It is completely delicious and simple but it is one of Jane’s less discursive recipes, buried amid a whole host of quince recipes (of how many cook books can you say that? Submissions are welcome from authors, publishers and agents and not just of traditional cookbooks but of any books which have food or drink at their heart.

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The Botanical Kitchen, an in-depth exploration of our passion for all parts of the plant – from rose petals to raspberries, blackcurrants to bergamot, and lavender to lime leaves – will be published by Absolute Press in the sprnig of 2020. In 1973, Fish Cookery was published by the Wine and Food Society, followed by The Mushroom Feast (1975), a collection of recipes for cultivated, woodland, field and dried mushrooms.Winning the Jane Grigson prize been amazing as it has allowed me to discover a community and legacy that appreciates and enjoys the complex history of food that I wasn’t fully aware of. Cook some sugar with a little water to a golden brown caramel and dribble it down the ‘eggs’– this turns the dessert into ‘ile flottante’ or floating island. There is some argument in France as to whether you should poach the egg whites in the milk destined for the custard.

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Charcuterie and French Pork Cookery was the result, exploring the wonderful range of cooked meat products on sale in even the smallest market towns. Recipes rooted in centuries of culture through folktales and anecdotes make West Winds so much more than a cookbook – it is an ode to Jamaica, its people and their heritage. Sharing such an underrepresented cuisine and to see the judges fall in love and see it worthy of such an award made me realise how much my mission to put Omani food on the map is still so important. My mother also tried to mess around with this recipe (apples, onions etc), but nothing ever tasted better than the original.With recipes for everything from chat paneer hot dogs to coconut crab crumpets, Loyal shows how the blended cuisines of second-generation children around the world today should be celebrated in their own right.