Steve Roud was Local Studies Librarian for the London Borough of Croydon and served as Honorary Librarian of the Folklore Society for over fifteen years. He has been researching British folklore for over thirty years and is the joint author of the Oxford Dictionary of English Folklore, plus other books on traditional drama and folk song, and the Penguin Guide to the Superstitions of Britain and Ireland, which won the Katharine Briggs Folklore Award in 2004. His publications include London Lore (2008) and The Lore of the Playground (2010). He also compiles the Folk Song Index and the Broadside Index, two internationally acclaimed computer databases of traditional folk and popular song. He lives in Sussex.

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Bee Wilson

Bee Wilson is the food writer and historian who writes as the 'Kitchen Thinker' in the Sunday Telegraph, and is the author of Swindled!. Her charming and original new book, Consider the Fork, explores how the implements we use in the kitchen have shaped the way we cook and live. 
 
This is the story of how we have tamed fire and ice, wielded whisks, spoons, graters, mashers, pestles and mortars, all in the name of feeding ourselves. Bee Wilson takes us on an enchanting culinary journey through the incredible creations, inventions and obsessions that have shaped how and what we cook. From huge Tudor open fires to sous-vide machines, the birth of the fork to Roman gadgets, Consider the Fork is the previously unsung history of our kitchens. 
 
Bee Wilson writes a weekly food column, 'The Kitchen Thinker' in The Sunday Telegraph, for which she has three times been named the Guild of Food Writers Food Journalist of the Year. Her previous books include The Hive: The Story of the Honeybee and Us and Swindled!. Before she became a food writer, she was a Research Fellow in History at St John's College, Cambridge. She has also been a semi-finalist on Masterchef. Her favourite kitchen implement is currently the potato ricer. 
 
'A cracking good read, as enjoyable as it is enlightening' Raymond Blanc, Chef-Patron 'Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons' 
 
'Wonderful ... Witty, scholarly, utterly absorbing and fired by infectious curiosity' Lucy Lethbridge, Observer 
 
'[A] delightfully informative history of cooking and eating from the prehistoric discovery of fire to twenty-first-century high-tech, low-temp soud-vide-style cookery' ELLE magazine 
 
'A graceful study' Steven Poole, Guardian

Consider the Fork

A History of How We Cook and Eat

Roz Purcell

Want to eat well but feel you don't have the time? 
 
Roz Purcell will show you how tasty and healthy whole foods can be - and how easy it is to fit them into a busy lifestyle. Using readily available ingredients and store cupboard essentials, Roz's whole foods recipes are quick, simple, nutritious and most of all, delicious. 
 
In less than thirty minutes, you can prepare, cook, and enjoy natural food that helps you look and feel healthier and happier. 
 
With over 100 easy to follow recipes, Half Hour Hero will prove that healthy eating can be fuss-free. From tasty breakfasts, hearty dinners, indulgent desserts, to snacks and tonics to enjoy on the go, Roz will show you how to cook quick dishes that will put natural whole foods at the heart of any life, no matter how hectic. 
 
Eating well has never been so simple.

Half Hour Hero

C Pam Zhang

A rapturous novel about a young chef whose discovery of pleasure alters her life and, indirectly, the world 
 
'A startling prose hymn to food and sex, love and violence' GUARDIAN 
'Unique, ambitious, haunting' GABRIELLE ZEVIN 
'Truly exceptional' ROXANE GAY 
'Superb' DOUGLAS STUART 
 
A smog has spread, food is disappearing, and a chef escapes her career in London to take a job at a decadent mountaintop colony: an experiment in a new way of living and eating. There, her mysterious employer and his visionary daughter have built a lush new life for the global elite, one that reawakens the chef to the pleasures of taste and touch. Before long, she is pushed to discover the real nature of the project: a startling attempt to reshape the world far beyond the place. 
 
Land of Milk and Honey is a striking novel about food, sex and the intricacies of desire. 
 
'It&rsquo;s hard not be mesmerised by prose that is as rich and as startling as the food her protagonist prepares' OBSERVER 
'An astounding book' CALEB AZUMAH NELSON 
'The most sensual novel about food I have ever read' EMMA DONOGHUE

Land of Milk and Honey

The Sorted Crew

Ben Ebbrell

Get 'curried away' with this chapter devoted to the nation's favourite takeaway dish! From cheap and easy recipes that will be quicker than a takeaway delivery to our 'Indian banquet' options, make sure to remember that all of these dishes will taste infinitely better with an ice-cold beer! Recipes include: Chicken Pasanda, Lamb Rogan Josh, Fish and Red Lentil Curry, Paneer and Pea Curry and Mushroom Rice. 
 
