Debora Robertson

Wonderful. Charmingly miscellaneous in structure, the book is jam-packed with useful tips . . . It celebrates the joy of home cooking, and shows how small tweaks can make a dish stand out

My idea of the perfect cookbook . . . You want to make every single thing in it . . . Utterly delicious. Reading the book feels exactly like sitting in the kitchen, chatting cosily to a friend while she makes exactly the food you want to eat and dispenses excellent tips

Foodies will love this joyful cookbook full of must-try recipes and funny anecdotes

This sumptuous collection of recipes is at once wildly aspirational and fully down-to-earth. Robertson is like a brilliant aunt - no nonsense, funny, acerbic - so you know the recipes from a life split between London and the Languedoc will work

Great British Food, '10 of the Best Cookbooks of 2022'

I want to eat every single recipe in this book - even the two for dogs!

I am so greedily impatient for this book. I want to read it. I want to cook from it.

Nobody else writing about food in this country has a voice like Debora Robertson's. She is sharp, witty and warm.

Debora's food knowledge is exceptional. Her understanding of the food world, writers, cookbooks, chefs and producers, is encyclopaedic. On top of that she's genuinely lovely!

Debora Robertson is that rare thing: a food writer who combines wit and wisdom.

Lisa Markwell, Food Editor, The Sunday Times

Debora is the real deal - a proper home cook, writing for home cooks.

‘I want to eat every single recipe in this book’ Nigella Lawson

"I am so greedily impatient for this book. I want to read it. I want to cook from it." 
Nigella Lawson 
 
In Notes from a Small Kitchen Island, food writer Debora Robertson presents a charming miscellany of recipes that celebrate the joys of home and the memories we make in it, collected over the years as she cooked her way through the various kitchens that came in and out of her life. 
 
From nostalgic recipes remembered from childhood, to accidentally Turkish suppers created with ingredients from her local Hackney high street; from feasts improvised in her French holiday cottage to food cooked for the best of friends, Debora's recipes encapsulate the comforts and adventures to be found in the everyday. You'll also learn how to throw a party without losing your mind and what food writers really eat for lunch (mostly toast!). 
 
 A chronicle of domestic life, this book comprises decades of fieldwork in the author's natural territory: her kitchen.

Debora Robertson

Praise for Notes from a Small Kitchen Island

Wonderful. Charmingly miscellaneous in structure, the book is jam-packed with useful tips . . . It celebrates the joy of home cooking, and shows how small tweaks can make a dish stand out

My idea of the perfect cookbook . . . You want to make every single thing in it . . . Utterly delicious. Reading the book feels exactly like sitting in the kitchen, chatting cosily to a frien ...

Foodies will love this joyful cookbook full of must-try recipes and funny anecdotes

Wonderful. Charmingly miscellaneous in structure, the book is jam-packed with useful tips . . . It celebrates the joy of home cooking, and shows how small tweaks can make a dish stand out

My idea of the perfect cookbook . . . You want to make every single thing in it . . . Utterly delicious. Reading the book feels exactly like sitting in the kitchen, chatting cosily to a frien ...

Foodies will love this joyful cookbook full of must-try recipes and funny anecdotes

Wonderful. Charmingly miscellaneous in structure, the book is jam-packed with useful tips . . . It celebrates the joy of home cooking, and shows how small tweaks can make a dish stand out

My idea of the perfect cookbook . . . You want to make every single thing in it . . . Utterly delicious. Reading the book feels exactly like sitting in the kitchen, chatting cosily to a frien ...

Foodies will love this joyful cookbook full of must-try recipes and funny anecdotes

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