Archives of BOOKS

Paris Picnic Club

My new cookbook is almost here!

I’ve been meaning to write a post for a while and have so much to update you about. Most importantly, my first cookbook, which I’ve been working on for almost 3 years, is finally ready for preorder! PARIS PICNIC CLUB In this charmingly illustrated book, you will read about Shaheen and Jennie’s story, and find […]
7 years ago
Bread book

Books on Sourdough Bread Baking

It only comprises four ingredients - flour, water, salt and wild yeast (a crucial fifth ingredient being time). What’s exciting is that with just these four ingredients, the results can be wildly different based on technique, quality of flour and temperature.
8 years ago

Book Giveaway: Ferran

Ferran:  The Inside Story of El Bulli and the Man Who Reinvented Food. Ferran by Coleman Andrews is a biography of the man who pretty much changed how food is perceived – the man at the helm of the world’s best restaurant, El Bulli (2006 through 2009). This book was first released in October 2010, […]
14 years ago

The Flavour Thesaurus

I realise I don’t talk about books that I like as much as I should. And that’s about to change with this post on my new favourite book: The Flavour Thesaurus. The Flavour Thesaurus by Niki Segnit is hardly a cookbook, but a treasure trove of endless inspiration with 99 flavours divided into 16 categories […]
15 years ago

The Sharper Your Knife, The Less You Cry + Banana Nutella Crepes

I can’t remember how I heard about The Sharper Your Knife, The Less You Cry first; I think I bumped into on Amazon where it was listed as one of the books customers bought along with the one I was looking at. When I found out that this story has Le Cordon Bleu as the […]
16 years ago