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Monday 4 November 2013

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From baking bibles to volumes on vino, from classic titles to celebrity chef bestsellers, Time Out has rounded up the best food books on the shelves to give you culinary inspiration. Whether you're looking for authentic Thai recipes, a guide to great British classics or simply some ideas for a quick evening meal, check out our guide to the best food books available. Know of a better cookbook that we haven't reviewed? Use the comments box below or tweet your suggestions.

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'Drink London: The 100 Best Bars and Pubs' by Euan Ferguson

5 out of 5 stars
Recommended

Man walks into a bar... and then another bar, and another, and another. Euan Ferguson - Time Out London's own pub and bar expert - has just written a hugely informative book.
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'Curry Easy Vegetarian' by Madhur Jaffrey

5 out of 5 stars
Recommended

This latest book from the doyenne of South Asian cooking is a fabulous read, and celebrates how Indian home cooks triumph in transforming frugal ingredients into magnificent feasts.
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'Plenty More' by Yotam Ottolenghi

5 out of 5 stars
Recommended

It’s taken four years for Ottolenghi to produce this sequel and it’s been worth the wait.
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'Jamie's Comfort Food' by Jamie Oliver

5 out of 5 stars
Recommended

Despite this being a TV tie-in packaged to go with his autumn Channel 4 series, this book is standout in its own right.
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'Honey & Co' by Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich

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4 out of 5 stars
Recommended

The lure of this book about a tiny Israeli eatery is clear: the owners’ stories that reflect on love, immigration and identity are endearing and universal, and the book is heavily seasoned with them.
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Simply Good Food by Neil Perry

Kids
3 out of 5 stars
Recommended

The latest offering from one of Australia's top chefs. Expect the likes of linguine with lobster and prosciutto, Mexican-style braised beef short ribs, and green papaya salad with king prawns and nam jim dressing all given lavish treatment.
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'Franco Manca: Artisan Pizza' by Giuseppe Mascoli and Bridget Hugo

Kids
3 out of 5 stars
Recommended

Dividing a 7g bag of dried yeast into smaller and smaller lines, I felt more like a cokehead chopping out their stash than someone making pizza. But this was no ordinary dough wheel, it was a homemade version of one of the best pizzas in town, and making one took patience.
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'Save with Jamie' by Jamie Oliver

Kids
5 out of 5 stars
Recommended

The latest recipe book from his enormous team builds on the huge success of his recent good-meal-in-a-rush volumes – but eclipses them. Gone are the overpriced packets of supermarket herbs, plus the unrealistic timelines.
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'Eat' by Nigel Slater

Kids
4 out of 5 stars
Recommended

'Eat', a cloth-bound collection of 'over 500 ideas for dinner', marks a return to the simpler style of Slater's earliest books. Recipes are brief (some, says Slater, started out as tweets), with short lists of ingredients and accompanied by small photographs.
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‘The Vietnamese Market Cookbook’ by Van Tran and Anh Vu

Kids
4 out of 5 stars
Recommended

Written by the two young women who run the Bánhmì11 food stalls in London markets, the scope of the books is goes far beyond spice-filled baguettes. There are soups, stews, salads, noodle dishes, meat and fish recipes, all with the British kitchen and cook in mind.
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