We continue on our pursuit of the most renowned restaurant cookbooks - this time taking it sweet with the Hummingbird Bakery, famous for bringing its American-style sweets to the UK.

Find out what we baked and whether we think this one is worth dusting off...

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And the latest in our series of restaurant cookbooks: Wagamama, our first book from a chain of restaurants. We were intrigued to try this one - not least Victoria, the Japan enthusiast... Find out what we thought!

Read Tim Anderson's article here

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Allow us to transport you to the delicious shores of Japan (who one of us knows lots about) for this episode, cooking from Tim Anderson's Vegan Japaneasy AND you can hear all about Victoria's recent trip there - plus a few tangents, but some things never change..

Theme music: Lovely Swindler - Amaria

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Dina Macki's first book, Bahari, is a gorgeous deep dive into Omani cuisine and a window into her family's background. The window into our kitchens may show at least one ruined pan, though...

Theme music: Lovely Swindler - Amaria

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We're back out doing God's work and testing the best tomato sauces for you guys! And in the words of our US pals, we're talking pomodoro, not marinara...

What's your go-to recipe?! We want to hear!

Theme music: Lovely Swindler - Amaria

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We asked you for a wildcard episode idea - and you delivered! We took on Chat GPT, gave it an idea (or three) for recipes and got to cooking. Find out how we got on...

Lovely Swindler - Amaria

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We wouldn't call ourselves particular... except we like gingerbread in the form of cookies and cake, rather than houses and men, ok? We may not have the bells this year as sound effects, but we're still getting festive here at the Cookbook Circle - talking all things Xmas cooking and more specifically, our favourite recipes for gingerbread. Let us know what your favourite is, and critically, if you've made a gingerbread house, do you eat it?!

Lovely Swindler - Amaria

Smith the Mister

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Sunday, Sunday, gotta get down on Sunday! 🎵 If you've ever dreamed of us talking about a book with the author right there, then your dream finally comes true with this episode. Sophie Godwin joins us to tell us all about her creative process and her first cookbook, Sunday.

Lovely Swindler - Amaria

Smith the Mister

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Molly Baz is BACK. Cukes, Umam and 'za all feature in this one, and if you understand all those letters but not the 'words' then, don't fear the CBC is here. More is More is likely the most maximalist book we've ever covered. Bring your sunglasses!

The books we talked about at the top of the episode were Ramen Forever by Tim Anderson, Bitter by Alexina Anatole and Roast Figs, Sugar Snow by Diana Henry.

Lovely Swindler - Amaria

Smith the Mister

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We're taking on the world of vegan baking in this episode, with the new book from Harrods' head pastry chef, Philip Khoury. Find out how we fared with our body weight in coconut oil, plant based milk and golden (or agave) syrup - with no butter in sight!

And the restaurants Hannah loved in Venice were Nevodi for pumpkin ravioli and mascarpone ice cream - and Trattoria Dai Fioi for pizza.

Music:

Lovely Swindler - Amaria

Smith the Mister

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Oh, how we love an ultimate episode - and this time, we're taking on some big fluffy American boys (and some pancakes too, oi oi). We took your suggestions for your favourite recipes and put them to the test... it's a tough job, but someone's got to do it.

Here are the ones we gave a go:

Julia Turshen's Sour Cream Pancakes: https://juliaturshen.substack.com/p/long-weekend-pancakes

Alison Roman's Buttermilk Pancakes: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018180-perfect-buttermilk-pancakes

Mark Bittman's Everyday Pancakes: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1893-everyday-pancakes

Matty Matheson's Fluffy Pancakes: https://www.vice.com/en/article/kbke93/fluffy-pancakes

Find out which recipes we rated, and let us know: how do you like your pancakes - sweetie, meaty, fat or flat?!

Music:

Lovely Swindler - Amaria

Smith the Mister - Riviera

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Waiting in the queue at to eat at Dishoom would be the perfect place to listen to this bumper episode about the Dishoom cookery book! As Dishoom is one of the most adored restaurants in the UK, we thought we'd tackle this beautiful cookbook (it's also a guide to Bombay!). Tackle being the important word, here. It's quite the journey...

