The Cookbooks I Actually Cook From

Confessions of a cookbook collector...from our chef's kitchen to yours (and maybe a gift idea for Mum!)

I adore cookbooks. They are my indulgence, though I justify them as a necessity, hence the ever-growing collection, which is now in the hundreds. As I am a passionate cook and my partner is a chef/restaurateur, I often get asked which cookbooks are my favourite and which ones do I actually cook from? I have some confessions to make.

Firstly, I’m not ver…