Pip McCormac

Lifestyle Director at Red Magazine

Biography

As the Lifestyle Director at Red Magazine, Pip McCormac's approach to food is all about the inspirational, the impressive, but also the easy. Having been a food journalist for over 10 years, his first recipe book The Herb and Flower Cookbook was published in 2014. Full of home cooking recipes with clever flavour twists it won the Best Single Subject Cookbook Award at the Gourmand Awards in 2015.

A Bird in the Hand

Diana Henry

Full of amazingly simple yet flavourful suppers, ideal for weeknights and entertaining alike.

Smashing Plates

Maria Elia

Each Greek-inspired platter bursts with warmth, the edible equivalent of sunshine on your back.

A Change of Appetite

Diana Henry

You'd never notice this was notionally a healthy eating book. What it lacks in fats and sugars it more than makes up for with everything else.

My Simple Italian

Theo Randall

Worth it for the Amalfi Lemon Tart alone, but every other dish transports you straight to Italy.

Jamie's Comfort Food

Jamie Oliver

From the Panettone Bread and Butter Pudding to the Bloody Mary Beef, the recipes do exactly what the title suggests. Warm you from within

Full of Flavor: How to Create Like a Chef

Maria Elia

Taking her cheffy knowledge and distilling it for the home cook, the recipes teach the reader about flavour matching and technique, whilst providing easy inspiration.

Summer Berries and Autumn Fruits

Annie Rigg

Taking you through the seasons the incredible recipe writer Annie Rigg thinks about how to use fresh produce to its best. Cherry cake with a shortbread base? Yes please.

The Kitchen Orchard

Natalia Conroy

Treating your fridge like a place to forage from, the ideas here are all plates you can throw together, hinging on a small number of key ingredients. Delicious.

Istanbul

Rebecca Seal

Nestled between evocative photography of the Turkish capital are an array of recipes inspired by time spent in the city. Sunny tastes and warm climes.

Mamushka

Olia Hercules

Ukrainian food wasn't on my radar until this book - and now it's all I want to eat. Lots of walnuts, lots of herbs, lots of citrus. Heavenly.

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