cent? so that’s what they used to get up to at brNc! And so to bAKe – it’s hard to


avoid at the moment. my eye was caught by the mouthwatering cover of Patisserie Maison by richard bertinet (£20, Ebury Press). He is the French master of patisserie (a serious art form in France), now based in bath and guest chef at this


by Emma Jones


year’s Dartmouth Food Festival. He can teach you how to make the perfect galette, éclair and bavarois with his step-by-step guide which suits both the novice and the experienced home cook. And finally if you’ve had your fill of celebrity chefs and


foodie programmes you might like to take a look at the new book by chris riddell, Goth Girl and the Fete Worse Than Death (£10.99, Macmillan). It might be a children’s book but it’s also a delicious parody of the nation’s favourite celebrity chefs including characters such as Nigella sugarspoon, the Hairy Hikers and Heston Harboil who are all competing for the Ghastly-Gorm bake Off. It’s the hotly anticipated follow-up to a costa Award winner with some smashing illustrations from its author who also doubles as a political cartoonist for the Observer. And not forgetting a quick plug for BOOKS ARE MY


BAG - the nationwide campaign to celebrate bookshops, which runs from October 9th – 11th. so do pop into our ‘local’ and take a few minutes to browse around the shelves – you never know what you might find!


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