BOOKS
With René Redzepi, the World’s Greatest Chef Icon, 3rd, HB, £16.99, 9781785785856 Gordinier is a New York Times food critic, and Redzepi is the Danish chef-owner of Noma, the “best restaurant in the world”. This is an account of their four-year culinary adventure, which took them from the Yucatán jungle to idyllic Sydney beaches in search of new flavours and recipes. “Anthony Bourdain meets Michael Palin,” says Icon.
Fergus Henderson & Trevor Gulliver The Book of St John: Still a Kind of British Cooking Ebury, 3rd, HB, £30, 9781529103212 A 25th anniversary cele- bration of the Smithfields restaurant, famed for nose-to-tail eating and being a pioneer in zero- waste cooking. It features all of St John’s most-loved recipes, comprehen- sive menus and wine recommendations.
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of convivial, hedonist cocktail-drinking to everyone, not just earnest mixologists.
healthy, ready-to-eat meals to take the “what’s for dinner?” worry out of our busy days. Step one is prepping your protein, step two teaches you to batch and stash, and step three puts it all together in different combinations.
Alex Johnson & Vincent Franklin Menus That Made History: From the First Meal in Space to the Last Dinner on the Titanic Kyle, 3rd, HB, £14.99, 9780857835284 Each menu in this absorb- ing collection provides an insight into a particular historical moment, from the typical food on offer in a 19th-century workhouse, to the opulence of George IV’s gargantuan corona- tion dinner. François Mitterrand has plummeted in my estimation for eating ortolans at his last dinner.
Signe Johansen Spirited: The Joy of Drinks Bluebird, 17th, HB, £14.99, 9781509860579 This book of 50 cocktail recipes from the author of the excellent Solo: The Joy of Cooking for One is “flavour-focused with a feminist angle” and aims to open up the field
Current affairs
David Lammy Tribes Constable, 3rd, HB, £20, 9781472128737
One to Watch
The MP for Tottenham is one of Parliament’s most prominent campaigners for social justice, whether in the face of the “Windrush”
scandal, or at the forefront of the fight for justice for the Grenfell Tower families. Tribes is partly a memoir of his journey about becoming a politician via Harvard Law School (the first black Briton to study there) and practising as a barrister. But it is also a call-to-arms which explores both the benign and the malign effects of our need to belong; and how, in recent times, globalisation and digitisation have led to new, more pernicious kinds of tribalism. It sounds essential reading.
Judy Joo Judy Joo’s Korean Soul Food White Lion, 8th, HB, £22, 9780711242104 More than 100 recipes for comfort food that get straight to the heart and soul of the Korean cook- ing. Acclaimed chef Joo has two TV shows in the offing: one on the Food Network, one on Netflix.
Sally O’Neill The Fit Foodie Meal Prep Plan Murdoch, 3rd, PB, £16.99, 9781911632221 This three-step meal prepping guide aims to give you a fridge full of
Home-Cooked Meals Transformed by Michelin- Starred Expertise Hodder, 17th, HB, £25, 9781529325430 Ramsay’s new recipe collection aims to provide us with the recipes for making chef-quality food without spending hours in the kitchen. A new six-part series of his travel and cookery show with Gino D’Acampo and Fred Sirieix airs this autumn.
Ned Palmer
A Cheesemonger’s History of the British Isles Profile, 31st, HB, £16.99, 9781788161183 I much enjoyed what I’ve read of this culinary jour- ney to uncover the histo- ries of old favourites like Cheddar and Wensleydale and fresh innovations like the Irish Cashel Blue or the rambunctious Renegade Monk. Along the way we learn the craft and culture of cheesemaking from the eccentric, engaging char- acters who have revived and reinvented farmhouse and artisan traditions
Matt Pritchard Dirty Vegan Book 2 Mitchell Beazley, 3rd, HB, £20, 9781784726300 The presenter of BBC cookery show “Dirty Vegan” returns with 80 more recipes which show how easy and cheap it can be to go vegan, and how the right nutrition can help you perform better in all areas of life.
Gordon Ramsay Gordon Ramsay’s Good Foot Fast: 30-Minute
Lauren Shockey Hangover Helper: Delicious Cures From Around the World Hardie Grant, 3rd, HB, £12, 9781784882594 Fifty worldwide recipes for the morning after the night before, from Kongnamul Gukbap (a hangover soup from South Korea) to a Francesinha (a meaty, cheesy Portuguese sandwich).
A History of Tonic Water Kew Publishing, HB, £18, 9781842466896 Most attractive gift book on the history of tonic water, including cocktail recipes both alcoholic and non, and illustrated with historical artwork and photographs.
Marcus Wareing Marcus Everyday HarperCollins, 31st, HB, £20, 9780008320997 The Michelin-starred chef and judge on “Masterchef: The Professionals” goes back to his roots with go-to home cooked dishes. The eight chapters include relaxed Weekday Suppers, as well as recipes to help you rustle up a treat of a supper when you’re home alone; or you can cleverly put what’s left at the back of your fridge to good use in the Waste Not Want Not section.
such as Pleasure and Pain Soup (made with nettles).
Nino Zoccali Venetian Republic Murdoch, 3rd, HB, £20, 9781911632085 This enticing-looking cookbook is part culinary journey, part cookbook: it weaves authentic recipes with personal stories and cultural insights from the Adriatic region once known as the Venetian Republic.
Gardening
Sue Telford How to Drink Gin: How to Taste It, Mix It, Master It Red Door, HB, £12.99, 9781913062002 Practical, cookery-style book which explains how gin is made, profiles the key botanicals, shows how to build your own gin cabinet, make simple and effective garnishes, and master a few classic gin cocktails along the way.
Kim Walker & Mark Nesbitt Just the Tonic:
Humour & gift books
Richard Littler The Scarfolk Annual Collins, 17th, HB, £12.99, 9780008307011
One to Watch
The satirical world of Scarfolk has a cult and growing social media follow- ing, with its bizarreness beloved by the likes of Cory Doctorow and Mark
Gatiss. Harking back to a pre-political correct- ness era (“UKIP voters might not see the irony”), it has also been described as a “dystopic vision of an England that would have given Orwell the heebie-jeebies”. This facsimile of a book “discovered in a charity shop” is the only “complete artefact from the quaint north-western town of Scarfolk ever to be unearthed”. Its tone and style will be especially pertinent post-Brexit, I’m told, and it feels like a dark, dark horse to me.
Valentine Warner The Consolation of Food: A Cook’s Approach to Finding Joy and Hope in Difficult Times Pavilion, 3rd, HB, £20, 9781911624035 The food writer and cook with a wonderfully consoling collection of stories with 75 recipes, to read and make in troubled times, compiled after the death of his father. It’s less a cookbook and more a reflective memoir, punctu- ated by food suggestions
Isabel Bannerman Scent Magic: Notes from a Gardener Pimpernel Press, 3rd, HB, £30, 9781910258491 Chelsea gold medal- winning gardener with a “beautifully written, highly personal” account of the gardening year, in which she immerses the reader in the luscious smells of the fragrant garden, and provides a reference of the best aromatic plants to grow throughout the seasons. Foreword by Richard E Grant.
Helen Bostock RHS: How Can I Help Hedgehogs? A Gardener’s Collection of Inspiring Ideas for Welcoming Wildlife Mitchell Beazley, 3rd, HB, £14.99, 9781784726218 More than 100 ideas for helping all kinds of wildlife thrive in your garden, from
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