A Suitcase and a Spatula - Tori Haschka
Ryland Peters & Small - 2013
Photography: Isobel Wield

Originally from Australia Tori Haschka moved to London and her love of travel and food spawned a well-loved blog that has finally become a book. Each dish...

Cook it Raw - ed. Alessandro Porcelli
Phaidon - 2013

Cook it Raw is decidedly not a recipe book but it is a book about cooking. In the introduction Anthony Bourdain explains that cooking is about innovation, trial-and-error but...

The Great British Farmhouse Cookbook - Sarah Mayor
Quadrille - 2013
Photography: Andrew Montgomery

The introduction to The Great British Farmhouse Cookbook is a background to the Yeo Valley Farm, it's not hugely related to recipes but beautifully...

Little Leons - Henry Dimbleby, Kay Plunkett-Hogge, Claire Ptak & John Vincent
Conran - 2013
Photography: Georgia Glynn Smith

The Little Leons are a collection of four books: Brownies, Bars & Muffins; Soups,...

The Vegetarian Pantry - Chloe Coker & Jane Montgomery
Ryland Peters & Small - 2013

The Vegetarian Pantry wants to show both vegetarians and meat eaters alike that veggie food can be light, fun, modern and easy to cook....

Food Glorious Food
Mitchell Beazley - 2013
Photography: William Shaw & Isabel De Cordova

Based on a television programme, Food Glorious Food is designed to showcase family recipes. Strangely, the introduction is written by producer Simon Cowell...

Retro Cakes and Cookies - Wendy Sweetser
Cico Books - 2013
Photography: Stuart West

Retro Cakes and Cookies contains mainly British and American recipes with a mixture of cakes, biscuits, cookies, tray-bakes and buns. It is a small...

Le Cookie - Mickael Benichou
Ryland Peters & Small - 2013
Photography: Steve Painter

A combination of American sweet treats with French flair forms the basis of a fantastic collection of cookies, cupcakes, brownies, macarons and whoopee pies....

What Katie Ate - Katie Quinn Davies
Collins - 2013
Photography: Katie Quinn Davies

Although a debut cookbook, Katie Quinn Davies has been styling, photographing and blogging about food for long enough to absolutely know what she is...

The Medicinal Chef - Dale Pinnock
Quadrille - 2013
Photography: Martin Poole

The Medicinal Chef has some really tasty recipes and the ideas behind Pinnock's way of eating is both exciting and easy to use....

Kitchen Memories - Lucy Boyd
Harper Collins - 2013
Photography: Laura Edwards

As you would expect with 'memories' written right into the title this is part cookbook and part memoir. Lucy Boyd was brought up around food as...

At Home - Mary Berry & Lucy Young
BBC Books - 2013
Photography: Keiko Oikawa & Noel Murphy

At Home by Mary Berry and Lucy Young is an updated version of Mary Berry At Home from 2001 with...

Real Mexican Food - Felipe Fuentes Cruz & Ben Fordham
Ryland Peters & Small - 2012
Photography - Peter Cassidy

Designed to showcase the authentic and heart-felt Mexican food that is prepared in their restaurant this cookbook has a range of easy to more...

Salt Sugar Smoke - Diana Henry
Octopus - 2012
Photography: Laura Edwards

Salt Sugar Smoke is broken into different sections of preserving and then each part begins with extensive notes on the methods and ingredients used. It could easily have become dry...

Pies, Glorious Pies - Maxine Clark
Ryland, Peters & Small - 2012
Photography: Steve Painter

Pies, Glorious Pies opens with a really great introduction with lots of information on what equipment is needed and what...

Leon: Family & Friends - Kay Plunkett-Hogge & John Vincent
Octopus - 2012
Photography - Georgia Glynn Smith

Leon is known for tasty fast food that's good for you. The cookbook is split into easy-to-use meal sections....

Fäviken - Magnus Nilsson
Phaidon Press - 2012
Photography: Erik Olssen

Fäviken narrates the journey of Magnus Nilsson's food and the restaurant itself with very in depth explanations and some highly original recipes.

Nilsson grew up near...

Located on Warwick Court, the Paternoster Chop House has the best views of St. Paul's Cathedral you could wish for. Walking towards it from across the court you can see the lovely terraced seating area out in front, which was completely packed on the Thursday afternoon that I...

Carol Klein - Carol Klein's Favourite Plants
Mitchell Beazley - 2012
Photography: Jonathan Buckley

Klein opens this book by saying that plants have characteristics similar to people. It's a very different approach and one that works surprisingly...

Eat Your Veg - Arthur Potts Dawson
Mitchell Beazley - May 7th 2012
Photography: Liz and Max Haarala Hamilton

This lovely cookbook from Arthur Potts Dawson doesn't preach about eating more veggies but rather shows that you probably want to eat more anyway. He...