Last lockdown many of us went baking mad. Well now you can take those hard learned skills and go to the next level with this glorious book.

With the closure of restaurants and the necessity of lockdown, we all face the challenge of coming up with ideas for breakfast, lunch and dinner, day in, day out, for who knows how long?

A satisfyingly big book, this collection of’contemporary Italian recipes’ contains over 130 tasty dishes from the very successful Italian restaurant group.

There have been a lot of Indian cookbooks these last twelve months, but this is the one you want for Xmas.

This is a big book, it needs two hands to heave it onto the table, but then it’s weighed down with 123 step-by-step recipes that are pretty much foolproof.

‘Pâté, confit, rillettes’. I would reverently murmur these words like a mystic incantation as I gazed in happy indecision at all those meat counters d’Antan.

If you’re interested in environmentally friendly, socially-conscious and sustainable cooking, this a book for you

Take off your socks, roll up your trouser legs and wade happily into the world of edible seaweed.

If you’ve always wanted to be a boss at baking, this book may well be your key to non-soggy bottom success.