The Indian subcontinent, with its rich and varied cultures, brings us also a great diversity of cuisines. These four books take us on a journey of discovery through regions, and tastes, that are each unique, and yet universally tempting.
Cooler weather calls for heartier food: cue savory pies, warming soups, the return of root vegetables, a multitude of mushroom dishes, and seasonal squash and pumpkin served in all sorts of enticing ways.
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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.
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.

Ceri Jones is a huge fan of pesto! In her contribution to ckbk’s Consuming Passions strand, the chef and cookbook author tells us how she first enjoyed pesto from a jar, but then discovered the joy of making her own, including its many regional and seasonal variations. Ceri also shows some of the multitudes of ways pesto can be used in cooking. Yes, it’s a quick and easy sauce for pasta, but it is so much more besides. So dig, out your pestle-and-mortar and let’s get pesto-ing!

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.
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