Nawal Nasrallah is an Iraqi-born food writer, food historian, English-language scholar, and translator. She is author of ‘Delights from the Garden of Eden,’ a leading text on Iraqi food, ancient and modern. We quizzed Nawal about her research and her love of cookbooks, and about her upcoming talk at the British Library Food Season.
Read MoreAnn Reardon’s baking-focused YouTube Channel ‘How to Cook That’ has almost 5 million subscribers, so her debut cookbook, Crazy Sweet Creations (published in July 2021 ) was hotly anticipated. We spoke to Ann about her book, her path to becoming a YouTube cooking sensation, and some of the challenges that creators face on channels dominated by AI algorithms seeking maximum clicks.
Read MoreAnnabel Abbs’s new novel (Miss Eliza’s English Kitchen in the US and The Language of Food in the UK) tells the story of Eliza Acton, author of the ground-breaking Victorian cookbook Modern Cookery for Private Families (1845).
Abbs’s novel explores the creativity and joy of cooking and aims to bring Acton out of the archives and back into the public eye. The book is being made into a television miniseries by CBS in the US by Stampede Ventures, which will give Acton and her work some well-deserved limelight.
Read MoreJohn Gregory-Smith’s cookbooks Mighty Spice Cookbook and Mighty Spice Express Cookbook, both new to ckbk, are an ode to the world of spices, which has motivated his global meanderings through the years. We spoke to John about his food-writing inspiration, and the key spices that cooks should have on hand to cook Middle Eastern dishes.
Read MoreRuth Nieman’s new book, Freekeh, Wild Wheat & Ancient Grains, now on ckbk, has won critical acclaim, as did her previous book, The Galilean Cookbook. We asked Ruth about her culinary inspiration, her circuitous route to food writing, and her on-the-ground research into ancient grains.
Read MoreElisabeth Luard is one of Britain’s most revered and prolific food writers. As we welcome her classic A Cook’s Year in a Welsh Farmhouse to ckbk, we take the opportunity to talk to her about her Christmas traditions and what she plans to write next.
Read MoreSharon talks to ckbk about her influential cookbook, Growing Up in a Nonya Kitchen, written in memory of her mother, and explains the intricacies of Peranakan food culture – and why every recipe is worth saving.
Read MoreBad Girl Bakery by Jeni Iannetta will be published on November 4 – and we have a sneak preview, including a Q&A with the author, and a recipe for some very special muffins.
Read MoreFor more than 30 years, David Moore’s Michelin-starred restaurant Pied à Terre has served some of the best food in London. Pied à Terre: Celebrating 30 years tells the story of the restaurant through the decades and includes recipes for many of its best-loved dishes. To mark the book’s arrival on ckbk, we spoke to restaurateur David Moore, who looks back on the restaurant’s history and the making of the book.
Read MoreTessa Kiros talks to ckbk about her culinary influences and the inspiration behind her cookbooks, from her Finnish-Greek Cypriot background, to the Famous Five and Elizabeth David.
Read MoreJournalist and broadcaster Yasmin Alibhai-Brown is a commentator on diversity, politics, human rights, and multiculturalism. She spoke to ckbk about her 2008 memoir, The Settler’s Cookbook: A Memoir of Love, Migration, and Food. The book weaves together personal and family stories with recipes, creating a moving account of the East African Asian diaspora experience.
Read MoreChef and restaurateur Denis Cotter opened Café Paradiso in Cork, Ireland, in 1993. It’s been in business for 28 years – a huge achievement in such a fickle industry – and still wins plaudits for doing things differently. The restaurant is closed because of the pandemic, giving Denis time to talk to ckbk about Paradiso’s past, its present – and what the post-pandemic future may hold for restaurants.
Read MorePrue Leith, a presenter of The Great British Bake Off, has partnered with her niece, Peta Leith, a professional pastry chef, to write The Vegetarian Kitchen. Kerstin Rodgers interviewed the pair over Zoom about their collaboration, how they handled lockdown, friendship with food-writing legends Mary Berry and Elizabeth David, and what life is really like in the Bake Off tent.
Read MoreThe Seafood Shack: Food & Tales from Ullapool by Kirsty Scobie and Fenella Renwick was published on November 3rd. The book, including all 91 recipes, is now available in full via ckbk. Find our more in our Q&A with the authors.
Read MoreJohanna Mendelson Forman is a Distinguished Fellow at the Stimson Center in Washington D.C., where she leads the food security program. In her guest post, she talks about the importance of food as ‘soft power’ and its usefulness as a diplomatic tool for drawing people and societies together.
Read MoreAn interview with cookbook author Aglaia Kremezi, a renowned expert on Greek cuisine.
Read Moreckbk authors Valentina Harris and Marcy Goldman share memories of their mothers.
Read MoreAuthor Nick Evans dishes on how his family is adjusting to cooking in a socially-distanced world.
Read MoreMove the Corned Beef and Cabbage aside and make way for a more traditional Beef and Guinness Stew.
Read MoreAn interview with Jim Kuo, son of the illustrious Irene Kuo, who chats with us about growing up with the cookbook author and the memorable Chinese New Year banquets she would host.
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