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Just published: The British Cook Book
The best cookbooks are the ones that make you think. The good ones might introduce you to a new cuisine, take you away to a different...
Susan Low
Sep 21, 20222 min read


About so much more than 'just dumplings'...
The postman brought me this beautiful new book by @zuzazakcooks the other morning. I couldn't resist stealing a few moments and poring...
Susan Low
Aug 7, 20221 min read


“Tillingham is more than a wine farm”
I’d been hankering to visit Tillingham vineyard in East Sussex for ages. I’d heard many a good thing about their wines, which sounded...
Susan Low
Jun 10, 20222 min read


#CookForUkraine
I suspect I'm not the only person who has been finding it difficult to concentrate on the mundane matters at hand over the last week....
Susan Low
Mar 2, 20222 min read


Nistisima – hitting bookshelves soon...
Once in a while, a book comes across your desk that makes you think: Genius! This handsome cookbook from Georgina Hayden is one of those....
Susan Low
Feb 13, 20222 min read


Annabel Abbs: the writer who's bringing Eliza Acton into the 21st century
"I want to put Eliza back on the stage where I think she belongs," says Annabel Abbs, author of the just-published (February 3)...
Susan Low
Feb 3, 20223 min read


A kitchen with a mission
Mission Kitchen is a new food business incubator in Vauxhall that’s out to change the image of the food industry and to give a leg up to...
Susan Low
Oct 24, 20212 min read


The cookbook I wouldn't part with...
If you're a cookbook lover like me, chances are that you have certain books that you just wouldn't part with. You might not cook from...
Susan Low
Aug 25, 20211 min read


Now, THIS is what you call a lobster roll...
If you travel to New England, you’ll find there is a lot of inter-state disagreement and rivalry about the ‘proper’ way to cook...
Susan Low
Jul 25, 20212 min read


What are cookbooks for?
Review: The Gaza Kitchen What are cookbooks for? There’s the obvious: they show you how to cook recipes. The more interesting ones give...
Susan Low
Jun 10, 20212 min read


Holy Vale: birds, bunnies, botrytis – and great wine
There is no one on the planet who’s happier to see the end of lockdown than I am, and I recently dusted off my suitcase to head to the...
Susan Low
Jun 4, 20212 min read


"A memoir of love, migration and food"
When you're a food writer, people are always wanting to know which food books you'd recommend. The Settler's Cookbook by Yasmin...
Susan Low
Apr 13, 20212 min read


Ripe Figs by Yasmin Khan
I’d been anticipating the arrival of this book, the third from Yasmin Khan, for months – and it has been worth the wait. Before she took...
Susan Low
Mar 25, 20212 min read


These books have been two of my most transporting and reliably fascinating
These books have been two of my most transporting and reliably fascinating #lockdownreads, so I’m thrilled that both won awards at last...

Susan Low
Mar 4, 20211 min read


Cornmeal at the ready
Cornmeal at the ready... Looking forward to the Zoomtastic cookery course with @irina.r.georgescu this evening. We’re making mamaliga...

Susan Low
Mar 1, 20211 min read


Smells Nasty and Nice
Here’s a view of my IPad, from last night’s completely brilliant talk with Harold McGee and @fuchsiadunlop on Smells Nasty and Nice: How...

Susan Low
Feb 19, 20211 min read
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