Going out to eat at a much-loved restaurant is a true pleasure. In memory of good times, and to create new ones from your own kitchen, take inspiration from great restaurants via their cookbooks. Curated to pay homage to each restaurant's singular personality, these cookbooks give you insight into their cooking style, and those all important recipes.
A day to commemorate those we have lost, the Day of the Dead is of particular importance in Mexico, Italy, and Spain. We recommend this selection of recipes to warm hearts as we gather together in celebration and remembrance.
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Madeleine Kamman (1930-2018) was a lauded French chef, restaurateur, cookbook author and cookery teacher, who moved to the US in 1960, and made a significant contribution to American understanding of French culinary tradition and technique. She was a champion of women's rights in the kitchen. Her books include The New Making of a Chef, the 1997 25th anniversary edition of her 1971 classic The Making of a Chef.
Charcutier Nicolas Verot is a member of the Verot family, whose Paris based charcuterie business spans four generations, and is famous for marrying meticulous sourcing, artisanal technique, contemporary recipes and excellence. He co-wrote French Charcuterie at Home: Terrines, Rillettes, Saucisses & Pâtés en Croûte with Gilles Verot.
Sarah Bentley is the founder of plant-based community cookery school Made in Hackney, founded in 2012 to address issues around climate change, access to food, and community cohesion. Her book We Cook Plants, extends her philosophy of health-giving, ethically sound, plant-based living, cooking and eating.
Kentucky-born and raised, chef and TV presenter Jason Smith is a three time Food Network cookery competition winner. Now a television food judge in his own right, his book Lord Honey: Traditional Southern Recipes with a Country Bling Twist, brims with the recipes and hospitality first learnt in his grandmother's kitchen.
Ali Rosen is a novelist, cookbook author, podcaster and TV host based in New York. Her Emmy-nominated show Potluck with Ali Rosen airs weekly on NYC Life, and her food writing was nominated for a James Beard Award in 2020. Her books include 15 Minute Meals.
Food writer, gardener and photographer Mark Diacono is known for the plant to plate approach he pioneered as head of the garden team at River Cottage HQ and now at his own Otter Farm. His award-winning books include A Taste of the Unexpected, and A Year at Otter Farm.

Whether you are cooking up a spooky storm for Halloween , or devilish delights for a Day of the Dead celebration, we’ve got plenty of recipes to get your party started. Our collection of Dishes and Drinks for Day of the Dead Celebrations has everything you need, while Trick or Treat: Savory & Sweet Eats for Halloween gathers 32 recipes that are definitely treats.

October 31 is almost upon us—Halloween, the eve of All Hallows Day; a time to remember saints and the faithful departed. These days, Halloween overshadows the day of remembrance, with its descent into the uncanny, the creepy, and the fantastical. If you are planning celebrations for this spookiest of days, we’ve got everything you could need…

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Charlie Cart Project Founder and cookbook author Carolyn Federman dishes on cooking with kids with a set of recipes that make it easy to learn, bond and eat deliciously with kids of any age.

We celebrate the publication this week of We Cook Plants by Sarah Bentley and the community cookery school Made in Hackney, offering sustainable and delicious plant-based cooking. Also, it’s World Pasta Day on October 17th!
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