The Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking

“Marcella Hazan takes you by the hand. For example, if you are going to make a risotto she tells you what rice to buy.” Read more...

Wonderful Cookbooks

Madhur Jaffrey, Cooks & Food Writer

“It’s not beautiful writing; I don’t read her for information; I don’t read her for a sense of place. I read Marcella Hazan purely for the way she writes her recipes…. There is no finer recipe writer. Her recipes are concise, they’re clear, they’re unfussy and she never leaves me in any doubt about what I’m supposed to be doing. “ Read more...

Best Cookbooks of All Time

Nigel Slater, Cooks & Food Writer

“When people come to work at the River Café as a chef we ask them if they have read this, and if they haven’t we ask them to read it.” Read more...

The best books on Italian Food

Ruth Rogers, Cooks & Food Writer