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Music:

Lovely Swindler - Amaria

Smith the Mister

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In this episode, we discuss celebrated chef, restaurateur and general top gal Asma Khan, and her book, Asma's Indian Kitchen.

Join us as we cook our way through her debut cookbook and find out what we thought!

Intro track: Disco - All Good Folks

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We're winding down the summer (yes, there is weather chat) with a book we've been so excited to feature - Table for Two. While neither of us quite manage that number for our tables, we still managed to cook lots and, uncharacteristically, have plenty to say....

We also discuss the Stained Page newsletter at the beginning - sign up here.

Music:

Lovely Swindler - Amaria

Smith the Mister

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The Cookbook Circle Goes to Hollywood. ★★★★★

Two plucky podcasters decide to recreate dishes from the movies. What they uncover will change them forever.

Co-starring: emotional monologues about TV shows.

Music:

Lovely Swindler – Amarià

Mitsubachi – Smith the Mister

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In the next of our 'Recommends' episodes, we discuss someone we've mentioned many times before - The Boy Who Bakes, aka Edd Kimber.

We’re discussing THREE of Edd's amazing books: One Tin Bakes, One Tin Bakes Easy and Small Batch Bakes, and yes, we fangirl hard.

Music:

Lovely Swindler – Amarià

Mitsubachi – Smith the Mister

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We have wanted to talk about vintage cookbooks ever since we started The Cookbook Circle so it's a pleasure to bring this episode to you! We hope a few of you have memories of this book, and please let us know what vintage cookbooks bring the nostalgia for you and your family.

Music:

Lovely Swindler – Amarià

Green Tea – Smith the Mister

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We're going to be taking a liiiiitle bit longer between our normal episodes over the summer, so for now please enjoy our minisode about some of our favourite online foodie people. We talk about:

@shebakessourdough

@rocketandsquash

@chetnamakan

@bunchuk

@cloudykitchen

@tiffy.cooks

Music:

Lovely Swindler – Amarià

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Are we feeling salty or sweet...enough? Following our review of her first two books last season (listen if you haven't already!) it's time to revisit one Alison Roman and her new baking book, Sweet Enough, alongside our usual ramblings - this time about nachos, Jake Cohen and whatever else takes our (nothing) fancy.

We also discussed this piece which we LOVE about random foodie combinations, and we'd love to hear yours:

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/may/25/ice-cream-with-gherkins-mash-sandwiches-maltesers-in-wine-21-weird-snacks-loved-by-top-chefs

Music:

Lovely Swindler – Amarià

Fluffy – Smith the Mister

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Back by popular demand... we're giving the humble veggie burger the 'ultimate' treatment, and it's beans all round - just as you requested! We get blitzing (while leaving some texture) and discussing all things patties in Cookbook Circle detail, with a surprise contender coming out on top for Victoria..

Let us know your favourite veggie burger recipes, we'd love to hear them!

Music:

Lovely Swindler – Amarià

Green Tea – Smith the Mister

Intro song – "Who's in the Beany Beany Bag" – Victoria

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New(ish) format incoming! There's something so special (and maybe rare) about a book which we both own, like, and cook from regularly, and so we are going to tell you all about these books in our new 'Cookbook Circle recommends...' series. How could we not bring you Ottolenghi for the first?! Let us tell you what we love about Flavour by Yotam Ottolenghi and Ixta Belfrage. We'll also tell you which members of Blazin' Squad we loved, so there's something for everyone.

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Music:

Smith the Mister

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Ohh Nigella, our queen of sexy synonyms, the most prepared for the school fete, the chin-drippingly good domestic goddess in all her glory - we're thrilled to return to the subject of our very first episode by discussing her second book, How to be a Domestic Goddess. Join us as we bake our way through this book, with just a few recitations of Nigella's prose along the way...

