By Samin Nosrat It’s another nerdy book this month and I can say in all honesty about this one that if I was only allowed one cookery...

Globally, Poland is best known for Pierogies and Vodka and I have to admit, when I visited Krakow in 2013, I didn’t even get as far as...

By Rob Howell I received this from Santa this year after it had caught my eye at a friend’s house. Root is a small restaurant in Bristol...

Long-time readers of my newsletter may remember that I was gifted two pheasants a while back from my hunting enthusiast Uncle. This...

Thank you to all who suggested countries this month - I decided to accept the challenge to cover perhaps the most renowned foodie...

It has been a tricky festive period which saw many people cancel their various Christmas Soirees in favour of avoiding the seemingly...

By Van Tran & Anh Vu This book is a great introduction to Vietnamese cooking. I love the recipes throughout, but more than anything, I...

This month’s weather has been particularly challenging and so I knew that I wanted to explore a country famed for hearty fare. With rich,...

By Niki Segnit It’s another nerdy one this month and it is not so much a cookbook as it is a foodie resource. There are recipes peppered...

I have been excited to cover Scotland ever since I started this newsletter and this month the stars aligned to make it the perfect...

This month I knew that I wanted to explore a West African country - somewhere I have not yet featured in my newsletter. After some...

By Fuchsia Dunlop If you are a bit of a food nerd then you will love this book. The first 60 pages of this book go into meticulous detail...

It’s been a while since I’ve featured a South American country and I found it difficult to choose from all of the amazing suggestions - I...

Pretty wild huh?! It actually turned out better than I was expecting. I served this one up on Chicken Congee (rice porridge) and I...

By Yotam Ottolenghi Last month I made a point of the fact that Ottolenghi’s simple is not quite as simple as Sabrina Gahyour’s Simply....

This is an update on the progress of my Century Eggs, if you have no idea what these are - read my previous article here. My eggs had had...

Once again I took to Instagram for inspiration, and this time I was looking in particular for a country which would inspire me to want to...

By Sabrina Gahyour If you’ve ever picked up Ottolenghi’s ‘Simple’ and scoffed at the idea of the self-proclaimed ‘simplicity’ - this is...

By Kim Joy I am more of a cook than a baker but when I fancy it, this is now one of my go to baking books. The temptation when you see a...

The above images of the eggs are not my own (I don't expect mine to turn out quite as impressive as this haha), they are being used with...