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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...

Intro track: Disco - All Good Folks

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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

Intro track: Disco - All Good Folks

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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.

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Lovely Swindler - Amaria

Smith the Mister

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