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Exploring Greek Cooking

Take a culinary trip to the land of myth, classical history and sun-drenched islands, with these four cookbooks celebrating the food of Greece. Rich in the bright flavors and vibrant colors of the famously health-giving Mediterranean diet, Greek food is worth discovering. Think of salads and grills, olives and fish and a cornucopia of vegetables. Perfect for your summer cooking.

The Foods of Greece

Aglaia Kremezi

The author gives detailed descriptions of a range of Greek ingredients (olives, tomatoes, Greek cheeses, breads, wild greens, almonds and walnuts, scented herbs and subtle spices…) and puts Greek food into context, from the time of Homer, to the Byzantine period, right up to contemporary times, explaining how the Greek diet has been shaped by religion, history and geography. Recipes highlight the honesty, frugality and simplicity of Greek cooking. If you want to understand Greek cooking culture, start with this book.

My Big Fat Greek Cookbook

Christos Sourligas and Evdokia Antginas

Compelled to document his food-loving Greek-born mother’s recipes, Sourligas spent a year in her kitchen, learning her dishes (and much more besides) and author Christos Sourligas describes this book as “our family’s gift to the world.” Woven among the recipes for taramasalata and pastichio are rich servings of history, humor, and the evident love of a son for his mother.

The Real Greek

Tonia Buxton

The recipes in this book, from author and restaurant consultant Tonia Buxton and the team, deliver sophisticated but easy-to-cook renditions of classic meze, grills, and salads. The Real Greek restaurants brought a taste of ‘proper’ Greek cooking to London's restaurant-goers. Try Grilled Halloumi, Dolmades, Gigandes Plaki, and lots more.

The Foods of the Greek Islands

Aglaia Kremezi

Author Aglaia Kremezi has family roots that lie deep in the Greek islands and her mother is from Kea, the Cycladic Island where Aglaia now lives and teaches about Greek food, her father from Andros. She describes this collection of recipes as “not an encyclopedia of Greek island cooking but a very personal selection from thousands I have collected over the years.” She tells the islands’ stories through its ingredients and recipes, its history, people and the cultural influences from near and far. Informed and inspiring in equal measure.

Summer Sorbets and Frozen Desserts

Get ahead by filling your freezer with crowd-pleasing frozen treats from all over the world. From frozen s’mores to Japanese frozen ice to mango or tamarind sorbet, there are some seriously cool desserts here!

Raspberry-Shiso Sorbet

Sorbet aux Framboises

Sorbetto di Mango

Mango Sorbet

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Nimbu Pani Sorbet

"Nimbu pani, exactly translating to “lemon water,” is the Indian version of lemonade. It is a mixture of lemon juice, lime juice, water, sugar, salt, and spices—usually something umami like black salt or chaat masala. More than anything, it’s wildly thirst quenching and refreshing. Our family would often travel to India in the summer, and during those hot, humid days when we would go from house to house to visit various members of our extended family, we would always be presented with a cold glass of nimbu pani. I loved visiting family, but I secretly loved the nimbu pani more. It was cool, tart, and sweet enough to hold me over until the next visit of the day. This sorbet version has all the same flavors in frozen form—the perfect cure for a hot day." Pooja Bavishi

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Author spotlight

Kate Macdonald

Kate Macdonald is a food writer with a college degree in food and nutrition, and is the granddaughter of author L.M. Montgomery. Macdonald's cookbook The Anne of Green Gables Cookbook, brings together a collection of recipes from L.M. Montgomery's literary classic. The book also includes recipes learnt directly from her grandmother, who loved to cook.

Andre Felicio

Andre Felicio is a chef who was born in Brazil, then moved to Australia at 27 to study English. A champion of Brazilian food in his adopted country, he opened his first restaurant Braza in 2007. His book Braza: Tastes from a Brazilian Barbecue was published in 2016.

Helen Le

Helen Le is the founder and host of Helen's Recipes, the most popular Vietnamese Cooking Channel on YouTube. Her debut cookbook is Simply Pho: A Complete Course in Preparing Authentic Vietnamese Meals at Home.

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Features & Stories

Celebrating Glorious American Food for the 250th anniversary of the United States

To mark the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America, we invited publisher Lena Tabori to tell us the story behind Glorious American Food, the multi-award winning large format cookbook by her friend, the late Christopher Idone, which was recently added to ckbk and which celebrates the richness of America’s culinary traditions.

Newsletter: 🍋Lots of lemony goodness + cook along with Anne of Green Gables 📚

“The lemon is delightfully versatile. We take it for granted as we peruse the greengrocer’s shelf, and without thinking about it, we buy one or two along with a bunch of parsley—sometimes before even deciding what we might be cooking for dinner. Sometimes lemon juice is incorporated into a dish during the early stages of preparation and sometimes it is added after cooking. Even the zest is often an integral part of a recipe and should never be tossed away.”

Newsletter: 🎁Dad-approved dishes for Father’s Day + chef's wisdom from Shaun Hill👨‍🍳

The latest additions to ckbk include Shaun Hill's lifetime learnings as a chef, a collection of recipes for tomatoes (at their very best right now), and a guide to preparing bento boxes—the classic Japanese packed lunch!

Newsletter: ⚽ The 2026 World Cup kicks off + Pasta Therapy - the ultimate comfort food 🍝

Happy World Cup kick off day to football fans around the globe! The FIFA World Cup runs from June 11 - July 19, and is this time hosted by sixteen cities across the US, Canada and Mexico. It will be the first World Cup to be hosted by three nations, and the first to include 48 teams, rather than the previous 32. A truly global event, we anticipate viewing parties far and wide, and many an for a sport-fuelled feast.

Newsletter: 📚 Indulge yourself with truffles + your chance to win tickets to the British Library Food Season 📚

Food writer and illustrator Elisabeth Luard holds The Guild of Food Writers coveted Lifetime Achievement Award, with some twenty books to her name, several memoirs, and a couple of novels. She is also sought after for her culinary watercolours, and is both an experienced broadcaster, and current President of The Oxford Food Symposium. Truffles, her book dedicated to the culinary gold that is the titular fungus, is as valuable on the subject and as pleasing as the truffle itself.

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