Get your preserving game on with a quartet of books to help you make the most of the season of abundance, keeping an array of bright colors and fresh flavors well beyond the harvest. Whether you want to create joyous jams and jellies, or spectacular sauerkraut, you'll find a new favorite recipe here.
A little effort when the abundant summer herbs and vegetables are at their peak and you can capture summer in a jar. Preserve a glut of tomatoes with recipes for tomato jam, oven-dried tomatoes and even an end-of-summer green tomato relish. While giadiniera, the classic Italian pickle, uses whatever veg you have to hand, the same with English piccalilli.
Curated collections from ckbk's editors
Gabriella English is a cookery writer, recipe developer and food stylist. Her work has appeared in publications such as Olive Magazine, and Delicious. Seasonal Snacks is her debut cookbook.
Harper Alexander was a cinematographer when he discovered authentic Italian food thanks to his wife Eva Santaguida. Their YouTube channel Pasta Grammar is a hugely popular platform where they share recipes, videos and Italian food knowledge. The Italian Family Kitchen is their first cookbook.
Laurel Kratochvila is an American-born baker and writer based in Berlin, where she runs the acclaimed bakery Fine Bagels and natural wine bar Le Balto. Kratochvila trained at Le Cordon Bleu Paris after leaving a career in physics to pursue her passion for food and her debut book New European Baking was shortlisted for a James Beard Award in 2023. Her latest cookbook, Dobre Dobre (2025), celebrates the rich traditions and evolving story of Polish baking.
Christopher Idone was a celebrated chef, founder of the catering company Glorious Food, and a multi-award winning food writer. His journalism appeared in publications from House & Garden to the New York Times Magazine. His books include Glorious American Food, which won Best General Cookbook and Cookbook of the Year from the International Association of Culinary Professionals.
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 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.

With its line-up of well-loved hosts, and a Who’s Who of stellar guest chefs, the TODAY show has seen some very fine food cooked over the years. And as Ina Garten writes in her introduction to the show’s cookbook TODAY Loves Food: Recipes from America’s Favorite Kitchen; “What looked so good on television will be even more delicious in your kitchen.”

Foodie and mother Rossini Perez has gained a huge online following for her healthy lunch ideas, and creative approach to cooking for and with kids. Her book Kids in the Kitchen: 70+ Fun Recipes for Young Chefs to Stir Up! is her how-to guide to child-friendly cooking

Throughout the series we’ve used tasty dishes to get kids engaged; learned cooking fundamentals through traditional recipes from around the world; and experienced first-hand how a simple sauce can transform food from meh to mouthwateringly-delicious!
In this concluding installment of Cooking with Kids, we’re hoping your newly-skilled young chefs are ready to take charge of their own summer party menu. Here are three different snack-centric menus for a spicy set of parties, each selected with kids in the kitchen in mind.

Two fascinating books arrive on your ckbk shelf this week, celebrating the rich traditions of Polish baking and the unmistakable flavour of an iconic Yorkshire condiment. Plus we welcome Blueberry season, and offer a selection of cooling ice cream sundaes.

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.
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