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The Cookbook Circle

Two food lovers review the world's most popular cookbooks


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  • 12. Padella - Tim Siadatan

    01:00:32||Season 4, Ep. 12
    This episode, we're twirling our way through the new cookbook, Padella: Iconic Pasta at Home, taking on cult-favourite recipes and asking the big questions: is fresh pasta truly worth the effort? And can any home cook recreate that famous Padella magic? Intro track: Disco - All Good Folks

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  • 11. Chez Panisse Cafe Cookbook - Alice Waters

    01:01:23||Season 4, Ep. 11
    We're excited to cover Alice Waters' - of Chez Panisse fame - first cookbook, as a culinary figure who's often been referenced by other chefs we've discussed on the pod. Find out what we thought of her simple, seasonal cooking. Intro track: Disco - All Good Folks

  • Throwback to the French Laundry - Thomas Keller

    53:03||Season 4
    Oh we're going back, way back to where it all began - if we're going to talk restaurant cookbooks, how can we not include the French Laundry? Enjoy the youth in our voices, if not the chaotic Michelin-star level failures...

  • 10. Imad's Syrian Kitchen - Imad Alarnab

    59:52||Season 4, Ep. 10
    For this stop on our restaurant cookbook tour, we're visiting Imad's Syrian Kitchen - a gorgeous mezze of delicious-looking dishes, with Imad's personal story and Syria's history interspersed throughout.Intro track: Disco - All Good Folks

  • 8. Pok Pok - Andy Ricker

    53:45||Season 4, Ep. 8
    Pok Pok is not named after the sound a chicken makes, but Andy Ricker does say that the wings on the menu (and in this book!) paid the restaurant's rent. Find out what we thought of this Thai restaurant cookbook in this week's episode. Intro track: Disco - All Good Folks

  • Summer ramblings

    48:03||Season 4
    We're keeping things loose this episode as we update you on our respective holidays, LOTS of crisps chat and some great recipes (and a cookbook!) we've been enjoying lately. We're taking a short break for August but see you after summer! Intro track: Disco - All Good Folks

  • Throwback to Dishoom - Shamil Thakrar, Kavi Thakrar & Naved Nasir

    01:26:34||Season 4
    No, no, you've not travelled back in time or got a glitch with your podcast player! We're bringing you a restaurant cookbook from Season 3, Dishoom. An absolutely legendary part of London life, we spent some time checking if the cookbook was a shortcut to the front of the Dishoom queue...