Rukmini Iyer

Food stylist and food writer

https://missminifer.co.uk

Biography

Rukmini is a food stylist and food writer, formerly a lawyer. She loves making food look beautiful for photo shoots, and when she's not cooking, loves entertaining, reading by the riverside and turning her flat into an urban jungle.'

How to be a Domestic Goddess

Nigella Lawson

My go to for baking. Harmonious photographs and love the unfussy layout as well as obviously fabulous recipe.

The French Laundry Cookbook

Thomas Keller

An amazing insight into the very best of restaurant cooking, with some of the recipes surprisingly achievable at home (with patience and time). Wonderful for reference as well.

Falling Cloudberries

Tessa Kiros

One of my first cookbooks — was blown away by the combination of scrapbook and recipes and the lush photography.

The Good Cook (series)

Time-Life Books , Richard Olney , Carol Cutler and Jeremiah Tower

I would read the pastry book cover to cover as a child over breakfast and marvel at the step by step photographs & description of patisserie techniques, albeit nothing I made from the book came out very well. (Ephron lists the reasons why in her brilliant article about the food industry and the Time Life series.)

Nigella Bites

Nigella Lawson

I know this isn't the most popular of her books, but it's the one I turn to the most often - for Welsh rarebit muffins, pancakes, the masala omelette and absolutely splendid coriander chutney. The fried chicken is 👌 as well.