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Whether you’re a whizz with a whisk or just starting out, there’s something for everyone on the shelves in the Clifton Room. Explore over 200 top-quality cookbooks - from world cuisines and air fryer tips, to spectacular cakes and BBQ inspiration.
Check out 12 great new recipe books below, or search the entire collection to see what tickles your tastebuds.
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1. Bake it Easy– Tom Oxford
Bake It Easy is a celebration of good, honest baking, with 50 seriously impressive one-pan bakes.
The boys behind The Exploding Bakery are back with a bang. This time, they’re here to show you that low-cost, low-effort baking doesn’t have to be boring. From no-weigh cakes to make-ahead bakes, through storecupboard heroes and seasonal stars, Bake It Easy takes the humblest of ingredients and transforms them into extraordinary tastes and textures.
With clear instructions, minimal equipment and vegan and gluten-free options, Bake It Easy contains unbeatable one-pan recipes – each accompanied by a photo – that can be made in ANY home kitchen, by any baker. Discover recipes for Treacle Pudding Loaf and Toffee Apple Cake, plus PB&J Blondies, Tiramisu and Maple and Pecan Friand Cake, and so much more.
2. Big Veg Energy – Christina Soteriou
From restaurant-trained chef and content creator Christina Soteriou this is unbelievably delicious plant-based food, packed with protein, whole foods and nutrients.
Expect nourishing, vibrant dishes - including Spicy Mushroom Skewers with Peanut Lime Sauce, Sweet Potatoes with Tahini Butter Chickpeas, Pulled Leeks with Pistachio Cream and Peanut Butter Cherry Jam Semifreddo - as well as extra features on key ingredients, debunking vegan myths and tips on saving money and storing produce to keep it fresh for longer.
3. Simply Raymond: Kitchen Garden – Raymond Blanc
Over 90 recipes celebrate the year-round ingredients and flavours from Raymond's kitchen garden. You'll find something quick and wholesome for a midweek supper as well as sensational dishes for special occasions. Recipes range from an easy Kitchen Garden Omelette to Salmon and Beetroot Tartare, and from Roast Butterflied Leg of Lamb with Salsa Verde to Baked Peach and Almond Crumble.
Whether you're in the kitchen wearing an apron dabbed with floury fingerprints, or longing to don your gardening gloves, Raymond is with you sharing his unique wisdom, know-how and charm. Bon Appétit!
4. The Potato Book – Poppy Cooks
You asked, and we heard – this is Poppy Cooks’ all-potato cookbook. The spud, the humblest of ingredients, can be made into more than just mash (but if it is mash, make it the best mash), and in this book Poppy O’Toole celebrates the range and variety from just this one mighty ingredient. In these pages are the tools you need for the perfect potatoes every time (whether they be roast, fondant,gnocchi, wedges or chips), with a signature classic recipe, before Poppy then adds tips and tricks for cooking with different methods and flavour options, as well as mouth-watering international classics (think latkes, dauphinoise and tartiflette) and old-school freezer favourites (hello potato smilies, tater tots and curly fries!).
With 101 recipes, from crispy cubes to chips and patatas bravas to Poppy’s ultimate 15-hour potatoes, this is THE book you need to raise your spud game and cook like the Potato Queen herself.
5. Simply Chinese Feasts – Suzie Lee
Growing up, TV presenter and author Suzie Lee was extremely fortunate in that her parents carried on the customs and traditions of Hong Kong in their family home in Northern Ireland, and now Suzie wants to do the same with this follow up book to her debut cookbook Simply Chinese.
Ring in Chinese New Year with crescent moon-shaped dumplings (to be eaten during the last hour of the old year and the first hour of the new) and indulge in a fish dish to encourage prosperity. Recipes include Salted Chilli Chicken, Traditional Dumplings, Lotus Root Crisps, as well as Chestnut Tart and Fluffy Birthday Cupcakes.
Structured via food group, in each section, Suzie will reveal the traditions, symbolism and lucky sayings associated with fish, meat, bread or cakes, before delving into delicious recipes to be shared and celebrated with family and friends.
6. Easy Air Fryer – Jamie Oliver
The result of months of experimentation, this is the first book to show you just how delicious and versatile air frying can be. Whether prepping ahead or cooking to order, Jamie will have you making meals people won’t believe were created in the air fryer.
Chapters include Quick Fixes, New Classics, Big Up the Veg, Super Salads, A Little Bit Fancy, Cute Canapes, Get Your Bake on and Proper Puds. Full of hacks, inspiration and new ideas, Jamie’s Easy Air Fryer will have you cooking easy, tasty, nutritious food time and again.