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Lovely Swindler – Amarià

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We're back with season three of the Cookbook Circle podcast and episode one is chewy, gooey and fresh out of the oven. The first in a series of deep dives into finding the best recipes for our favourite foods, we are talking all about choclate chip cookies! Let us know your favourite cookie recipe so we can try it.

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Music:

Lovely Swindler – Amarià

Green Tea – Smith the Mister

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We're back in SF for this epsiode's cookbook. The Zuni Cafe Cookbook was very close to being covered in our original season, with The List™, so we had high hopes for it! Listen and see what we thought.

Intro track: Disco - All Good Folks

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It's season threeeeeee! And we're giving you a sneak preview of our first episode... Subscribe now to be the first to hear it!

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Music: Upbeat Funk, Infraction.

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And now... the end is near... it's time to face... the season finale... Season Two, you've been a blast and chock full of contemporary, inspirational, global female women. Here we recap our highlights and lowlights of the season, as well as the books we've found ourselves coming back to. Plus a preview of what to expect in Season Three!

Thank you so much to you, our lovely listeners, for joining us on our journey throughout this season. We love you and will see you VERY soon.

Music: Upbeat Funk - Infraction, Smith the Mister - Floating

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In the final full episode of Season 2, we decided to focus on food writer and cookbook machine, Diana Henry. It's another 2-for-1 special, with Victoria cooking from From the Oven to the Table and Hannah taking the fuzzy wuzzy How to Eat a Peach.

As usual, it's not just about the recipes, as we range from the dating life of Girls Aloud alumni to TikTok trends - and as ever, we love you even more for sticking with us through it all!

Music: Upbeat Funk - Infraction, Smith the Mister - Floating

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Come dine with us, little dumplings, as we tell you all about Olia Hercules' latest book, Home Food. We've been gone for a little while, but we haven't forgotten how to go off on tangents, so you can look forward to discussions ranging from our prospective applications for Love Island to cabbage tattoos. We do also talk about Home Food, promise!

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Music: Upbeat Funk - Infraction

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Are you a Dessert Person? Are WE Dessert People? Many questions as we delve into the first book from Bon Appetit baking queen, Claire Saffitz - she of Gourmet Makes fame and (did you know?) extensive academia - not before discussing the very serious subject of cookie boxes.

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Friends, we had a tech nightmare and are coming to you (almost) LIVE with a rawwww, unedited episode - but let's not let that detract from the one, the only, Anna Jones, much requested by you, our lovely listeners. Hannah takes her first book, A Modern Way to Eat, while Victoria takes her latest, One PPP... not before we discuss our ideal foodie gifts. And we want to hear yours! Hit us up and we'll share on Insta (@cookbookcircle)

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Music: Upbeat Funk - Infraction

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DItch the cashew cheese, put that Quorn packet away and get ready for some vegan food with a backstory as we explore Georgina Hayden's Nistisima, a fascinating book of food eaten during times of Orthodox fasting. Plus, we discuss the great @jakecohen on Instagram.

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Music: Upbeat Funk - Infraction and Mitsubachi – Smith The Mister

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We're SO sorry that we've had to delay the episode for this week. BUT here's a bonus minisode about favourite cookbooks! Whenever we tell people we have a podcast about cookbooks, we're usually asked the this very question: what's your favourite?

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Music: Upbeat Funk - Infraction

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The Green Roasting Tin and India Express, that's one (episode). You don't need much equipment for this episode, as we're talking about the powerhouse of one pan cooking, Rukmini Iyer, and we couldn't do her a disservice by only picking one book! With more digressions than usual, and multiple appearances from Hannah's dog, we had a ball (or should we say fall?!) talking about these books.

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Music: Upbeat Funk - Infraction and Mitsubachi – Smith The Mister

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Is fusion a dirty word? Ixta Belfrage doesn't think so, and she's gifted the world Mezcla, her debut solo book, to convince us that we should embrace fusion cusine. Stock up on chillies, peppers, and tomatoes, and join us on a very red journey through Mezcla. Get a Cookbook Circle point everytime you hear the word 'excited'. Very importantly, can we (finally) make it through a book without any disasters...?

