18 best food books of 2022

Want to rustle up an authentic chicken biryani? Make a cake like a Bake Off winner? Tony Turnbull and Bee Wilson on the finest books for foodies

Tony Turnbull
The Times

Nosh, nosh, who’s there? Comforting home cooking from trusted chefs like Jeremy Lee and Angela Hartnett, vibrant recipes from our zeit-geistiest culinary frontiers, from Moorish flavours to cooking frugally, plus a chewy history of pasta.

Jeremy Lee, who leads the kitchen at Quo Vadis in London, is probably the best-loved chef working in Britain today. Yes, it’s for his ebullience, his linguistic flourishes and his mellifluous Dundee tones, but mainly it’s for his peerless cooking, which is always rooted in simplicity and restraint. These attributes are on full display in this glorious cookbook where the force of his personality and lyricism draw you irresistibly towards such simple treats as smoked haddock with parsley mash, chicken, leek and tarragon pie or his sublime walnut tart. Tony