Bookish Monday

Did I need it? Nope. Will I use it? Maybe. Probably for one or two recipes if I'm being honest. One thing I do not need is more cookbooks. I have Delia's Christmas, too faffy. Nigella's Christmas, which surprisingly hasn't aged well. Nigella's Feast and How To Eat however, are dog-eared, How To Eat easily being my most-used and recommended cookbook ever.

Jamie Oliver's Christmas Cookbook is lovely, reassuringly heavy and glossy and contains the usual brilliant photography of David Loftus. 

So if you like a cookbook - yes, are obsessed with Christmas - always, and don't need another cookbook but cannot resist, Jamie Oliver's Christmas is available here for £11.99: www.amazon.co.uk/Jamie-Olivers-Christmas-Cookbook

One of the earliest big breakthroughs for my little part of the internet was this interview with Sam and Nic Chapman, aka Pixiwoo:

 

Once that interview went up, my blog reached a new audience and the site grew quickly from there.

Sam and Nic have spent years writing this new book and the attention to detail includes tutorials, beautifully photographed visuals, advice and loads of further information. There's even an app that you can use alongside it.

If you are interested in beauty, specifically 'how-to' type tutorials, this is a must. Available here for £9.99: amazon.co.uk/Face-Pixiwoo 

After my recent find of Estee Lauder's Biography from the 80s, I went back into the archives and came across this on Amazon for a few quid. As you can imagine, it's a tad juicier than the official version, and doesn't pull any punches, which makes for a must-read if you're interested in all things beauty icons.

Estee Lauder's Beyond The Magic is available for differing prices here: amazon.co.uk/Estee-Lauder-Beyond

















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Choice Books - Food. Jamie Oliver's Comfort Food

Well it IS Sunday. I meant to put this up before Christmas but the book was always in the kitchen (being used) and it went out of my head...so without further ado....

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If you're a foodie, you'll probably already have this, if you don't, you must check it out.

Back before Christmas, Jamie held a tasting at his store in Notting Hill for bloggers and press - tasting all of the dishes on the night was an amazing opportunity and meeting the man himself only reassured me that he is exactly the same in the flesh as he is on screen.

Nic Chapman from Pixiwoo, Moi, Louise Sprinkle of Glitter and Lily Pebbles

Full to the brim of completely achievable, delicious looking food, Comfort Food, as always contains the brilliant photography of David Loftus, who has worked with Jamie for years.

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Jamie Oliver's Comfort Food is £12.99 and available from amazon, all good booksellers - and his website continues to be an awesome source of daily recipes, updates and videos and is well worth checking out. www.jamieoliver.com