Happy World Cup kick off day to football fans around the globe! The FIFA World Cup runs from June 11 - July 19, and is this time hosted by sixteen cities across the US, Canada and Mexico. It will be the first World Cup to be hosted by three nations, and the first to include 48 teams, rather than the previous 32. A truly global event, we anticipate viewing parties far and wide, and many an for a sport-fuelled feast.
Read MoreWe have a trio of books hot off the press and newly added to ckbk to freshen up your outdoor mealtimes. Barbecue chef Tony Ramirez draws influence from his Cajun and Filipino heritage, which is reflected in his book Backyard BBQ with Fire and Spice. Chinese-Malay BBQ chef and restaurateur Winnie Yee has released her debut cookbook, Chinese-American Barbecue. Finally, food writer, recipe developer and BBQ expert Brad Prose has combined two of his food obsessions to create Epic BBQ Sandwiches.
Read Moreckbk co-founder Matt Cockerill speaks to Yvette Zuniga Jemison, whose IACP award-winning cookbook My South Texas Kitchen (described by the author as "a tribute to the home cooking of multiple generations of my Mexican-American family"), is now available on ckbk.
Read MoreZarela Martinez is one of the US’s leading authorities on Mexican cuisine and currently co-hosts the podcast Cooking in Mexican From A to Z on the Heritage Radio Network with her son Aarón Sánchez.
Zarela’s Veracruz, was published in 2001, and was accompanied by a 13-part PBS TV series. In this edited extract from the original book proposal, the author describes how she came to write about the cuisine of this region, a bustling modern area of Mexico which contrasts in many ways with Oaxaca, the subject of her previous cookbook.
Celebrate Passover with four fresh takes on matzo with recipes from Mexico, India, Hungry, and Greece.
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