Christmas gifts – don’t despair,
ckbk is here
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With Christmas day fast approaching, are you still charging wildly along the high street in the hopes of finding something your sister will actually like? Leave the crowds behind, the perfect gift for any food lover in your life – is there anyone in your life that isn’t! – is at your fingertips.
A ckbk gift subscription is the ultimate culinary gift. A bookshelf of more than 750 cookbooks in one fell swoop, with no worry about delivery times. Buy one, or a bundle, at our special festive discounted rate.
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Whether you want to give that novice cook a helping hand in the kitchen, or give the adventurous foodie in your life a world of global cuisines to explore, we have a wealth of ideas, knowledge and recipes for everyone. The cook who likes to dine out could start with everything on our restaurant cookbooks bookshelf. The chef in your life will find our shelf of professional books an invaluable tool. The home baker will have a sweeter holiday with all 60 books on our baking bookshelf to spend quality kitchen time with.
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A gift subscription includes full ultra-searchable access to hundreds of the world’s greatest cookbooks, and for a limited time only take advantage of our festive subscription discount offer. If you have multiple gifts to buy, you can get a whole bundle at the special rate. Just select the number of subscriptions you want at checkout. Their annual or six-month subscriptions will start when they claim their gift.
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Delicious gifts you can make!
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Food, glorious food – giving the gift of something yummy to eat is always a good idea.
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Feast-worthy sides and garnishes
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Amoul Oakes' consuming passion for freekah
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In our latest feature, London-based chef, cookbook author and labneh-maker Amoul Oakes writes about freekah, an ancient grain she grew to love during her youth in Southern Lebanon. Freekah is picked green, and Oakes remembers the annual harvest preserving tradition (Mouneh) as a special time, with the preparation of many dishes. She shares her picks from more than 100 freekah recipes on ckbk – including Mark Hix's Tomato Freekah.
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Oakes’ own recipes are drawn from the great wealth of Lebanese culinary tradition, and her personal experience. We are thrilled to have her book Amoul: Some Family Recipes, newly added to ckbk. We also have an exclusive bonus recipe for her Spinach and Chick Pea Freekah.
For more about freekah and other super-grains, explore Ruth Nieman’s book Freekah, Wild Wheat & Ancient Grains.
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Ingredient spotlight: Brussels sprouts
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Ubiquitous at Christmas, the Brussels sprout is loved and loathed in equal measure. A many-headed subspecies of the common cabbage, sprouts benefit from similar cooking techniques – and are equally unappealing if overboiled! Their fresh, nutty taste works well when (roasted halved or whole), or shredded and fried with lardons, chestnuts, chillies, or any number of accompaniments.
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6 of the best festive drinks
While you’re doing all that cooking, and eating, let’s not forget the drinks. Here are six tempting recipes to wet your festive whistle.
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from Home Made Christmas by Yvette van Boven
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from Food and Cooking of Chile by Boris Basso Benelli
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from New York Christmas by Lisa Niesschlag and Lars Wentrup
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from Fix-It and Forget-It Big Cookbook by Phyllis Pellman Good
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from The Official Downton Abbey Christmas Book by Regula Ysewijn
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from The Thinking Girl’s Guide to Drinking by Ariane Resnick
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