Laura Rowe

Laura Rowe

Food writer
https://www.olivemagazine.com
Biography

Laura Rowe has been writing about food and drink in the UK for more than a decade. She’s written for the Guardian's Word of Mouth food blog, magazine, Lovefood.com, thewelshmenu.com and edited three editions of the award-winning Crumbs magazine in the South West. Most recently she was named as editor of the much loved national food title, olive. When she’s not eating and drinking her way around the country, she also works as a home economist for top celebrity chefs, making the 'here’s one I made earlier', and her debut book, Taste: the Infographic Book of Food, is out this October.

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Perfect: 68 Essential Recipes for Every Cook's Repertoire

Perfect: 68 Essential Recipes for Every Cook's Repertoire

Felicity Cloake

This book, and the follow up (Perfect Too) is ideal if you want to do a cookbook purge. Felicity's done all the hard work for you, scouring the best cookery books, to come up with the ultimate recipes for some of your favourite dishes. A great read

Cook with Jamie: My Guide to Making you a Better Cook

Cook with Jamie: My Guide to Making you a Better Cook

Jamie Oliver

I seriously rate all of Jamie Oliver's cookery books – he uses ingredients we can all find, flavours we all love, and recipes we can all follow. But in this book he really comes into his own - teaching and guiding you at every step. And it also features THE BEST brownie recipe you will ever come across

Riverford Farm Cook Book

Riverford Farm Cook Book

Guy Watson and Jane Baxter

Endlessly useful when looking for veggie inspiration, an authority on the seasons, and full of wit and humour (William Hague is compared to a celeriac... need I say more)

Nigella Kitchen: Recipes from the Heart of the Home

Nigella Kitchen: Recipes from the Heart of the Home

Nigella Lawson

Nigella writes as a cook, not a chef, so her recipes always work and this book is full of food you want to eat every day. Some of my favourite dinners (midweek and weekend) come from this book

Leith's Baking Bible

Leith's Baking Bible

Susan Spaull and Fiona Burrell

Bible couldn't be more apt. This book helped me understand the science behind baking, in turn making me a better baker. I'll be forever grateful: my waistline, not so much

River Cottage Veg Every Day!

River Cottage Veg Every Day!

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Simple, everyday recipes that don't feel like you're compromising by making your five-a-day the star

Dough

Dough

Richard Bertinet

Richard's techniques will change the way you bake bread. And, more importantly, make you want to bake bread. A lot

Ivan Ramen: Love, Obsession and Recipes

Ivan Ramen: Love, Obsession and Recipes

Ivan Orkin

So much more than a cookery book, this is an exploration of the fundamentals of ramen, and a story of love and heartbreak and the healing power of a damn fine bowl of soup. Inspiring and mouthwatering

Stew! 100 Splendidly Simple Recipes

Stew! 100 Splendidly Simple Recipes

Genevieve Taylor

This book will see you through the winter (and the other months too – a stew is for life, not just for Christmas) and save you money too. Great for get-ahead dinners and frugal dining. Family cooking at its best

Ching's Chinese Food in Minutes

Ching's Chinese Food in Minutes

Ching-He Huang

This book is ideal for midweek dinners – fresh, fast and flavourful recipes that work

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