7. The Best of the Hairy Bikers – Si King & Dave Myers
For over two decades, Si and Dave have shared their love of food with the nation, enthusing and entertaining millions with their books and TV shows. Now, The Best of the Hairy Bikers brings together over 120 of their most admired, talked about, and cooked recipes in one place.
With dishes influenced by the Bikers' culinary travels to variations on British classics, this collection is full of easy-to-follow recipes to help you cook wholesome and flavourful meals at home. With chapters on snacks and soups, pasta and pies, as well as traybakes, curries, roasts, puddings and more, there is sure to be something for everyone.
8. You’ll Love This: Recipes That Broke the Internet – Saskia Sidey
Get ready to finally tackle all those recipes you’ve saved on your phone but never made! You’ll Love This brings the internet’s most-shared and most-loved recipes into one delicious, fail-proof collection. From TikTok-famous scrambled oats to spicy pickled garlic, these are the dishes that broke the internet—tested, perfected, and ready to impress.
Every recipe is crafted for maximum flavour and impact, no matter your skill level. Whether it’s breakfast, a quick snack, or a show-stopping main, there’s something here that’ll make you say, “I could totally make that!”
Get a taste of what’s inside: The ‘Bear' Eggs – Inspired by the hit TV show, complete with Boursin cheese and crispy chives. Cornflake Chicken Caesar Wrap – A crunchy twist on the classic wrap that’s all over your feed. Smashed Potato Salad – Crisp, golden smashed potatoes meet the creamy goodness of potato salad. The La Scala Salad – As loved by the Kardashians, with a spicy twist! Hot 'Feel Better' Pastina – Italian comfort food at its finest, for when you need a bowl of pure coziness
9. Rooza – Nadiya Hussain
Rooza is Nadiya Hussain's culinary tribute to the holy month, leading readers on an exploratory and celebratory journey through Muslim cuisine, shining a light on the rituals, traditions and incredible variety of dishes from across the Islamic world, and discovering recipes that feel familiar and others which represent something new.
With main meal and dessert inspiration for each of the 30 days, plus a selection of glorious feasting recipes for Eid, this is a beautiful and timeless book to treasure, give as a gift and return to year after year.
10. The Snack Hacker – George Egg
George Egg inhabits a place where the potentially frowned-up (processed cheese, crabsticks, salad cream) sits with the gourmet (date syrup, tahini, seaweed) and on occasion the deluxe (lumpfish caviar, liquorice root powder, Babybel). Discover hacks for fast food favourites alongside 'proper' recipes, using surprising combinations, unexpected ingredients and unconventional methods as George guides you from Deep-fried Pot Noodle to Chip Shop Tortilla, Microwave Shakshuka to Twiglet Brownies and Peshwari Toasties to Beer-battered Celebrations.
11. Laksa – Ryland Peters
Laksa is a delicious noodle soup consisting of thick noodles, swimming in a warming broth, packed full of fresh and fragrant ingredients with added toppings to add vibrant colour and interesting texture. For fans of spicy yet light-to-eat and reviving dishes, laksa really hits the spot.
The origins of this often fiery dish are unclear, but it hails from Peranakan culture, which is based in southeast Asia and is a combination of Chinese, Malay and Indonesian influences. Which is why you can find anything from mild 'Chinese' type curries to sour tamarind varieties in these recipes.
Curry laksa is the most often referred to type of noodle soup and is made from a coconut milk and curry paste base. Creamy, often fiery, intense flavours, with lashings of fresh chilli. Whereas Assam laksa is a much lighter version, made with a fragrant broth at its heart, full of tamarind and ginger flavours. Penang laksa is another version made with a tangy, sour fish broth. Slurp your way through this fantastic collection of recipes for laksa and other Asian-inspired noodle bowl recipes and find a dish to satisfy all of your cravings.
12. Bliss on Toast: 75 Simple Recipes – Prue Leith
What's more comforting and satisfying than toast? And if you top it with a few cleverly paired ingredients, it can be a full meal, not to mention pure bliss.
These 75 recipes for things on toast will help you make quick, delicious and versatile meals year-round - for working-from-home lunches and cosy Sunday suppers, to light bites, indulgent treats or impressive canapes.
Bliss on Toast is as much a toolkit for quick fridge-raids as it is inspiration for seasonal delights. With 82 years' experience of good eating and 60 years of cooking, writing about and judging food, there is no-one who better knows what makes a meal bliss than Dame Prue Leith.
