November 25, 2021 The Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails, edited by David Wondrich with Noah Rothbaum Review by Hayley Anderton The first book I met when I started working in the wine trade was Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to…
August 17, 2021 Sicilia by Ben Tish Reviewed by Hayley Anderton This book turned up out of the blue when it was still cold and miserable back in the spring (thank…
July 15, 2021 Martha Lloyd’s Household Book Introduced with annotated transcription by Julienne Gehrer. Review by Hayley Anderton Martha Lloyd, to the previously uninitiated (such as myself) was a friend and…
July 1, 2021 Gelupo Gelato by Jacob Kenedy Review by Hayley Anderton When Gelupo Gelato arrived, it was so hot I couldn’t muster the energy to make the big supermarket trip to…
October 27, 2020 The Little Library Christmas by Kate Young Reviewed by Hayley Anderton I’m a proper fan of Kate Young and her Little Library books – they’re a delightful mix of recipes, reflection,…
August 18, 2020 Summer Kitchens by Olia Hercules Reviewed by Hayley Anderton At the risk of speaking to soon lockdown finally seems to be lifting in Leicester just in time to catch…
July 21, 2020 Summer’s Lease by Thom Eagle Review by Hayley Anderton I’ve heard universally good things about Thom Eagle’s first book, First, Catch and it has a clutch of awards to…
July 14, 2020 Root Stem Leaf Flower by Gill Meller Reviewed by Hayley Anderton Whilst writing this I’m still officially in full lockdown in Leicester. I don’t know what it’s like on the outside,…
May 12, 2020 Oats in the North Wheat from the South by Regula Ysewijn Review by Hayley Anderton I know it’s not the easiest time to get baking supplies, or books, or enough exercise to work off the…
April 2, 2020 Drinking French by David Lebovitz Review by Hayley Anderton Before everything started to close down the books I had been particularly anticipating, ordering, and reading, were mostly food and…
April 16, 2019 Cocoa An Exploration of Chocolate, With Recipes, by Sue Quinn Reviewed by Hayley Anderton There are all sorts of reasons I pick up cookbooks to look at: I like the cover, I like the…
April 5, 2018 What She Ate by Laura Shapiro Reviewed by Hayley Anderton What She Ate looks at ‘six remarkable women and the food that tells their stories’. It comes at a time…
November 2, 2017 A Round-Up of Christmas Cookbooks Reviewed by Hayley Anderton Christmas is coming and it’s time to start talking about it. The books vying for our money, and a top…
October 24, 2017 The Cocktail Book Reviewed by Hayley Anderton My day job is selling wine, spirits, and beer, something I fell into when I became interested in learning more…
February 7, 2017 The Olive Oil Diet by Dr Simon Poole and Judy Ridgway Reviewed by Harriet When I was a small child my mother, who spent a lot of time in France and loved French cooking, used…
December 16, 2016 Simple by Diana Henry and Gather by Gill Meller Reviewed by Hayley Anderton A tale of two cookbooks: Simple and Gather The nights are now longer than the days, the quinces on the…
December 2, 2016 Cookbooks for Christmas Reviewed by Hayley Anderton Despite having run out of shelf space for more cookbooks some time ago, they remain one of my favourite things…
October 11, 2016 Reading for Food and Drink Written by Hayley Anderton Wine is a wonderful thing, a living, breathing, liquid that ages, changes, develops in bottle and glass. It has the…
October 11, 2016 Polska by Zuza Zak Reviewed by Hayley Anderton It’s no secret that I have a weakness for cookbooks, I love them, love the way that they give me…
June 21, 2016 Pride And Pudding by Regula Ysewijn Reviewed by Hayley Anderton Sometimes I wonder if my cookbook habit is getting out of control, and in my darkest moments I’ll even question…
October 29, 2015 The Oxford Companion to Wine 4th Edition by Jancis Robinson and Julia Harding Reviewed by Hayley Anderton It was reading Jancis Robinson’s Confessions of a Wine Lover which initially pushed me to learn more about wine, and the second…
August 6, 2015 Game by Tim Maddams Reviewed by Hayley Anderton I love the River Cottage handbooks, really truly deeply love them. Individually they are all excellent stand alone cookbooks and…
April 14, 2015 A Bird in the Hand by Diana Henry Reviewed by Hayley Anderton Chicken recipes for every day and every mood. Chicken is hard to avoid these days. When I was a child…
January 20, 2015 Marmalade: A Bittersweet Cookbook by Sarah Randall Reviewed by Hayley Anderton There is a not very scientific argument that claims that the third Monday in January is the most depressing day…
October 8, 2014 The Oxford Companion to Food by Alan Davidson, ed. Tom Jaine Reviewed by Hayley Anderton My best friend and I met through books; she was running a discount bookshop that I used to shop in,…