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Music: Upbeat Funk - Infraction and Mitsubachi – Smith The Mister

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The Cookbook Circle dives into Aussie flavours with Bill Granger’s laid-back brunch classics in this delicious episode on Australian Food, as recommended by many of our pals down under.

Intro track: Disco - All Good Folks

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We're back in Britain, back to baking, back to a morning record (no grumpy Hannah on gin tins this time, sorry friends) and you bet we're back to a mini disaster or two - but what would a baking book be without one?! This episode, we're discussing the very lovely Nadiya Hussain and her book, Nadiya Bakes, absolutely packed with recipes. But what did we make of it? Listen to find out, and as always, let us know what you think!

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Music: Upbeat Funk, Infraction and Riviera, Smith the Mister

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Go buy some dill, dust off the millennial dictionary and get those nails done: we're off to Brooklyn again and diving into the cookbooks - yes, plural - of Alison Roman. We're shaking it up this episode by taking a book each so you get more bang for your buck, and we've got lots of things to say. But what's new?

We know lots of you have these books at home so we'd love to hear what you think - let us know on socials @cookbookcircle.

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Music: Upbeat Funk, Infraction

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Do you like Asian food and tangents? Well, boy do we have the episode for you! Of course we give you the lowdown on Hetty McKinnon's book, To Asia With Love, where she creates veggie versions of all her childhood faves, but we also find out what Victoria's fictional dogs would be called, and Hannah maybe breaks the record for the amount of puns in one episode. Not to be missed!

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Music: Upbeat Funk, Infraction and Riviera, Smith the Mister

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Stand mixer? Check. Piping bags? Check. A minor kitchen disaster? Check. We're all set for Ravneet Gill's pastry-school-in-a-book, The Pastry Chef's Guide. We love a baking book - our first since Dorie Greenspan last season - so get that sweet tooth ready and join us to find out what we made (and while we develop a big ol' crush on Ravneet).

Do you have a copy of this at home and if not, are you tempted to get one after listening? We'd love to hear!

Music: Upbeat Funk, Infraction and Riviera, Smith the Mister

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It may be Alice's book, but Hannah and Victoria are the ones in vegetable Wonderland for this episode. We are digging deep into Alice Zaslavsky's ode to all (seriously, all) the vegetables, In Praise of Veg. It's colourful, classy and full of fun aaaand the book is interesting too... So, come down the rabbit hole and join us in Wonderland.

Let us know what you love about this book, there are so many recipes, we know there will be loads to discover.

Music: Upbeat Funk, Infraction

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Grab those cukes and crouts, we're about to talk all things Molly Baz, the all-American gal who you may know from Bon Appetit, and her first book, Cook This Book. We do our very best to get down with the kids (and ultimately resort to our most cynical British and Irish selves) while scanning QR codes and learning all of Molly's Golden Rules - but, as always, we are truly psyched to be here.

Let us know if you've made any of Molly's recipes, and what your favourite abbreviation is @cookbookcircle on Insta and Twitter. Now, who's for a k-bas?

Music: Upbeat Funk, Infraction and Riviera, Smith the Mister

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We're back for Season 2 and it's a beauty of book to kick us off: Meera Sodha's ode to all things Asian and vegetarian, East. We're giddy to be back together and cooking, rating, ranting and (maybe) raving about cookbooks, so please excuse alll the tangents. In the end, all roads lead East for this one.

You might have a fave Meera recipe from her books or column in the Guardian, and if so, please share! We are @cookbookcircle on Twitter and Instagram.

Music: Upbeat Funk, Infraction.

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We're coming back for season 2! Subscribe now to be the first to hear the new episodes.

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It's the Cookbook Circle podcast, but imagine we've covered ourselves in gold foil and faint sleigh bells can be heard as we talk all things Christmas cookbooks! We're doing things a little bit differently for our Christmas episode - we've each picked a Christmas cookbook to cook from and review. We also share your recommendations for Christmas cooking from across the globe. What's Victoria's vice? What condiment does Hannah's family need to order in bulk for Christmas? All will be revealed... Merry Christmas!

