As we all focus on the best bargains for pre Christmas sales such as Black Friday and Cyber Monday, it is worth acknowledging that the holiday season ahead can be hard on the finances. Making good choices with what you cook can make a difference now, and year round. Find a host of recipes in these four books for budget friendly food, with no compromise on flavor.
There are many who maintain that leftovers really are the best part of the Thanksgiving feast (which is just as well, because leftovers are pretty much inevitable...). The good news is that there are countless ways to give a new lease of life to the turkey, potatoes, and cranberry sauce, from sandwiches to soup, crispy croquettes, and so much more.
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Cookbook author Suki Pantal was born and raised in India, moving to the UK at the age of 36. She founded Suki's Curries and Spices, on a mission to bring real tastes of India to other curry lovers. A Punjabi Sikh, chicken is a core part of her eating culture, something that she shares in her 2025 book No Worries, Just Chicken Curries.
Chef Sean Sherman, a member of the Oglala Lakota Sioux tribe, has spent the last 30 years cooking across the US and globally, researching and promoting understanding of Native American food, culture, and history. Through his business The Sioux Chef, he works as a caterer and educator, with a mission to widen understanding of and access to indigenous ingredients. His debut book The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen, is the 2018 James Beard Award Winner: Best American Cookbook.
Clare Coghill is a Scottish Gaelic-speaking chef, who runs Café Cùil on the Isle of Skye where she grew up. She won the title of Britain's Best Home Cook on Channel 4's My Kitchen Rules. The Café Cùil Cookbook is her debut book, and shares her food and philosophy, bringing the produce and language of Skye into her kitchen.
Neven Maguire is a multi-award winning chef based in Ireland, who has been chef-patron of MacNean House and restaurant since 2001. In 2013 he launched his eponymous cookery school, to teach culinary skills to cooks of all levels. His cookbooks include The Nation's Favourite Food: 100 Best-Loved Recipes Tried, Tested, Perfected.
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.

It’s coming up to that time of year again, but what to get for the food lover in your life? ckbk has the answer! For a very limited period, we are offering a huge 50% off ckbk gift subscriptions. Do you have several food-loving friends? It’s easy to buy a bundle of ckbk gift subscriptions at this special rate — just select the number you want during checkout. And don’t worry—the clock on their subscription won’t start ticking until they claim it…

Following up her earlier ckbk feature on Brazil’s savory traditions, chef and cookbook enthusiast Luciana Corrêa now looks at the sweet dishes—making use of a wide range of tropical ingedients— which are every bit as central to Brazil’s cuisine.

Thanksgiving, for Americans the world over, is a day of gathering loved ones together, holding them close, and sharing an abundant feast. The all-important day is one week away, which just about gives you time to prepare, with expert guidance from all that ckbk has to offer, of course.
Start with classic cookbook Thanksgiving Dinner: Recipes, Techniques, and Tips for America’s Favorite Celebration written by food and wine writer Anthony Dias Blue (a former Bon Appetit editor) together with his wife Kathryn K. Blue. The authors know a thing or two about Thanksgiving dinners, and are on hand to show you how to Plan Ahead.

‘This book is dedicated to my Punjabi chicken-obsessed family, who taught me that the only thing better than chicken ... is more chicken.’ Suki Pantal
Congratulations to author Suki Pantal on the publication of her debut cookbook No Worries, Just Chicken Curries: 70 Incredible Indian Chicken Recipes, available now on publication, in full on ckbk. Born and raised in India, moving to the UK at the age of 36, Suki founded Suki’s Curries and Spices to share the real taste of India with others. She came to public attention on Jamie Oliver’s Great Cookbook Challenge in 2022.

To celebrate the recent arrival of Olivia Mesquita’s book, Authentic Brazilian Home Cooking on ckbk, we asked Brazilian chef and cookbook enthusiast Luciana Corrêa to give her own perspective on the dishes at the heart of Brazilian cuisine—some national favorites, others specific to a particular region. In the first installment of this two-part feature, Luciana looks at the best of Brazil’s savory cooking.
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