Newsletter: 🧑‍🍳 The influential chef Shaun Hill in profile + how to harness spice and smoke 🔥🌶️

“The concept is Thai curry meets Texas barbecue, but at its core, Curry Boys is the beautiful amalgamation of three individuals, our unique perspectives, and ultimately, our expression of what we enjoy smoking, cooking, and eating! And honestly, that is what we want you to take away from this book: to unapologetically be yourself when it comes to smoking and barbecuing. As long as you respect the craft and the cultures, you’re free to make the food your own.” Sean Wen, co-founder and co-owner of Curry Boys BBQ

ckbk newsletterckbkApril 9, 2026Radishes, Cheese, Cake, Patisserie

Newsletter: 🍰 Let’s bake! + Parsi recipes to celebrate the Spring equinox🥘

‘The first thing to understand is that baking requires technique, attention to detail, and respect for processes. Talking about confectionery, small details make a huge difference in the final result.’ Luciana Corrêa

ckbk newsletterckbkMarch 19, 2026Parsi, Navroze, Nowruz, Niloufer Mavalvala, Cake, Radicchio

15 Top Technical Tips for Baking a Cake

Pastry chef Luciana Corrêa has scoured ckbk’s collection of baking titles for top tips from experienced bakers to help you reliably achieve the best results with your cakes. Read below for her 15 key tips for cake making, and watch out for more culinary tips in future articles in this series.

EducationSusan LowMarch 19, 2026Baking, Cake, Luciana Correa

An introduction to... Cake

In this fourth installment of our ongoing series offering introductions to major areas of cooking, São Paulo-based pastry chef Luciana Corrêa explores a subject very close to her heart—the wonderful world of cake!

Discover ckbkSusan LowJanuary 26, 2026Cake, Chocolate cake, An introduction to..., Luciana Correa

Authentic Brazilian Cuisine: From Brigadeiro to Cocada – The Sweet Side of Brazil

Following up her earlier ckbk feature on Brazil’s savory traditions, chef and cookbook enthusiast Luciana Corrêa now looks at the sweet dishes—making use of a wide range of tropical ingedients— which are every bit as central to Brazil’s cuisine.

Newsletter: 🍰 The best cakes in the world + how to personalize ckbk for you 📚

‘If I knew you were coming I’d have baked a cake…’ As the song says, sometimes a cake is the very thing. A cake says celebration like few other foods, and baking a cake for someone always says something special. Which is why we can never have enough cake books, and are extremely excited to get baking from World’s Best Cakes: 250 Great Cakes from Raspberry Genoise to Chocolate Kugelhopf—by Roger Pizey and newly added to ckbk.

ckbk newsletterckbkFebruary 27, 2025Cake

Newsletter: 🥖🍞 A guide to good bread + two newly published books – The Spice Collector's Cookbook and Everybody Loves Chocolate 🍩

Everybody loves chocolate – we couldn’t agree more! In her new book Everybody Loves Chocolate: Delicious Recipes from Around the World, Australia-born food writer Jennifer Donovan takes an enthusiastic journey through Europe, Asia Pacific, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa, gathering chocolate goodness along the way. There is a chocolate recipe here for every person and every mood.

ckbk newsletterckbkNovember 15, 2024Thanksgiving, Swede, Rutabaga, Bundt, Cake

Newsletter: 📚🥕 Pay a visit to Gjelina + Take a culinary tour with Fiona Dunlop

We are thrilled to bring you Gjelina: Cooking from Venice, California. New to ckbk, the book is written by Gjelina’s chef Travis Lett. Filled with great photography of their Venice Beach location, the Gjelina team, and the amazing produce the chefs work with.

ckbk newsletterckbkJuly 21, 2024Gjelina, Fiona Dunlop, Cake, Ice cream

Newsletter: Cooking for health with Prue Leith and the NHS + the glory of cake tins

“When you are ill, the food you eat can be of tremendous importance... The food that arrives can make the difference between a good day and a bad day. More than that, it can also help in aiding a quicker recovery because food heals and gives us energy, the energy we need to get better.” Prue Leith. Introducing The Healthcare Chef’s Knowledge.

ckbk newsletterckbkMay 10, 2024Prue Leith, NHS, Healthy, Chefs, Baking, Cake

Consuming Passions: Cake Tins

Consuming Passions don’t have to be about ingredients – there are plenty of other items in the kitchen that can stoke fires of passion. We asked Sydney-based food writer Jill Dupleix to tell us more about her consuming passion for… cake tins.

Consuming passionsSusan LowMay 8, 2024Jill Dupleix, Baking, Cake, Cake tins, Madeleines, Muffins, Bundt

Newsletter: Raise a glass to World Gin Day + your chance to win a copy of Ethiopian cookbook Tekebash & Saba

Newly published, and new to ckbk, Tekebash & Saba: Recipes from the Horn of Africa is an exciting new addition to our Africa bookshelf. In this beautifully illustrated book, restaurateur Saba Alemayoh recounts personal and political histories of Tigray, the northernmost state of Ethiopia. It is a compelling read about her mother Tekebash Gebre’s life through food, and her own journey to the opening of her Melbourne restaurant in 2015.

ckbk newsletterckbkJune 9, 2023Africa, Gin, Blueberries, Cake

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