Charlotte Bland

Food photographer

https://charlottebland.co.uk/

Biography

Charlotte Bland is a photographer who shoots film and captures real life. Book commissions include Flavour by Ruby Tandoh, The Cornershop Cookbook and The Set Table: The Art of Small Gatherings.

How To Eat: The Pleasures and Principles of Good Food

Nigella Lawson

I use How to Eat more than any other cookbook. It was published when I was a student - what a life saver - and I’ve cooked from it regularly ever since.

The Eagle Cookbook

David Eyre

Widely imitated but never bettered, The Eagle is a brilliant place, as is this book - I love everything about it.

Chef, La Grenouillère

Alexandre Gauthier

A thoughtful book about a surprising, unique and special restaurant, full of beautiful photos and fascinating recipes.

The Kitchen Diaries

Nigel Slater

The classic.

A Homemade Life

Molly Wizenberg

Both memoir and recipe book; Molly writes brilliantly about food and life.

A Bird in the Hand

Diana Henry

I don’t know how I managed without this one before it was published to be honest.

The River Café Cookbook

Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers

A wonderful book about a wonderful restaurant. The recipes, photography, layout and prose are all spot on.

Cucina Siciliana

Clarissa Hyman

The next best thing to being in Sicily. The recipes cover the huge range of local produce but it’s the background stories that take the reader from a Palermo market into a comprehensive history of Sicilian ice cream and show where to find the best cassata, that reveal what a gem of a book this is.

Soho Cooking

Alastair Little

Years ago, when I moved to London from Devon this book revealed a huge range of ‘exotic’ food that was now on my doorstep - a revelation.

A Visual Feast

Arabella Boxer

Arranged by month, this book was way ahead of the seasonal food revival. It’s a real gem with essays on ingredients and techniques from steaming to mousses, coriander and fruit compotes, and with Tessa Traeger’s wonderful food still life shots - no step-by-step photos needed here - it’s a complete joy to read and cook from.