Credits:

Intro & Outro: Funky Souls – Amarià

Interludes: Christmas Music by Infraction

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And that's a wrap on Season One! In this final episode, we take a look back at the season, the Masterlist (TM) and answer your very excellent questions for the two of us. In unsurprising news to literally everyone, we laugh, we cry (not quite), we make puns, we sing just a little too much...

We also give a little teaser of what to expect in Season Two and we already cannot wait to get back talking cookbooks for you next year.

We would love to keep hearing from you even during our mini-break - tag or DM us @cookbookcircle with all your favourite foodie thoughts.

See you in 2022. Byeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Intro & Outro: Funky Souls – Amarià

Interludes: Perfect Time – Toby Tranter

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The next stop on our restaurant cookbook tour of the world is Tartine, the home of the superlative pastries and breads that are world renowned and started the artisan bakery revolution. No pressure...

Intro track: Disco - All Good Folks

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​​It's the final cookbook, do do do do do. We've climbed all the way to the top of masterlist mountain and we found Marcella Hazan and The Essentials of Italian Cooking. You heard that right, a book about Italian food was the top of the list!​ Find out how Marcella was teaching Italian cooking before she herself learned to cook, and more importantly, hear our very strong opinions about coating food in precious metals...

What are your Marcella ​favourites? Let us know @cookbookcircle on Instagram and Twitter

Intro & Outro: Funky Souls – Amarià

Interludes: Hot Thang – Daniel Fridell

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We’re fulfilling all of our cookie-themed dreams with this, our penultimate book of the season. Dorie ‘cooler than Mary Berry’ Greenspan guides us along the butter-stick-paved road to baking heaven with her book, Baking: From My Home To Yours. Please be warned, this one unearths some interesting opinions about baked goods…

We’d love to hear if you have a favourite Dorie recipe or if you’ve ever burnt your kitchen down but still persevered with learning to cook! Chat to us on Instagram or Twitter, @cookbookcircle 

We also mention American BBQ Showdown and the Chef's Table Barbecue Season. 

If you're interested in coming along to our Season One Supperclub in London on 27 October, please visit thecookbookcircle.com or @cookbookcircle on Instagram. We would LOVE to see you there x 

Intro & Outro: Funky Souls – Amarià

Interludes: Fluff and the Mister – Riviera

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Get yourself a can of tunny fish and settle in for an episode filled to the brim with tomatoes and courgettes. There's lots of fun treats for you in this episode, all about Elizabeth David's classique, French Provincial Cooking, including: ideas for your next joyful bingewatch, a snapshot of Hannah's recent holiday and Victoria's attempt at sounding posh for parsley.

Let us know if you have any top recipes from this book, and who your favourite member of 5ive was on Instagram and twitter @cookbookcircle.

Music credits: Fluffy – Smith the Mister

Intro & Outro: Funky Souls – Amarià

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Get those chickpeas soaking and your list of niche ingredients ready - Ottolenghi's back with another book this season, and this time it's with Sami Tamimi, for a culinary journey through fascinating Jerusalem. After a spate of general, encyclopedia-style books (and a whole lot of French food), we are thrilled to get cooking something a little different. Find out how Hannah's carrying on Victoria's sandwich tradition from our last episode, and who cooked the most dishes in a bid to rustle up the bigger feast.

Here is that delightful Thrillist article on cookbook stores that Hannah mentions, and the book we mention that we're excited about is Edd Kimber's One Tin Bakes: Foolproof cakes, traybakes, bars and bites from gluten-free to vegan and beyond, out in October 2021.

We'd love to hear what your favourite recipes are from this book - let us know @cookbookcircle on Twitter and Instagram!

Music credits:

Intro & Outro: Funky Souls – Amarià

Interludes: Words – Dylan Sitts

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