Food books

FOUND GIFT GUIDE • The Nines

The Nines are FOUND’s distilled lists of the best in London and further afield. Additions or subtractions? Hit reply or found@foundldn.com.

• BiBi The Cookbook: Stories from my Bibi (Chet Sharma), coffee-table cookbook feat. star dishes from the Mayfair Indian restaurant, plus well-written stories from chef Sharma

• All Consuming: Why We Eat the Way We Eat Now (Ruby Tandoh), fascinating, in-depth essays on global food culture & history, from TikTok trends to bubble tea

• Kapusta: Vegetable-Forward Recipes from Eastern Europe (Alissa Timoshkina), colourful, seasonal recipes centred around 5 key vegetables: cabbage, beetroot, potato, carrot and mushrooms

• Tart: Misadventures of an Anonymous Chef (Slutty Cheff), chaotic, highly readable memoir from a young female cook in London

• Strong Roots: A Ukrainian Family Story of War, Exile and Hope (Olia Hercules), moving memoir from London’s beloved Ukrainian cookbook author

• I Regret Almost Everything (Keith McNally), warts-and-all memoir from the British restaurateur behind New York restaurants incl. Balthazar

• Between Two Waters: Heritage, landscape and the modern cook (Pam Brunton), brilliantly written exploration of Scottish food culture w/ stories from Brunton’s time at Loch Fyne restaurant in Inver

• Padella: Iconic Pasta at Home (Tim Siadatan), pasta dishes from the popular restaurant group, incl. iconic pici cacio e pepe

• Around the Table: 52 Essays on Food & Life (Diana Henry), no recipes, just delicious wisdom and stories, each short enough to dip into

Want more cookbooks? Check out FOUND NY’s roundup.