Newly live on ckbk on publication day Egypt: Recipes and Stories from an Ancient Land is a gorgeously written book, an invitation to enter into Egyptian culinary heritage and its home kitchens, explore, try, and savor dishes from one of the world’s oldest civilizations now adapted for the modern cook.
Read MoreSaturday 17th October 2026 will see the second annual edition of the Serve it Forth online festival of food history. Food history is a key part of ckbk’s offering, with the website including cookbooks from every era, and many books devoted to the subject of food history. Below, the team behind Serve it Forth share their personal favorite historic cookbooks from ckbk’s collection.
Read MoreDiscover Jo Pratt’s family friendly cooking in her bestselling cookbooks, or take a leap into the culinary unknown with The Curious Cookbook, a compilation of unusual recipes from across the ages, published by The British Library.
Read MoreFood historian Annie Gray is a familiar to many through her regular appearances on BBC Radio 4’s The Kitchen Cabinet. Annie has a passion for cookbooks, the older and more eclectic the better, and we are proud to have several of her own cookbooks on ckbk, including The Official Downton Abbey Cookbook and How to Cook the Victorian Way with Mrs Crocombe. Annie’s most recent cookbook, At Christmas We Feast which was added to ckbk this week, looks at the culinary traditions and mythologies which mark the festive season.
Read MoreThe British Library hosts an annual Food Season of talks on food writing and food history. This year the Food Season is happening online and we have 20 free tickets to give away.
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