Susan Low
My top cookbooks of 2024
These are the cookbooks and food books that have most inspired me in 2024. And, yes, they make excellent Christmas presents.
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Susan Low
Nov 206 min read
Postcard from Venice
My recommendations on where – and what – to eat and drink in Venice for a weekend break.
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Susan Low
Oct 194 min read
Postcard from Kardamyli
This once unassuming Greek village offers a glimpse at a way of life that’s becoming scarcer with each passing year – and great food, too.
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Susan Low
Sep 184 min read
Grape expectations: English wine harvest
Vineyards across the UK are gearing up for the 2024 grape harvest. Find out how you can take part.
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Susan Low
Aug 124 min read
What’s cooking: carlin peas
This heritage crop is making a comeback, and it has more than just good taste in its favour.
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Susan Low
Jun 303 min read
What’s cooking: RHS Wisley Supper Clubs
This summer, RHS Wisley in Surrey is running a series of botanically themed after-hours supper clubs.
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Susan Low
May 316 min read
My top cookbook picks
Part 1 of my pick of new cookbooks and food books from spring and summer 2024.
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Susan Low
Apr 265 min read
Postcard from Chinatown, Sydney
A handful of carefully chosen dishes tell the story of the disapora communities, past and present, of Sydney’s Chinatown.
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Susan Low
Feb 264 min read
Postcard from Bali
Top places to eat and drink in Seminyak.
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Susan Low
Jan 155 min read
What’s cooking: The School of Artisan Food
The Nottinghamshire-based school has been around since 2009, championing artisan food skills and the benefits of 'real food'. An...
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Susan Low
Dec 9, 20233 min read
2023’s best food books
Every year I think, Surely there can't be as many brilliant books published as there was last year – but every year I'm impressed by the...
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Susan Low
Nov 5, 20233 min read
Postcard from the south of France
Cold weather is not my thing, so when autumn rolls around, I generally try to head south, like a migrating bird, to try to make summer’s...
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Susan Low
Sep 10, 20233 min read
A taste of the Med (at home)
One whiff of ripe figs and I’m transported. I’m instantly in a place of long, late-summer afternoons filled with hazy heat, the sound of...
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Susan Low
Jun 4, 20233 min read
Allotment tales: learning to dig ‘no-dig’ gardening
It’s June, and the flowers are running riot in London’s front gardens. Roses are shyly opening their velvety petals, brazenly scented...
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Susan Low
Apr 16, 20234 min read
Diaspora dishes: immigration, emigration – and three great new cookbooks
A California-based journalist contacted me recently for quotes for a piece he was researching on the British food scene. “How much has...
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Susan Low
Mar 12, 20233 min read
Urla: The Med’s new food & wine hotspot
Just five months ago, I was in Urla, on the Aegean Coast of Turkey. It was my second trip to the region in a year, so impressed was I...
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Susan Low
Feb 12, 20232 min read
On becoming a mentor...
On the personal news front, I'm pleased and proud to be a mentor for the University of the Arts London/London College of Communication's...
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Susan Low
Jan 2, 20232 min read
The year that was, in cookbooks
2022 was a brilliant year for cookbooks. In terms of quality, range, depth and sheer ‘interestingness’, there was so much talent out...
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Susan Low
Nov 20, 20221 min read
A bit of news...
An update from me... I've recently joined the editorial team at Waitrose Food magazine. I'm incredibly excited to be part of a mag that...
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Susan Low
Oct 21, 20221 min read
Say hello to the kurnik (a mighty fine pie)
This fine pie, ladies and gents, is called a kurnik. It’s a celebratory pie with roots in Russia and Ukraine, often served at weddings...
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