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Christmas 2024 Gift Guide: The best vegan cookbooks

Whether you’re shopping for a novice vegan, a budget-conscious student, or an adventurous home cook, you’ll find the perfect present in this Christmas gift guide.

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Christmas 2024 Gift Guide: Books for serious cooks

Whether they love to recreate the food of their favourite restaurants at home, explore new cuisines, delve into the history of food or even if they’re the cook that already has every book, this gift guide features our pick of the best books to buy the expert cook in your life this Christmas.

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The best soup cookbooks

Whether it’s a nutrient-packed vegetable soup paired with a chunk of crusty bread, or ramen with a deliciously savoury broth, there are few things more comforting than a hearty bowl...

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Christmas 2024 Gift Guide: The best cookbooks for bakers

Find the perfect gift for the star baker in your life with our pick of the best cookbooks on baking.

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Jay Rayner shares his favourite cookbooks

The restaurant critic and author of Nights Out At Home shares five of his favourite cookbooks of all time.

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Our pick of the best French cookbooks

Learn how to recreate one of the world’s most respected cuisines at home with our pick of the best French cookbooks from trusted experts.

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Our favourite East and Southeast Asian cookbooks

The vast and diverse region of East and Southeast Asia is home to some of the world’s most revered cuisines, from Chinese to Malaysian, Thai to Japanese. In this collection, we’ve rounded up some of our favourite East and Southeast Asian cookbooks, so you can master a mohinga, recreate your favourite ramen, or level up your laksa skills at home.

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10 gluten-free cookbooks that put flavour first

Whether you suffer from coeliac disease or you’re just trying to reduce gluten in your diet, these accessible cookbooks will help you to create flavour-first, gluten-free meals with ease.

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5 Caribbean cookbooks to try this summer

Here are three cookbooks from much-loved British/Caribbean authors that will help you bring a taste of these island nations into your own kitchen, from vegan twists on classic dishes to little known island recipes to all-out barbecue feasts.

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The best cookbooks for summer

Make the most of the warmer weather with the most inspiring summer cookbooks for 2018. From fuss-free one-tin recipes to sizzling barbecue dishes and the coolest ice creams, summer is heating up.

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The best Mexican cookbooks

From Ixta Belfrage to Rick Stein, here is your guide to cookbooks that celebrate one of the world’s most popular cuisines.

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The best cocktail and drinks books for amateur mixologists

Whether you’re an amateur seeking a beginner’s guide to mixing, or a drinks aficionado on the hunt for cocktails with sophistication, there’s a cocktail book out there for you.

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