Personal collections are a great way to organize and manage your favorite books and recipes. The only problem is, if you have lots of collections, it can be awkward to scroll and find the collection you want.
Many users have asked if we can provide additional options to help organize long lists of collections, and we are happy to announce several new features to help with this.
Read MoreValentine Warner is serious about good food. In our latest Author Profile, Gabriella English interviews the chef, author and TV presenter. His enthusiasm for his subject jumps out of the screen, and fills his books with food you want to eat. Seasonal foods at their best right now include plums and wild mushrooms and we have recipe suggestions for both – as well as getting ready to celebrate National Potato Day.
Valentine Warner is a chef, author and TV presenter, who achieved acclaim for What to Eat Now, a pair of TV series which focused on cooking with the seasons. We are delighted that four of Valentine's cookbooks are now available in full on ckbk. In this author profile, Gabriella English speaks to Warner about his style of cooking and how it has developed.
Read MoreHow we eat is a vital way to influence how we feel. There are two new books on your ckbk bookshelves that take food and mood seriously. Pescan: A Feel Good Cookbook is a healthy pescatarian collaboration between Australian actress Abbie Cornish and chef Jacqueline King Schiller . Peace, Love & Pasta , meanwhile, offers home cooking from James Beard Award winning chef and TV personality Scott Conant.
Read MoreIf you, or a family member, have a dietary restriction, you know it shouldn’t mean any compromise on flavor, or the types of things you can eat. But the experience of those with allergies all too often involves saying "no" to stay safe, or enduring pale imitations. At ckbk we want everyone to have the recipes they need to make the food they love and so we are delighted to welcome The Friendly Baker to our Free-From bookshelf.
Read MoreWhether you are an experienced chef, cookery student, or home cook, ckbk's essential texts from the world of professional culinary training will help you to refine your skills with detailed step-by-step photography and instructions. If you are serious about patisserie and chocolate, we have two newly-added tomes that offer fully comprehensive coverage of these subjects.
Read MoreFood intolerances and allergies are an unfortunate fact of life, but luckily ckbk has a whole shelf of books devoted to Free-from cooking. In this latest addition to our Behind the Cookbook series, Lucy Parr, author of The Friendly Baker (newly added to ckbk), tells us how she came to start her blog Lucy’s Friendly Foods, and to write this, her first cookbook.
Read MoreWhether it is cool, sunny, or scorching where you are, ckbk is here to keep you cool in the kitchen. Summer holidays mean a different kind of cooking. You might have more time in the kitchen, or be juggling kitchen time with sightseeing and family to attend to. You might be cooking on an unfamiliar holiday-rental stove. Whatever your summer catering means, this is your holiday, and we don’t want it to be stressful. So, we’ve got all the resources for you to enjoy the kind of food that makes your holiday feel like one!
Read MoreBastille Day, or the Fête Nationale Française, celebrates the liberation of the French people by remembering two events of the French revolution – the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789 and the Fête de la Fédération that announced unity on 14 July 1790. Annually July 14 sees military parades in Paris, while fireworks and parties set the mood across France.
Read MoreA charismatic and influential British celebrity chef, Keith Floyd left an indelible mark on the culinary world. ckbk caught up with some of the people who worked with and have admired him over the years to get a flavor of the flamboyant figure who set the standard for TV shows and cookery book tie-ins after he burst onto TV screens in the 1980s.
Read MoreSpices are addictive. Perhaps not scientifically speaking but spices possess a fragrant ability to tantalise the appetite, to evoke memories of childhood baking or rambling through souks abundant with spices. As a lover of gingerbread, I am easily seduced by the aromas of ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg. But it is the scent of saffron that triumphs as my favourite spice – slightly floral with a hint of smoke capable of transporting me to the land of the Arabian Nights with its fragrant rice dishes and golden hued stews.
Read Moret’s that time of year to make a racket about strawberries with Wimbledon gracing our screens this week - our Wimbledon collection absolutely smashes it. As well as the ubiquitous berry, we’ll be serving up the likes of dainty Cucumber Sandwiches, Homemade Ginger Beer and jugs of fruity Summer Cup, a gin-based herbal long drink created in the 1820s by James Pimms at his oyster bar in London.
Read MoreIn this occasional series, ckbk users share their thoughts and experiences on cookbooks and cooking. The latest contribution comes from prolific cook and ckbk recipe reviewer Rob Hindle, who discusses his own rather stringent approach to reviews and ratings.
Read MoreCooking for a young family is always a challenge, with time at a premium, a range of different bodies to keep healthy and well-fed, and disparate tastes to cater to. We have a generously stocked Family Bookshelf to help you tackle that challenge. Find sound advice on organising your kitchen, batch cooking, tips and shortcuts to maximise time, and catering for fussy eaters.
Read MoreIn the latest instalment of our Consuming Passions series, Elly McCausland, author of The Botanical Kitchen, recalls the childhood origin of her passion for blackcurrants. This small, intensely colored and flavored summer fruit is familiar in Europe, where its short season runs from July until mid-August, but it remains something of a rarity in the United States — in fact Wikipedia claims that just 0.1% of Americans have ever tasted one. Perhaps that is about to change…
Read MoreWhat are the core elements of a chef’s culinary education, and how does ckbk support professional chefs through their careers?
The Chefs’ Knowledge is the latest new book to be added to ckbk. Published by The Chefs’ Forum, a UK chef community network, this book brings together 100 fundamental recipes which every chef should master early in their career, along with plenty of hints and advice. In our launch feature Ramona Andrews talks to several of the leading British chefs who contributed to the volume.
Read MoreWhether you are already a professional chef, or are training to become one, ckbk offers the material you need to develop your skills, explore different culinary specialties, and build your own style. ckbk’s virtual bookshelves offer a treasure trove of inspiration and reference material to support your cooking.
The latest cookbook to be added to ckbk, The Chefs’ Knowledge, is the result of a collaboration between The Chefs’ Forum and dozens of top chefs active in culinary education across the United Kingdom. The book includes 100 basic recipes as well as a wealth of hints and tips for any budding chef. We caught up with several of the chefs who contributed to the volume, to get their take on culinary education and the important role played by cookbooks.
Read MoreFollowing the success of their book Jean-Georges: Cooking at Home with a Four Star Chef, top food writer and home cook Mark Bittman and stellar chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten have done it again. New to ckbk Simple to Spectacular makes the most of their joint expertise, presenting a wide range of dishes, from the most approachable to the most elaborate.
Read MoreAdam Hoss is an Ohio-based author, who has published two novels, the most recent being One Hundred Below, a murder mystery set at Antarctic research station. He is also a keen cook and a ckbk subscriber. In this contribution to our Consuming Passions series, Adam describes his love for cinnamon, one of the most versatile spices in any cook’s spice cabinet.
Read MoreNewly published, and new to ckbk, Tekebash & Saba: Recipes from the Horn of Africa is an exciting new addition to our Africa bookshelf. In this beautifully illustrated book, restaurateur Saba Alemayoh recounts personal and political histories of Tigray, the northernmost state of Ethiopia. It is a compelling read about her mother Tekebash Gebre’s life through food, and her own journey to the opening of her Melbourne restaurant in 2015.
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