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Best British cookbooks: the cookbooks celebrating Britain’s thriving food scene

These British cookbooks reflect the UK’s diverse cuisine, as well as a thriving food scene showcasing the incredible producers and ingredients that deserve to be celebrated.

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The best books for cooking on a budget

Streamline your weekly food shop spend with our round-up of the best budget cookbooks, packed with money-saving tips, tricks and recipes.

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Easy midweek vegan meals

Quick, plant-based dinner ideas that make vegan midweek cooking easy. from a one-tin aubergine dish to a speedy pasta recipe.

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The dessert cookbooks you need in your kitchen

From Mary Berry’s classic sponges to Ottolenghi’s stylish bakes, these dessert cookbooks will help keep those sugar cravings at bay.

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5 cookbooks to help you eat green

Overwhelmed by the state of our planet? Want to make a difference but don’t know where to start? From flexitarian eating to vegan cooking, nose-to-tail dishes to zero-waste advice, these cookbooks will show you how.

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The best baking cookbooks for kids

These baking cookbooks span a range of techniques from absolute basics to the more advanced, helping kids get comfortable with cooking and setting them up with skills for life. Here are five of our favourites.

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The best pasta cookbooks

Our pick of the best pasta cookbooks will teach you to make your own dough and master a wide repertoire of authentic Italian sauces.

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12 cookbooks every student needs

From an indispensable guide to corner shop cooking to a collection of accessible vegan recipes, these books will help see students through to the end of term.

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Easy vegan bakes

From traybakes to cookies, loaves to layer cakes, and all the brownies you could ever need, these easy vegan recipes take the stress out of plant-based baking.

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Learn how to bake bread with these cookbooks

Here, we’ve listed our favourite bread-making cookbooks to suit every type of baker, from absolute beginners to sourdough aficionados.

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The best vegetarian Indian cookbooks

These cookbooks put flavour-packed veg at the centre of the plate, with curries, rice dishes, sides, salads, pickles and soups from the likes of Madhur Jaffrey to Meera Sodha.

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8 of the best barbecue cookbooks

We’ve rounded up eight of the best barbecue cookbooks to guide your grilling exploits, from meat bibles to vibrant vegetarian barbecue recipes.

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