Japanese food has achieved stunning growth in its global popularity in recent years , but much of what is offered outside Japan is lacking in authenticity and it has been difficult to train in traditional Japanese cuisine without traveling to Japan. This is all set to change with the opening of the Tokyo College of Sushi & Washoku in London, and we have a special offer for chefs looking to develop their sushi skills.
Read MoreThis week’s newsletter celebrates Yorkshire Day, and features recipes with beer, ideas for avocados, as well as Antonia Lloyd’s postcard from Burgundy and our in depth introduction to pastry. Don’t forget to check out #ckbkclub, which this month features Vedge as cookbook of the month.
Read MoreBonjour from La Bourgogne! This magnificent region of France is not just bursting with garlicky escargots, well marbled Charolais beef, robust red pinot noirs, crisp chardonnay whites, and 30 different types of fromage, it is also a rolling, rural paradise where cattle outnumber people, and quirky festivals are plentiful.
Read MoreThis new series of features from ckbk will offer a structured guide to a particular area of cooking. This first piece, with its accompanying recipe collections, provides an introduction to pastry, including shortcrust, puff, choux and hot water pastry.
Read MoreNewly added to ckbk, Vedge is perfectly described by the book’s subtitle ‘100 plates, large and small, that redefine vegetable cooking’. Philadelphia natives, and James Beard nominated chefs, Kate Jacoby and Rich Landau opened their restaurant Vedge in 2011 in Central City Philadelphia, as a place to center seasonal local ingredients and global flavors.
Read MoreWe are thrilled to bring you Gjelina: Cooking from Venice, California. New to ckbk, the book is written by Gjelina’s chef Travis Lett. Filled with great photography of their Venice Beach location, the Gjelina team, and the amazing produce the chefs work with.
Read MoreWe are delighted to bring to ckbk three more titles from Ivy Manning, to join her popular book Weeknight Vegetarian. Based in Portland, Oregon, food and travel writer Ivy is also a cookery teacher. And while she has experience working in many prestigious professional kitchens, her books display her expertise in imparting ease and practicality to the home cook.
Read MoreThe holidays are round the corner, the sun shines and the outdoor grill has been dusted off. It’s time to get outdoors, for a barbecue or a picnic. For some great ideas for summer cooking look no further.
Read MoreWith an updated edition of cult classic, The Parlour Café Cookbook, released on 4 July 2024, ckbk spoke to author and café queen Gillian Veal and Kitchen Press’s Emily Dewhurst about Café Cooking: From The Parlour to Cambo Gardens. The book is now available in full on ckbk.
Read MoreSalt & Shore, the new cookbook from Sammy Monsour, is the featured cookbook this month in #ckbkclub. Sammy, a Michelin award-winning Southern US chef, is also one of the chef instructors featured by our friends at Scoolinary, the online culinary academy which offers hundreds of video tutorials from top chefs and pâtissiers. Watch a free preview of Sammy’s course and save 50% on subscriptions to Scoolinary with our exclusive offer.
Read MoreAmerican chef, restaurateur and author Sammy Monsour is known also for his political food activism. He is as likely to be in front of an audience advocating for sustainable aquaculture at the 2019 World Food Day event, as he is to be on television creating tempting modern dishes. We are thrilled to bring you newly published Salt & Shore: Recipes from the Coastal South, available now also on ckbk.
Read Moreckbk co-founder Matthew Cockerill takes a deep dive into Japanese cooking, via cult TV show Midnight Diner, and we report back from the 2024 Guild of Food Writers awards ceremony.
Read MoreTo mark the recent addition of The Japanese Cookbook to ckbk’s Japanese bookshelf, ckbk co-founder Matthew Cockerill looks at the Japanese comfort foods that are showcased in the cult TV series Midnight Diner (available to stream on Netflix).
Read MoreWe send congratulations to Regula Yswejin and Neil Perry on their latest awards, and welcome summer produce from the garden
Read MoreIn the Northern hemisphere, Wimbledon is fast approaching and strawberry season is getting into full swing. In this latest contribution to our Consuming Passions series, TV producer and food writer Antonia Lloyd shares childhood reminiscences and suggests culinary uses, both traditional and adventurous, for this most popular of berries.
Read MoreNeil Perry is a leading Australian chef with a career spanning 40+ years. Two more of his cookbooks (Rockpool and Simply Asian) have just been added to ckbk, where they join The Food I Love and Balance and Harmony. To mark the occasion, Roberta Muir caught up with the chef to discuss his cookbooks and his latest restaurant ventures in Sydney.
Read MoreLe Cordon Bleu, founded in Paris in 1895, and with 35 institutes in 20 countries, is the renowned centre of excellence in training for the culinary and hospitality industries. They train 20,000 students annually, and there is nothing they don’t know about how to prepare and serve the finest quality food – and what drinks to serve with it.
We are delighted to have three more books from the culinary giant newly available on ckbk: Complete Cooking Techniques, Dessert Techniques and Matching Food and Wine.
Introducing Plant Feasts as June’s cookbook of the month, plus 6 of the best macaroon recipes and ideas for cooking with watercress.
Read MorePlant Feasts – Frankie Paz’s debut cookbook was published in April 2024, and is now available in full to ckbk Premium Members. TV Producer and Women in the Food Industry Ambassador Antonia Lloyd, who talks candidly with Frankie about her overcoming drug addiction and then appearing on Jamie Oliver’s Cookbook Challenge for Channel 4.
Read MoreMemorial Day is an American federal holiday to honor US military who have died in service. Celebrated since 1868, since 1971 it has been designated as the last Monday each May. Memorial Day weekend – this year May 25-27 – is an annual get together that also marks the start of summer cooking and outdoor dining. It's also a long Bank Holiday weekend in the UK which means it is time to dust off the grill!
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