Cultural studies: food and society

A beautiful new edition of seminal work Sri Owen’s Indonesian Food with 20 new recipes to reflect the updates in Indonesian cuisine over the last 20 years.

‘Share[s] the life-enhancing joys of the humble hen’ Sunday Times

‘Clocks our obsession with chicken-keeping … Brilliant’ New York Magazine

An immersive blend of chicken-keeping memoir and animal welfare reporting by a journalist who accidentally became obsessed with her flock.

'Helen has a way to take big ideas and convey them with warmth and wisdom' Dr Rangan Chatterjee

'A well researched study injected with humour and humanity' Mail on Sunday

What do Vikings know about raising children? Turns out, quite a lot…

‘An absolute gem’ Sunday Times

‘A mouthwatering history’ The Guardian

‘This book is a delightful new addition to a most distinguished company of cooks and writers, bravo Alex.’ — Jeremy Lee

Explore the food of France's borderlands with acclaimed chef Alex Jackson in his second cookbook Frontières.

‘A delightful odyssey through the history, nostalgia, fascination and British love of cake. Quirky, charming, and fun.’ PRUE LEITH

Now with an updated foreword by Elizabeth Day and afterword by Nigel Slater, twenty years later Toast has become a classic food memoir, detailing all the food, recipes and cooking that have marked Nigel’s passage from greedy schoolboy to great food writer.

An urgent, enlightening and empowering guide to disavowing diet culture and learning to make peace with our bodies, from body confidence and anti-diet advocate, Alex Light.

A bustling, vibrant tour of flavour-packed Syrian dishes

90 sensational recipes celebrating the flavours of Syria, that can easily be made in the comfort of your own home

The Food Almanac II is an annual, seasonal collection of recipes and stories celebrating the joy of food – a dazzling, diverse mix of memoir, history, short stories and poems alongside recipes, cooking tips, menus and reading lists.

‘It is a glorious book: an education and an invitation. There is such life in its pages, and such food!’ Nigella Lawson

A culinary expedition celebrating cooking from across the African continent

Join Jonas Cramby on a trip through one of the world’s most exciting street food cuisines! Recreate your all-time street-food favourites with delicious recipes that are bursting with authenticity.