Food with Friends is the second cookbook from The Sorted Crew, with recipes by Ben Ebbrell. It's the ultimate guide for entertaining friends in a fun and fuss-free way, from romantic suppers and family barbecues to curry nights for hungry hordes. Whether you're cooking for two or twenty, Food with Friends by The Sorted Crew is THE book for easy entertaining.

Curry Nights In

Simon Wroe

Two months behind on his rent, young graduate Monocle swallows his dreams and takes the only job he can find: the lowest-rung chef in a gastropub in Camden. Here he finds himself surrounded by a group of deranged, criminal hoodlums (his co-workers) and at the mercy of an ingenious sadist (the head chef, Bob). What follows is a furiously-paced, ribald, raucous and deeply touching tale of loyalty and revenge, dark appetites and fading dreams, and a young man finding his way in the world as he is plunged into the fat and the frying pan and everything else besides.

Chop Chop

Stake your claim on summer with these brilliant BBQ recipes. We'll teach you how to marinade your meat, foil your fish and give you the ingredients for the perfect hot dog. Add in some delicious summer salads and you have the ultimate barbie! 
 
Recipes include: Recipes include: Orange and Thyme Chicken Drummers, Thai King Prawns in Foil, Inside-out Burger, Halloumi Vegetable Kebabs and White Chocolate and Raspberry Roulade. 
 
Food with Friends is the second cookbook from The Sorted Crew, with recipes by Ben Ebbrell. It's the ultimate guide for entertaining friends in a fun and fuss-free way, from romantic suppers and family barbecues to curry nights for hungry hordes. Whether you're cooking for two or twenty, Food with Friends by The Sorted Crew is THE book for easy entertaining.

The Ultimate Barbie

Olivia Ford

Jenny Quinn has a secret. She just won a spot as a contestant on a prime-time TV baking show. It's only the second time in her marriage that she's kept something from beloved husband Bernard. And now she's got a chance of being crowned Britain's best baker. 
 
But as her ordinary life collides with unexpected stardom, the other secret Jenny's been keeping - the one supposed to stay hidden forever - is in danger of surfacing. 
Could Jenny Quinn's rise to fame also be her downfall?

Jenny Quinn’s Rise to Fame

Elizabeth David

'She has the intelligence, subtlety, sensuality, courage and creative force of the true artist' - Wine and Food 
 
A classic in its genre, An Omelette and a Glass of Wine compiles Elizabeth David's short pieces on food and wine. 
 
A bestseller when it was first published in 1984, much of David's finest writing featured in magazines and newspapers such as the Spectator, the Sunday Times and Harper's, and these pieces contain tantalizing glimpses of her very private life. 
 
An Omelette and a Glass of Wine is an exquisite collection that demonstrates the talent that made Elizabeth David the most celebrated food writer of her time.

An Omelette And a Glass of Wine

If you've been bragging about your killer cooking skills for years, this chapter will help you to put your money where your mouth is! Not only have we got some fancysounding dishes for starters, mains and desserts, we've also gone to the effort of creating different menus for you, with courses that complement each other perfectly. 
 
Recipes include: Goat's Cheese and Black Pepper Mousse, Blueberry Duck with Potato Rosti, Tapanade Beef Wellington and Chocolate and Hazelnut Torte. 
 
Food with Friends is the second cookbook from The Sorted Crew, with recipes by Ben Ebbrell. It's the ultimate guide for entertaining friends in a fun and fuss-free way, from romantic suppers and family barbecues to curry nights for hungry hordes. Whether you're cooking for two or twenty, Food with Friends by The Sorted Crew is THE book for easy entertaining.

Food to Show Off

Felicity Cloake

The recipes in The A-Z of Eating are all themed around Felicity Cloake's favourite ingredients (A is for Almond, B is for Blue Cheese, C is for Caramel and so on). Each chapter opener contains a fascinating introduction to the ingredient, blending history, food science, and much more. There are recipes to impress (roquefort and honey cheesecake with walnut and pear, roast duck with miso caramel); recipes for party food (cheese and marmite doughnuts, sriracha rice crispie cakes); right down to simple yet utterly delicious midweek suppers (slow roast tomato pasta with lemon salt, ricotta and basil, charred squash soup with zhoug and toasted pumpkin seeds). A must for all food-lovers.

