BOOKS


Ravneet Gill Sugar, I Love You: Knockout Recipes to Celebrate the Sweeter Things in Life Pavilion, 14th, HB, £20, 9781911663829 The pastry chef, Telegraph columnist and “Junior Bake Off” judge with a collection of sweet recipes for cakes, cheesecakes, fried delights and more, interspersed with anec- dotes and essays on such topics as “How not to be a sugar snob”.


Maunika Gowardhan Thali: A Joyful Celebration of Indian Home Cooking Hardie Grant, 28th, HB, £22, 9781784884581 The word thali refers to the way meals are eaten in India, where a mixed selection of dishes are served together on one platter. This celebration of regional Indian food contains 80 recipes designed to show how easy it is to create a thali at home.


Caroline Hennessey The Official Guinness Cookbook Titan, 5th, HB, £22.99, 9781789098174 This first official Guinness cookbook includes more than 60 recipes for dishes that feature or pair with stouts and lagers; from a creamy mint cocktail and braised short rib to a chocolate potato cake.


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Delia Owens & Mark Owens Cry of the Kalahari Corsair, 7th, HB, £20, 9781472156464


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Rowan Jacobsen Truffle Hound: On the Trail of the World’s Most Seductive Scent, with Dreamers, Schemers and Some Extraordinary Dogs Bloomsbury, 14th, HB, £20, 9781526618719 The award-winning author of The Geography of Oysters with a “revela- tory and captivating” exploration of the secret world of truffles: a terri- tory of misty woods, black market deals, obsessive chefs, quixotic scientists, muddy dogs and some of the “most memorable late night meals every created”. Published for the beginning of truffle season.


myths, geographical locations and eccentric characters who have helped make it a global obsession.


Selin Kiazim Three: Using Acid, Texture and Contrast to Redefine Your Cooking Quadrille, 28th, HB, £25, 9781787137288 London chef and “Saturday Kitchen” regular Kiazim dispenses 70 recipes divided by type of food (brassicas, fruit, cheese, eggs and more) which combine acid, texture and contrast to make “one perfect platter of delight”.


Mikkel Karstad Nordic Family Kitchen Prestel, 5th, HB, £24.99, 9783791387413 Danish chef and former culinary advisor at famed Danish restaurant NOMA, Karstad shows families how to make easy, healthy and sustainable Nordic cuisine to enjoy at the table, on the beach, in the woods, or “wherever you like to gather”. The recipes are largely meat-free.


Gordon Kerr A Short History of Coffee Oldcastle, 1st, PB, £9.99, 9780857304209 From its Ethiopian origins to the universal staple that it is today, a history of coffee, including the legends,


Edd Kimber One Tin Bakes Easy: Foolproof Cakes, Traybakes, Bars and Bites from Gluten-Free to Vegan and Beyond Kyle, 14th, HB, £17.99, 9780857839787 “One tin, 70 bakes— baking just got even easier” says the first winner of “The Great British Bake Off”, dispens- ing further ideas for bakes made in one bowl or with five ingredients, as well as popular options for vegan, gluten-free and no-bake treats.


Sally MacColl & Bob Dewar (illus) The Tobermory Seafood Bible Birlinn, 7th, PB, £4.99, 9781780277547 The latest in Birlinn’s cookery bible series is written by the co-owner of the Tobermory Fish Company and contains 50 seafood recipes featuring produce from the waters around Mull.


James Martin Butter: Sweet and Savoury Recipes Using My Favourite Ingredient Quadrille, 14th, HB, £22, 9781787138223 The TV chef presents 100 recipes which major on butter; from savoury delights such as butter- poached lobster and Dover Sole meunière to rhubarb custard bread and butter pudding.


Clodagh McKenna In Minutes: Simple and Delicious Recipes to Make in 10, 20 or 30 Minutes Kyle, 28th, HB, £20, 9781914239083 The recipe book by “Ireland’s answer to Martha Stewart” is inspired by the consider- ation of how much time you have in your schedule to cook today, and majors on flavourful, speedy recipes that you can cook from start to finish in half an hour or less.


Kara Mickelson Friends: The Official Central Perk Cookbook Titan, 5th, HB, £22.99, 9781789098501 From appetisers and small bites to drinks and desserts, this official “Friends” cookbook features iconic treats from the show’s Central Perk Café.


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A Cheesemonger’s Compendium of British and Irish Cheese Profile, 7th, HB, £14.99, 9781788167154 The author of the top- selling A Cheesemonger’s History of the British Isles returns with a compendium of 150 of


the finest cheeses from across the British Isles. He also explains how to buy your cheese like a monger, how to cut and store it, and how best to match it with drinks. Also includes a “brilliantly illustrated gazetteer”.


including speedy 15 and 30-minute meal ideas, one-pot recipes, dishes to prep and plan ahead for, recipes to batch cook and freeze, and more.


Vina Patel From Gujarat with Love: 100 Authentic Indian Vegetarian & Vegan Recipes Pavilion, 14th, HB, £20, 9781911663867 The cuisine of the west coast of India is celebrated through these recipes, which adopt the region’s “explosive” combination of sweet, spicy and sour flavours, from salads and raitas to rice and khichdi.


Antoni Porowski Let’s Do Dinner Bluebird, 14th, HB, £22, 9781529074437 This second cookbook from the “Queer Eye” star contains his “exuberantly easy” dinners for every night of the week, from pulled chicken nachos and pan-fried steak with harissa butter to a vegan grain bowl.


Donal Skehan Everyday Cook: Vibrant Recipes, Simple Methods, Delicious Dishes Hodder, 14th, HB, £25, 9781529368925 Skehan’s 10th cookbook offers recipes for simpli- fied and doable classics,


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For fans of Where the Crawdads Sing, a reissue of a 1986 memoir Owens wrote with her then partner, Mark Owens, which charts their time researching wildlife in the Kalahari Desert. They lived there for seven years, in an unex-


plored area with no roads, no people and no source of water for thousands of square miles. She describes their life with the lions, hyenas, jackals, giraffes and the many other creatures they came to know. The book won numerous awards on its first publication: for the first time, this new edition is illustrated with colour photographs from the authors’ archives.


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Rachel Riley At Sixes and Sevens: Numbers and Maths Made Easy HarperCollins, 28th, HB, £14.99, 9780008491079


Ruby Tandoh Cook As You Are: Recipes for Real Life, Hungry Cooks and Messy Kitchens Serpent’s Tail, 7th, PB, £19.99, 9781788167529 “You don’t have to be an aspiring chef for your food to be delectable or for cooking to be a delight.” Beautifully illustrated but totally unprecious- sounding recipe book for real home cooks; including those who “juggle babies or have long commutes”.


Tara Theoharis Tomb Raider: The Official Cookbook and Travel Guide Titan, 26th, HB, £22.99, 9781789098792 Inspired by the hit Tomb Raider video game franchise, a collection of 40 recipes from the many locations Lara Croft visits and explores across the globe, along with a cultural history of the included places.


Heather Thomas The Squash and Pumpkin Cookbook Ebury, 14th, HB, £9.99, 9781529148046 From spicy chutneys and hearty soups and curries, to light, refresh- ing salads and delicious bakes, more than 50 “gourd-geous” recipes using the autumnal produce that are squashes and pumpkins.


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Do you know your isosceles from your equilateral? Your fractions from your percentages? And who was this Pythagoras guy anyway? In this “brilliant, well-rounded” guide full of working examples, quirky trivia and puzzles to try, the maths whizz and resident “Countdown” mathematician aims to take us back to the basics, build our understanding of maths, and help us gain confidence in our numerical abilities.


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