To celebrate the addition to ckbk of several cookbooks by Irish-French author Trish Deseine, and with an eye on the impending St Patrick’s Day celebrations, we spoke to Trish about her Irish roots, her love of the regional cooking of France, and some of the dishes which have meant the most to her over the years.
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This week we are delighted to add The Frozen Peas Cookbook to ckbk, ahead of the book’s print publication on 13 March 2025. Like author Samuel Goldsmith’s previous book (The Tinned Tomatoes Cookbook), the new title showcases creative ways with a familiar staple, ensuring that you are never out of ideas. We spoke to Sam about the motivation for his two cookbooks, his work as a food editor and podcast host, and his tips for success in the kitchen.
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Michael Kalanty taught breadmaking for many years and has published two in depth educational texts on the fundamentals of bread baking. He recently worked with ckbk to release a new and updated edition of his second book, under the title How to Bake Sourdough Bread. We spoke to him about his baking and his books.
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With four Carluccio titles being added to ckbk this week, we look back on Antonio Carluccio’s journey from son of a stationmaster in a small Italian village to becoming the beloved “Godfather of Italian food” in the UK.
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Jo Pratt is a prolific cookbook author, and five of her cookbooks are now available to ckbk members: The Flexible Vegetarian, The Flexible Family Cookbook, In the Mood for Entertaining, In the Mood for Healthy Food and Madhouse Cookbook. For our latest author profile we spoke to Jo about a range of topics including her favourite cheeses, top kitchen hacks and Valentine’s Day ideas, and the Gary Rhodes recipe she keeps going back to…
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The latest ckbk author Q&A is with Radhika Howarth, whose new cookbook, Radikal Kitchen, has a unique format, following the journey of specific dishes and ingredients along the Silk Road, and other trade routes. Don’t miss a special bonus - a video showing how to make Radhika’s “radikal” version of the Indian-spiced South African classic dish, Bunny Chow.
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Dip In Brilliant is restaurateur Dipna Anand’s second cookbook, and it has recently been added to ckbk. Women In The Food Industry co-founder Mex Ibrahim spoke to Dipna about her inspiration for the recipes and the culinary adventures you will find in the book. Dip In Brilliant showcases not only delicious Punjabi delights, but also some of Dipna’s quirky recipe creations and some of her mum’s magical recipes too.
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Ramona Andrews speaks to John Ash, the James Beard Award-winning cookbook author whose latest book, The Hog Island Book of Fish & Seafood, has just been added to ckbk. This book, published last year, reflects the author’s lifelong commitment to sustainable cooking and local ingredients.
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ckbk co-founder Matt Cockerill speaks to Yvette Zuniga Jemison, whose IACP award-winning cookbook My South Texas Kitchen (described by the author as "a tribute to the home cooking of multiple generations of my Mexican-American family"), is now available on ckbk.
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Chef Tony Bilson was at the heart of high-end cuisine in Australia for several decades, with protegés including Neil Perry and Tetsuya Wakuda. We are pleased to add to ckbk both of Bilson’s best-known cookbooks, Tony Bilson’s Recipe Book and Fine Family Cooking, each of which showcase the range and quality of his cooking, and describe how his work was inspired by the classic French chefs. In this profile, Australian food writer Roberta Muir looks at Bilson’s impact on the Australian culinary scene, and picks out a personal selection of recipes from across his illustrious career.
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Neil Perry is a leading Australian chef with a career spanning 40+ years. Two more of his cookbooks (Rockpool and Simply Asian) have just been added to ckbk, where they join The Food I Love and Balance and Harmony. To mark the occasion, Roberta Muir caught up with the chef to discuss his cookbooks and his latest restaurant ventures in Sydney.
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Plant Feasts – Frankie Paz’s debut cookbook was published in April 2024, and is now available in full to ckbk Premium Members. TV Producer and Women in the Food Industry Ambassador Antonia Lloyd, who talks candidly with Frankie about her overcoming drug addiction and then appearing on Jamie Oliver’s Cookbook Challenge for Channel 4.
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British born chef Darren Purchese is Australian patisserie royalty. If you are in Australia you will know of him. If you aren’t you will certainly have heard of Australian Masterchef, the globally watched show on which his complex creations have been set as tie-breaker challenges under his watchful eye and expert guidance. Find out more about Darren’s cookbooks and some of his favorite recipes in Cat Black’s author profile.
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Damien Pignolet has been an influential chef and teacher of cookery in Australia for more than four decades. He trained at the William Angliss College of Catering in Melbourne, and his long career as a chef in and around Sydney at restaurants including Pavilion on the Park, Claude's and Bistro Moncur in Woollahara. He is the author of two cookbooks, French and Salades, both now available in full on ckbk.
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Christine Manfield is one of Australia’s most celebrated chefs, and we are delighted to have six of her books now available on ckbk. In this exclusive author profile for ckbk, fellow chef and author Roberta Muir speaks to Christina about her career, her restaurants, and her cookbooks.
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ckbk met with Rena Salaman, author of The Food and Cooking of Greece, to explore her favorite Greek dishes, culinary trends she finds intriguing, and her cherished childhood memories tied to Greek cuisine.
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Mark Studley is a self-taught chef whose over-the-top burgers and street food have won many fans (and awards). He stumbled into the business almost by chance “I got fed up with paying money for rubbish food. I thought I could do it better”, and opened the Cow N Bun burger bar in Somerset. He now works as a private chef, and Dirty is his first cookbook. The book won private chef platform YHangry’s cookbook of the year award in 2022. ckbk co-founder Matt Cockerill spoke to the chef to understand the dirty ethos.
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Valentine Warner is a chef, author and TV presenter, who achieved acclaim for What to Eat Now, a pair of TV series which focused on cooking with the seasons. We are delighted that four of Valentine's cookbooks are now available in full on ckbk. In this author profile, Gabriella English speaks to Warner about his style of cooking and how it has developed.
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A charismatic and influential British celebrity chef, Keith Floyd left an indelible mark on the culinary world. ckbk caught up with some of the people who worked with and have admired him over the years to get a flavor of the flamboyant figure who set the standard for TV shows and cookery book tie-ins after he burst onto TV screens in the 1980s.
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ckbk met with author (and photographer) Saghar Setareh to talk about her new book, Pomegranates & Artichokes, published on 4 May. Read about how she overcame extraordinary challenges to produce a unique cookbook that explores the cuisines of Iran, Italy, and “In Between” (Eastern Mediterranean and Levantine cuisine).
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