The A-Z of Eating

A Flavour Map for the Adventurous Cook

David Flynn

Stephen Flynn

David and Stephen Flynn put fun, deliciousness and friendship at the heart of their cooking. By showing that vegetarian food is endlessly varied, packed full of flavour and amazingly easy to prepare they want to spread the love for fruit and veg! 
 
The World of the Happy Pear is inspired by David and Stephen's family, friends and the international team at their legendary café. It includes over 100 mouth-watering and totally doable recipes - like Grilled Halloumi Burger with Sweet Chilli Ketchup &amp; a Garlic Tahini Mayo ... Fennel, Ruby Grapefruit, Avocado &amp; Blueberry Salad ... Chocolate &amp; Salted Caramel Tart. 
 
There is advice on getting children to love the stuff that's good for them and top tips on the tasty vegetarian approach to everything from BBQs and burgers to ice cream and Pavlova. 
 
Become part of the world of the Happy Pear and discover a feast of healthy yummy food that will transform your eating!

The World of the Happy Pear

Over 100 Simple, Tasty Plant-based Recipes for a Happier, Healthier You

Charles Lamb

A rapturous appreciation of pork crackling, a touching description of hungry London chimney sweeps, a discussion of the strange pleasure of eating pineapple and a meditation on the delights of Christmas feasting are just some of the subjects of these personal, playful writings from early nineteenth-century essayist Charles Lamb. 
 
Exploring the joys of food and also our complicated social relationship with it, these essays are by turns sensuous, mischievous, lyrical and self-mocking. Filled with a sense of hunger, they are some of the most fascinating and nuanced works ever written about eating, drinking and appetite.

A Dissertation Upon Roast Pig & Other Essays

Alex Kapranos

In September 2005, Alex Kapranos began writing about what he ate while touring the world with the rock band Franz Ferdinand. The writing is as much about where he eats and the people he eats with as the unusual flavours he tastes on the road. 
 
Whether it&rsquo;s munching donuts with cops in Brooklyn, swallowing bull&rsquo;s balls with the band in Buenos Aires or queuing for a saveloy in South Shields, these are surprising and vivid snapshots of life on the road. 
 
Funny, poignant, sickening or sexual depending on the situation, the material, both new and previously published in the Guardian, is fascinating and entertaining.

Sound Bites

Eating on Tour with Franz Ferdinand

Alexandre Dumas

As well as being the author of The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas was also an enthusiastic gourmand and expert cook. His Grand Dictionnaire de Cuisine, published in 1873, is an encyclopaedic collection of ingredients, recipes and anecdotes, from Absinthe to Zest via cake, frogs' legs, oysters, Roquefort and vanilla. Included here are recipes for bamboo pickle and strawberry omelette, advice on cooking all manner of beast from bear to kangaroo brought together in a witty and gloriously eccentric culinary compendium.

From Absinthe to Zest: An Alphabet for Food Lovers

The Sorted crew are a bunch of childhood friends who decided to help each other with their cooking dilemmas when they all left home to go to university. Now they are 24-year-old graduates and are broadcasting their recipes to thousands of viewers and subscribers to their Sorted food channel on YouTube - the most popular cookery channel on the site. With 800,000 views a month, the Sorted recipe demonstrations help you knock up meal after meal of cracking food, seasoned with a healthy dose of fun. Whether a complete recipe rookie, a busy parent in need of inspiration, or a student faced with a small food budget, the Sorted For Beginners book will help sort all of your own kitchen dilemmas. A perfect cookbook for those in need of some cooking confidence and inspiration.

Beginners Get . . . Sorted

Over 140 Simple, Tasty Recipes That Take the Fuss out of Food

Pete Brown

In Britain, we have always had an awkward relationship with food.  We've been told for so long that we are terrible cooks and yet according to a recent YouGov survey, our traditional food and drink are more important than the monarchy and at least as significant as our landscape and national monuments in defining a collective notion of who we are. Taking nine archetypically British dishes - Pie and Peas, A Cheese Sandwich, Fish and Chips, Spag Bol, Devonshire Cream Tea, Curry, The Full English, The Sunday Roast and a Crumble with Custard - and examining them in their perfect context, Pete Brown reveals just how fundamental food is to our sense of identity, perhaps even our sense of pride, and the ways in which we understand our place in the world.

Pie Fidelity

In Defence of British Food

Olivia Potts

Olivia Potts' mother died when she just twenty-five. Stricken with grief, she did something life changing and rather ridiculous: she gave up a high-flying legal career to study at the notoriously difficult Le Cordon Bleu, despite not being able to cook. No one ever told Olivia you couldn't bake your way to happiness - but could you?

