If you’ve ever promised yourself you will memorise a repertoire of diverse, crowd-pleasing recipes – then found yourself cursing Ottolenghi as you frantically google ‘substitute for barberries’ – we hear you. But this week sees the release of three cookbooks that might just encourage you back into the kitchen.
Dishoom’s first cookbook will guide you through making the restaurant’s legendary dishes, from luxurious black daal to breakfast of champions, the bacon naan roll. For a straightforward vegan take on Indian cooking, go for Zaika by Romy Gill. And if you’ve ever dreamed of quitting your job to set up a restaurant, take inspiration from Anna Hedworth, who did just that, and writes about it in Cook House. Read, learn, never order takeaway again.