Many of the books from the 1000 Cookbooks all-time top 20 are now available as à la carte titles on ckbk. Help us choose which ones should be added next!
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Richard Olney, the American-born, Provence-based food writer, had a deep knowledge and love of French wines. The menus in his book Ten Vineyard Lunches are a brilliant introduction to the key French regions. Use Richard’s wine notes and ckbk’s recipes to discover French regional specialties and to create your own menus.
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London-based food writer, blogger, author, and cooking teacher Torie True published Chilli & Mint in November 2021. The book is filled with home-style Indian recipes, and Torie describes her role as a teacher as being “a bridge between East and West cuisines.” She tells ckbk why she believes it’s important to pass on the knowledge she has learned over the years.
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The Barbuto Cookbook, written by Jonathan Waxman, the renowned chef-owner of Barbuto restaurant in Manhattan’s West Village, is dedicated to California-Italian cooking. The book is filled with Italian-accented dishes that exude the soul of Italy, and it also gives readers brilliant insight into contemporary Italian-American cooking.
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This ckbk livestream took place on Wed, July 27th, 2022 . Pastry chef Jason Licker, connecting live from Bali, shares his approach to combining Asian flavours with traditional patisserie with ckbk co-founer Matt Cockerill, and answers questions about his award-winning cookbooks Lickerland and Baking with Licker, and the technical side of professional (and amateur) pastry.
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Green sauces made from fresh summer herbs are made in countless guises and styles, all around the world. High summer, when basil, parsley, and cilantro (coriander) are available by the armload, is prime green-sauce time. Grab a spoon and come along on a flavor journey.
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Three well-loved titles from Yotam Ottolenghi are now available on ckbk via our new à la carte feature. To mark the occasion, we take stock of Ottolenghi’s incredible influence on the world of food, and get to the hearty of what makes his cookbooks so universally compelling.
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We're thrilled to announce the launch of a major new feature on ckbk, bringing landmark cookbooks from culinary superstars to the platform. Featured authors include Yotam Ottolenghi, Jamie Oliver, Nigella Lawson and Thomas Keller. Each of the bestselling titles in ckbk’s à la carte selection can now be added to your ckbk membership for a one-off payment of the e-book price.
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To mark the release of The Quality Chop House cookbook, we talk to co-owner William Lander about the restaurant’s history and that of London chop houses, and how the venue fits into the legacy of the area’s groundbreaking eateries. Located in the area of the city near acclaimed restaurants St. John, The Eagle and Moro, and handily just up the road from Smithfield meat market, it has played a prominent role in the recent success of Modern English cooking.
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Kansas-born baker and educator Kristin Hoffman, author of Baker Bettie’s Better Baking Book, talks to ckbk about her culinary alter ego Baker Bettie, why science really matters in the kitchen, and why she believes it was important to publish her own in-depth cookbook.
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Author Eleanor Ford talks to ckbk about how she researched Fire Islands and The Nutmeg Trail, the enduring appeal of spices, and her work as a “culinary detective, finding clues from recipe names, methods, and tastes to trace their stories and ancient links.”
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In the this ckbk livestream which took place on Wed, June 15, 2022, Jeni Iannetta , author of Bad Girl Bakery is joined by fellow Scottish baker Kirsten Gilmour, author of The Mountain Café Cookbook for an in depth discussion on baking. Watch the replay now!
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June is Caribbean-American Heritage Month, and 2022 marks its 15th anniversary. There’s no better time than this month to get familiar with dishes you may not have yet tried from the Caribbean islands.
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The food of the West Indies and the Caribbean fuses ingredients and influences from around the globe and across time periods. The seven cookbooks in our collection will take your palate on a cook’s tour all around the region.
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We’ve teamed up with Walkerswood Caribbean Foods to give you the chance to win a beautiful branded Walkerswood wooden gift box, filled with Caribbean flavors including Walkerswood Jerk Seasoning (hot and mild), Jerk Barbecue Sauce, Curry Paste and Classic Scotch Bonnet Pepper Sauce – there’s even a a chef’s apron and a branded Walkerswood baseball cap!
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People are pulling out the stops to celebrate Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee, marking her 70-year reign. Celebrating royal milestones with food is a great British tradition and to help you celebrate the Big Jubilee Lunch on June 5, we’ve rounded up five dishes with a connection to the British monarchy.
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Watch the replay of this ckbk livestream in which Michael Daniel, author of The Gate Vegetarian Cookbook , is joined in the kitchen by Guardian columnist Felicity Cloake. Michael cooks a beetroot soup dish reflecting his Indo-Iraqi-Jewish heritage, and answers questions from ckbk users on vegetarian cooking.
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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.
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A new edition of Regula Ysewijn’s authoritative guide to the best traditional British puddings, ‘Pride and Pudding,’ will be published on May 12. To celebrate, there’s a hardback copy of Regula’s much-lauded book up for grabs for two lucky winners.
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The Eagle in London’s Farringdon opened in 1991 and hatched the concept of the gastropub as we now know it. The Eagle Cookbook is a showcase for the gutsy, heartfelt cooking that still comes from its famed open kitchen. We talk to former chefs to find out what it was like to work at the ground-breaking pub, and what they think lies behind The Eagle’s continued success.
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