BOOKS TO READ in January/February

FOOD

COOK, EAT, REPEAT

BY NIGELLA LAWSON (CHATTO & WINDUS, R419)

This is a delicious and delightful combination of recipes intertwined with narrative essays about food, all written in Nigella’s engaging and insightful prose. Whether she’s posing the question, ‘What is a recipe?’ or declaring death to the concept of the ‘guilty pleasure’, her wisdom about food and life comes to the fore, with tasty new recipes that readers will want to return to again and again. ‘The recipes I write come from my life, my home,’ says Nigella, and in this book she shares the rhythms and rituals of her kitchen through over 150 new recipes that make the most of her favourite ingredients. There’s a suitably expansive chapter devoted to family dinners, plus you’ll find inspiration for vegan feasts, solo suppers and new ideas for Christmas.

40 YEARS OF ICONIC FOOD

BY DORAH SITOLE