This little book, the perfect size for slipping into your bag as you spend a busy day in the capital, is packed with inviting places.

This is a book to excite the senses with vibrant colours, exotic spices, the waft of warm air and the frantic sound of busy market places.

They say you don’t win friends with salad, but Lara’s fairly certain that armed with the Caldesi’s latest cook book, you might very well find yourself inundated with leaf-loving friends.

This chunky book is well worth a place on the kitchen shelf and it’s worth jettisoning a few of the other TV cooks overboard to make room for it. A treasure trove of excellent, beguiling, robust and remarkable recipes. Personally I never expected anything less. Howay the lads!

Ever wondered what to do with the glut of strawberries every summer or that third crop of rhubarb? Well, wonder no longer. Garden writer Holly Farrell has moved into the kitchen to create some mouth-watering recipes from the produce in her garden and shared them in Grow Your Own Cake.

Beautiful recipe photography, which makes you dream of delicious dishes before you even get to the kitchen, accompanied by simple, easy to cook dishes is what will make this book such a hit.

For the veggies, this will be a bible; for the meat-eaters an occasional dip in would make a welcome change.

If you possess a sweet tooth, you’re going to positively drool over Sally McKenney’s new book.

There’s a lot to like in this well-illustrated book with over a 100 recipes including, beef and vegetable rice bowl (bibimbap), Spicy Pork Belly Cheese Steak, Krazy Korean Burgers, and Fried Fish with Kimchi Mayo and Sesame Mushy Peas.

This is not Noma style nosh with ants and lichen; it’s family-friendly and divided into four seasonal chapters to make it easy to make the most of what’s available at the time.