new recipe books.
The booklist
Mark Diacono pulls together his top picks from the latest releases to suit January’s new mood. Find solace in time-honoured favourites, experiment with fermenting or be convinced by a new appliance (and no, it’s not an air fryer…)
BOOK OF THE MONTH
EVERYDAY PRESSURE COOKING
I have too many implements in my kitchen and yet I have added one more, courtesy of the only person who could so persuade me: Catherine Phipps. As well as demystifying ‘the most useful piece of kitchen equipment’, Phipps makes the case that we should save time, energy and money pressure-cooking dishes from one-pot sausage and mustard mash to Caribbean seafood curry. Her recipes are infallible and inventive, with the perfect crossover of adventurous and practical. Written in Phipps’ characteristic warm, authoritative tone, this is a beautifully photographed book from one of our very best.
Practical factor
A book that will transform how you cook, what you cook and how you think about what you do in the kitchen.
The taste test
As Phipps promises, ‘My best onion gratin (and soup)’ provided two superb lunches in less than 20 minutes, start to finish; a new household favourite (right).
Quadrille £22; photographs by Andrew Hayes-Watkins
BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH RECIPE
My best onion gratin (and soup)
Serves
4 (as a gratin) or 2 with enough for soup the next day