A Half Baked Idea

Winner of the Fortnum & Mason’s Debut Food Book Award

Kerryann Dunlop

Jamie has chosen his favourite subjects for this Food Tube series; Kerryann's Family Cookbook recipes fulfil Jamie's high food standards of quality, flavour and fun. 
Kerryann takes you from snacks to evening meals with advice for getting kids more involved in cooking and eating different foods. 
With plenty of tips to get the most out of fresh, simple ingredients, Kerryann's recipes show that it's more than possible to eat delicious food on a budget. 
Simple twists on meat, fish and veg classics include: Homemade fish fingers and minty smashed peas; Potato, chickpea and cauliflower curry and Majestical mac 'n' cheese.

Jamie's Food Tube: The Family Cookbook

Cupcake Jemma

Jamie has personally chosen his favourite subjects for this Food Tube series, Jemma's cupcakes fulfil Jamie's high food standards of quality, flavour and fun. 
Jemma is part of the London street food scene with a strong online following. Her seasonal collection of recipes take cupcakes to the next level while still being accessible and fun. 
She makes her cakes with plenty of love, exciting flavours and a large spoonful of creativity. 
Jemma's inventive creations include: Hot cross bun cupcakes, a Super-lemony meringue cake, Earl Grey breakfast cupcakes and an epic Raspberry ripple layer cake.

Jamie's Food Tube: The Cake Book

Gillian McKeith

Dr Gillian's recipe for a healthier life . . . Eat delicious food, feel great, look fabulous. The You Are What You Eat Cookbook makes healthy cooking easy, simple and fun. It also answers all those questions that can so often turn into excuses . . . Can healthy food really be tasty and convenient? What can I eat other than salad? I've bought the quinoa, but now what do I do with it? Packed with over 150 recipes and ideas for juices, smoothies, breakfasts, soups, salads, lunch-boxes, main meals, quick bites, snacks and treats, here is a cookbook for you and your family to savour.

You Are What You Eat Cookbook

Over 150 Healthy and Delicious Recipes from the multi-million copy bestseller

Jane Grigson

The companion to &quot;Vegetable Book&quot;, this is an alphabetical guide to fruit, from apple, apricot and arbutus to sorb apple, strawberry and water-melon. The author adds fragments of history or poetry, and explains the &quot;why' as well as the &quot;how&quot; of cookery.

Jane Grigson's Fruit Book

Discover the fabulous healthy eating secrets behind the amazing You Are What You Eat results and get ready to meet the new you 
 
Take the food IQ test and find out what your diet is doing to you 
 
Banish cravings and mood swings 
 
Discover how small changes can make a big difference 
 
Eat more . . . not less 
 
Follow Gillian's simple advice and you'll look and feel fantastic. Just give it a go and see . . .

You Are What You Eat

The original healthy lifestyle plan and multi-million copy bestseller

India Knight

Neris Thomas

Ever wanted a diet book by and for real people - you know, people who actually have a life? Congratulations! You've just picked it up. 
 
We lost ten stone in a year - and if we can do it, then just by following our tips you can do it too. There's never been a diet book like it - for women, by women with simple advice that is not hard to follow (plus jokes).

Neris and India's Idiot-Proof Diet

Lucy Mecklenburgh

The Only Way is Essex star Lucy Mecklenburgh is currently wowing the nation in Saturday night primetime BBC1 show Tumble (with 4 million viewers) and is constantly all over the newspapers and magazines because of her incredible body. Now Lucy is writing a book for the January New Year New You market, sharing her secrets about how everyone from beginners to busy mums and over-40s can get their best body ever. Lucy shares how she overcame bad habits and junk food, a 6 week meal plan from Lucy's nutritionist, and the exercise plans that made a difference in her life.

Be Body Beautiful

Look and feel your best with my guide to a healthy, happy new you

The next time your friends show up on your doorstep without warning, don't simply reach for the takeaway menu because we've got a whole host of ideas to fill you up. From dishes that beat the takeaway to some good old cinema snacks, this chapter has it all. Recipes include: Stuffed Tacos, Popcorn Chicken, Hoisin Ribs and Salt 'n' Pepper Wings. 
 
Food with Friends is the second cookbook from The Sorted Crew, with recipes by Ben Ebbrell. It's the ultimate guide for entertaining friends in a fun and fuss-free way, from romantic suppers and family barbecues to curry nights for hungry hordes. Whether you're cooking for two or twenty, Food with Friends by The Sorted Crew is THE book for easy entertaining.

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