If we talk about Indian cuisine, we imply something unified. It would be more truthful to talk about Indian cuisines. India’s many cooking styles are deeply regional, overlaid with cultural, religious, and spiritual differences, all of which change with the seasons – which makes investigating India’s regional dishes and cooking styles all the more rewarding.
Read MoreThe 17 books on ckbk’s Indian bookshelf explore the breadth and depth of Indian cuisines, from countrywide compendiums to books that investigate a single cooking style. Come along on a taste tour through our collection…
Read MorePumpkins and squashes are everywhere this time of year but be sure to use a variety that is good to eat after you’ve carved your jack-o-lanterns. This Roasted-Pumpkin Ice Cream is a surprisingly wonderful way to use up pumpkin purée. Try it and the other recipes in our Roast Pumpkin Recipes collection. If you’re after more ideas, there are definitely more treats than tricks in our Halloween recipes collection.
Read MoreA number of coming-in-from-the-cold comfort cookbooks arrive on your ckbk shelves this week. Riverford Organic Farmers, based in Devon in the UK, was a veg box pioneer, launching its scheme back in 1986 – and has also published several cookbooks. Riverford’s latest, Autumn and Winter Cooking with a Veg Box, along with Seasonal Soups (from greengrocer Fraser Reid, based in Dundee, Scotland), and Winter (from the Le Cordon Bleu Home Collection) are all packed with ways to make the most of the harvest at this time of year.
Read MoreDiwali, the most celebrated Indian festival, serves to remind humanity of the triumph of good over evil. The celebration has important meaning for Hindus, Sikhs, and Jains. This year, the Festival of Lights is celebrated on October 24 and across five days, from Saturday October 22 to Wednesday October 26.
Read MoreOn The Hummus Route leads us through nine Middle-Eastern hummus hubs, from Cairo all the way to Damascus, through Gaza, Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Nazareth, Acre and Beirut. Here we take our own hummus route through ckbk’s titles exploring the significance (and deliciousness!) of this dish.
Read MoreWe’re pleased to announce the availability of shoppable recipes for US users of ckbk, thanks to our newly released integration with the Instacart app.
Read MoreThere’s nothing like the joy of finding food out in the wild, bringing it home, and transforming it into a sensational supper. Fall is the main season for wild mushrooms in the Northern Hemisphere, starting with chanterelles as early as August and continuing until the end of November, with varieties such as porcini, hedgehog mushrooms, and pieds bleus.
Read MoreBettina Campolucci Bordi is a chef, cooking teacher, and food writer specializing in plant-based recipes. She has written three cookbooks – 7 Day Vegan Challenge, Celebrate: Plant-Based Recipes for Every Occasion, and Happy Vegan Food – all available on ckbk. She tells us about her food influences and what she thinks about vegan sausage rolls…
Read MoreOctober is ‘Goatober’ – a worldwide initiative that aims to prolong the lives of billy goats and to encourage more people around the world to cook with goat. It’s the ideal chance to learn more about (and cook with) goat meat.
Read MoreOctober is ‘Goatober.’ Founded in New York in 2011, the initiative is now a worldwide phenomenon that aims to prolong the lives of billy goats and to encourage more people to cook with this ethically produced meat. If you haven’t cooked with goat, now may be the time to develop a passion for this wrongfully underrated meat.
Read MoreVegetarianism, as a term, only came into general use after the formation of the Vegetarian Society at Ramsgate in England in 1847, writes food historian Alan Davidson. “However,” he says, “the phenomenon, that is to say the existence of significant numbers of people who as a matter of principle did not eat animal flesh, dates back to classical times or beyond.”
Read MorePutting good food on the table, let alone food tempting enough for small people’s changing appetites, can be a challenge. Don’t worry: we’ve got you covered with the books in our Cookbooks for Busy Families collection.
New to ckbk is Real Food Kids Will Love by Annabel Karmel. “Food for everyone” – from toddlers to grownups – is at the heart of this highly practical recipe book.
This ckbk livestream, which took place Wednesday September 21 2022, featured Chiswick Cheese Market founder and cookbook author Fran Warde, cheesemaker Mary Quicke MBE, and ‘Affineur of the Year’ Perry James Wakeman Watch the replay to learn how cheesemakers and affineurs cooperate to ensure cheese is aged to perfection, and for tips on selection, storing, tasting, pairing and cooking with cheese.
Read MoreIn this guest post, ckbk subscriber Francene Connor writes about a South Australian cookbook that is close to her heart: The Blue Ribbon Cookbook by Liz Harfull. Francene discusses the importance of community cookbooks and the vital role they play in preserving rural traditions and supporting local communities.
Read MoreThis week we are turning our attention to student food and have brought together tempting things that are quick, easy, thrifty, nourishing and – crucially – delicious in our new feature. ckbk is full of confidence-boosting recipes for those who may be cooking for themselves for the first time. Saving lecturing for lectures, we have curated a route through some of the easiest and tastiest dishes that ckbk has to offer.
Read More‘Easy recipes for home leavers’ is the subtitle of the latest cookbook to be added to ckbk, Sophie Grigson’s Students’ Cookbook. While tastes and preferences may vary – mince or lentils? eggs or aquafaba? – a student menu needs easy, thrifty, healthy, fun dishes using simple techniques. ckbk is full of confidence-boosting recipes for those who may now be cooking for themselves for the first time.
Know a student heading to college? Why not send them a gift subscription to ckbk with 25% off!
Read MoreFeaturing two books by pioneering British food writer Jane Grigson, newly added to ckbk, along with a celebration of Scottish Food Fornight and an invitation to discover artisan cheese.
Read MoreFeaturing delicious plum recipes, and the launch on ckbk of Biting Biting, Urvashi Roe’s newly published cookbook of Gujarati snacks.
Read MoreLondon-based author Urvashi Roe’s new book, Biting Biting, traces her family’s roots from India to Tanzania (where she was born) and to London. It’s a celebration of home-style vegetarian and vegan snacks – beer snacks, salty snacks, sweet nibbles… Small these snacks may be, but they are packed with memories, and Roe tells her family’s history with honesty and wit.
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