Less of a unique selling point, and more of an all-encompassing approach to the cookbook, Home Cookery Year is a 400 page, 200+ recipe doorstop tat seeks to offer seasonal ideas for every possible situation, from midweek dinners to elaborate dinner party feasts. What a beauty… imaginative, appealing recipes grounded in good sense… you can taste the experience, that these are lived recipes.

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While in the Piccadillybranch of Waterstones I gathered an armful of cookery books and sat myself down on the sofa in the cookery section and ignored the rest of my family. This book showcases some of their popular dishes from the shack, including a haddock and pesto wrap, spiney popcorn and lobster mac and cheese. She has written about food for publications including the Guardian, Telegraph, BBC Good Food Magazine and Countryfile Magazine.Falastin journeys through the flavours of East Jerusalem, Nablus, Haifa, Akka, Nazareth, Galilee and the West Bank. The difference here is that the cake mixture contains more apple, grated, which keeps it wonderfully moist. But also the Fried Potato Masala Toastie, or the Pasteis de Nata, which I am thrilled to finally have a decent recipe for. With over 200 recipes, and with an expansive flavour palette, it is a boon for those in a cooking rut. Celebrity Best Home Cook features 10 household names who will be proving that they’ve got what it takes to be crowned the best home cook.

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Next time I make it I may use salty almonds or something else for crunch and skip the buckwheat groats.

Packed with recipes which use ingredients that are anti-inflammatory and use our natural fat-burning systems, Greger provides breakfast, lunch and dinner ideas that will promote a happier, healthier life whilst not skimping on flavour. Her first title focused on cooking for families, and last year saw her release New Kitchen Basics, which offered a wide range of recipes based around ten classic ingredients. The judges then decide who stays and who goes and who is ultimately crowned Celebrity Best Home Cook.

Home Cookery Year: Four Seasons, Over 200 Recipes for All

I have already leafed through the Autumn and Winter chapters of this book and stuck about twenty post-it notes on various recipes. Some of the recipes are more a suggestion for ways of combining ingredients than anything else, but no worse for it. It is light but satisfying, and just the right amount of sweet with the almonds complimenting the cherries beautifully. The show also stars Welsh rugby legend Gareth Thomas, comedian Desiree Burch, ex-politician and broadcaster Ed Balls, TV presenter Karim Zeroual, comedian Ed Byrne and journalist Rachel Johnson.

Claire Thomson, who has made something of a habit of releasing practical, down-to-earth cookbooks over the past five years. This latest book from ex Bake Off judge, Mary Berry, is an accompaniment to her current BBC2 programme and is packed full of comforting, homely recipes. After reading in her recipes notes that this is "one of my favourite recipes in the book" and that "when they are fried, heavens above, cauliflower becomes so unbelievably good" I knew this recipes sounded too delicious to pass up. And completing the judges line-up is TV presenter and fresh produce importer Chris Pavin, best known for hosting Tomorrow’s Food and Eat Well For Less. Deep frying is not my forte but cooking with confidence means that you can place your trust in a good recipe with clear instructions and feel okay with the outcome.