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Newsletter: 🥨 German Heritage Baking is our December cookbook of the month + you share your foodie gift ideas 🎁

Born near Frankfurt in Germany, Heidrun Metzler’s childhood was gloriously flavored by the delicious baking of her mother, aunt and grandmother. Traditional German baking, recipes handed down through generations, and with a careful balance of sweetness, of nuts and dried fruits and buttery goodness, were a constant and a joy. After she moved to the US in 1978, and began her journey to becoming a food writer and educator, recreating those bakes, and helping others to understand and achieve fine results with her recipes, became central to her work

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Newsletter: 🍝 Fred Plotkin on his passion for pasta + recipes galore for Thanksgiving and Stir Up Sunday 🎄

For those of us longing to be festive, we officially announce that Christmas prep is on! In Great Britain the last Sunday before advent is Stir Up Sunday—November 24 this year. A Victorian tradition, this is the day to make those Christmas treats that need to be made well ahead—such as Christmas pudding, fruitcake, and the mincemeat for mince pies. Several weeks of maturing and being ‘fed’ regularly with spirits ensures they are at their tip top best when the time to serve them comes around.

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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.

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Newsletter: 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓 ckbk in education - training the next generation + Scotland’s finest on publication day!🎉

After a decade at the forefront of the Edinburgh dining scene working under Tom Kitchin, Roberta Hall-McCarron and husband Shaun opened their first venue together.

Now, with flagship The Little Chartroom, sister restaurant Eleanore, and wine bar Ardfern, they run a culinary mini-empire in the Scottish capital’s quiet outpost of Leith.

You may also know Roberta and her exceptional food from her two appearances on Great British Menu. We are extremely pleased to bring you The Changing Tides, Roberta’s first cookbook, on publication day.

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🍁🌞 Seasonal cooking, wherever you are in the world + the culinary magnificence of dates

Those of us in the Northern hemisphere are starting to feel the cold, and yearn for warming stews, and hearty suppers. But depending on where you are in the world, cooking for the coming season could mean a very different thing indeed. Perhaps you are just venturing outside, for grills and fresh sunshine-soaked days. Wherever you are, our trio of new books have something for you.

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Newsletter: 🦐 Mastering fish & seafood cookery + celebrating curries for National Curry Week 🍛

Ramona Andrews speaks to JBF and IACP award-winning chef John Ash about his most recent book on seafood, and his passion for cooking with top-quality locally source ingredients. Plus, when it comes to curry, ckbk offers a breathtaking international selection. Celebrate National Curry Week with one of almost 5000 curry recipes on ckbk...

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Newsletter: 🥘Take a culinary tour of Andalucia + let’s get baking this autumn! 🍰

“My starting-point was an investigation into the culinary legacy of nearly 800 years of Muslim Al-Andalus, therefore historical; secondly I wanted to reflect contemporary Andalucian cooking in typical restaurants; thirdly I wanted to interweave travelogue to give a sense of a personal journey across this magical, diverse land, and fourthly I needed to introduce my own story. Because why should I, an Englishwoman, be writing about Andalucia?” 

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🍂Fall flavors + authentic Japanese cooking for all 🍜

Mid-September is a time of change. Summer is still vivid in our memories. Some days still hold its warmth, the farm and garden are still bountiful. And yet winter is now on the horizon. How do we make the most of autumnal plenty, eating well for the season, and preserving some of that bounty for the sparser months to come? Focus on the current harvests, and brush up on your jam-making and pickling skills.

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Newsletter: 🌽 Mexican family recipes with a Texan twist + set your preferred units (US or metric) ⚖️

“When previous generations of my family moved from Mexico into Texas they had to cook with American ingredients, however, they continued to use their Mexican culinary knowledge and techniques. This organic fusion of cooking, which is unique to the border region of Texas, is a cuisine in and of itself.” Yvette Zuniga Jemison

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Newsletter: 😎 Late summer cooking + Remembering the legendary Michel Guérard 🧑‍🍳

As August nods towards September, the US looks towards the Labor Day weekend, the UK prepares for a Bank Holiday, and summer holidays draw to a close. A time for eking the most from those remaining days of leisure, and hopefully of sunshine. We want good things to eat, that don’t take too much effort, and that make the most of the late summer harvest.

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Newsletter: 🌽🥕Vedge-tables galore + the teenager cooking us healthy

Newly added to ckbk, Vedge is perfectly described by the book’s subtitle ‘100 plates, large and small, that redefine vegetable cooking’. Philadelphia natives, and James Beard nominated chefs, Kate Jacoby and Rich Landau opened their restaurant Vedge in 2011 in Central City Philadelphia, as a place to center seasonal local ingredients and global flavors. 

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