Whatever your relationship with food, there’s no denying that cooking can stir up many emotions – the nostalgia of tasting meals from childhood, the excitement that comes with celebratory affairs, the pride of preparing an elaborate dish, or the despair of having made a disastrous meal. Â
Whether you’re looking for instruction or inspiration, the books in this collection will tantalise your senses and fire up your love for food. Feast on Peter Mayle’s A Year in Provence – the classic travel book on French rural living; discover Chrissy Teigen’s unfussy food with Cravings, feed your fantasies with Nigella Lawson’s How to Be a Domestic Goddess, consider how menus can create moods with How to Eat a Peach or learn how to pair flavours using the Flavour Thesaurus.