From Roast – the famous Borough Market restaurant – this substantial cookbook, done by head chef Marcus Verbene, contains the best of British cooking with recipes like slow-roasted…

Tess Mallos presents a cultural kaleidoscope with recipes from Greece to Iraq and Yemen to Afghanistan. Choose your favourite lamb dish from an assortment of styles and flavours,…

From the moment you run your fingertips over the soft fabric cover, you know this is going to be a sumptuous read. Divided into Salt, Bitter, Sour, Spice…

Dedicated to everyone who dreams of leaving their 9 to 5, this book is a burst of colour. Learn how to make marvellous meringues in a variety of…

My Granny’s Pantry: A Kitchen Memoir Enveloped in a bygone age and brimming with nostalgia, Margaret Wasserfall captures the recipes of a pre- and post-war South Africa. Traditional…

Paul Hollywood’s Pies & Puds Get excited for the winter months to come! With recipes for making an array of pastry doughs and sumptuous pies, like chilli beef…

(Bloomsbury, R395)This cookbook has two aims; firstly the High Priest of the Church of Loaf, Paul Hollywood wants to teach us how to bake a wide variety of…

(Penguin, R380)A collection of the late Elizabeth David’s favourite veggie recipes, from cobalt blue cabbages to beetroots of deep rose. Highlight: ‘Meaty’ recipes like ‘eggs with mushrooms and…

(Hardie Grant, R287) After immigrating to Australia, Andrzej Kaczmarski set about creating an institution that would please even the most traditional of Polish grannies. Enter the ambient world…

By Gordon Ramsay (Harper Collins Publishers)After his fascinating and unforgettable Great Escape to India, our favourite chef with the combustible temper, Gordon Ramsay, embarks on yet another travelogue’ish…