These Are The New Cookbooks To Have In Your Kitchen

These are the cookbooks to find culinary advice and tips from independent and restaurant chefs alike …

Cook: Traditional Irish Cooking with Modern Twists by Graham Herterich (Nine Bean Rows, €35) is described as a love letter to the nostalgic power of food. Herterich, also known as The Cupcake Bloke, reinvents Irish classics such as stew, savoury mince and cabbage and bacon. His mission: to demonstrate that Irish cooking isn’t defined by what it is but rather what it does – it nurtures us, warms us and makes us who we are.

Season by Mark Moriarty (Gill Books, €24.99) cleverly celebrates seasonal produce as well as offering Moriarty’s tips on how to season food using sea salt, black pepper, butter, olive oil, tabasco and soy sauce. Expect maximum flavour, minimal fuss, plus restaurant tricks.

Eat Out At Home by Neven Maguire (Gill Books, €24.99, published on October 17) is a mix and match-style cookbook on how to entertain without undue stress. It includes recipes from Maguire’s travels (Iberico pork with roasted plums, Moroccan orange salad with pomegranates) alongside those from his restaurant, MacNean House, and cookery school.

A joyful addition to any cookbook library is The Happy Pear 20 by David and Stephen Flynn (Gill Books, €24.99, published on October 31) which marks two decades of flavourful food and healthy living powered by veg, including lessons and stories along the way.

One of the youngest Irish chefs to achieve a Michelin star, Dylan McGrath has taken a new approach to cooking in Dad Food: Big, Bold Flavours For Everyday Eating (Gill Books, €24.99). There’s an emphasis on accessible ingredients and foolproof recipesreaders can expect “dad specialities” from brunches to barbecues and roasts.

For children, Seed to Supper: The Journey of Your Food From The Ground Up by The Cake Café’s Michelle Darmody (Nine Bean Rows, €20) includes activities to help children grow, cook and eat their way to a better planet. @pennymccormicked

What’s It All About, Niall McKenna, W&G Baird, €25. Belfast chef and restauranteur Niall McKenna shares 140 recipes from his two restaurants, The Bar & Grill at James Street South and Waterman, where popular dishes include dulse and clam chowder, crab linguine and honey madeleines.

The Old Spot Cookbook: A Decade At Dublins Favourite Gastropub, Nine Bean Rows, €35. For fans of The Old Spot restaurant on Bath Avenue, Dublin 4, this features recipes, from mussels pil pil and short-rib lasagne to Sunday roasts, as well as chef’s tips, drink pairings and mixology secrets.

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Café Cecilia Cookbook, Max Rocha, Phaidon, €37. Named after Max Rocha’s paternal grandmother, Café Cecilia in East London is where you’ll find simple Irish food such as pork chops and colcannon alongside signature dishes including Guinness bread, sage and anchovy fritti, and Odette Rocha’s cold roast ham.

Ottolenghi Comfort, Yotam Ottolenghi, Ebury, €23. Ottolengthi says, “Our hope is that these recipes become for you what they are for us: reassuring on the one hand and eye-opening on the other.” Expect colour, flavour and surprises. Save the recipe for the Ultimate Comfort Meal from the book.

Verdura: 10 Vegetables, 100 Italian Recipes, Theo Randall, Quadrille, €34. Randall, the former head chef at London’s River Café, offers delicious and original veggie recipes such as garlicky broccolini pasta sauce.

A Thousand Feasts, Nigel Slater, Harper Collins, €25. From mangos eaten in a monsoon to the comfort of mac and cheese, Slater writes exquisitely about feasts large and small. This compilation of stories, notes and memoir is enchanting.

The Food For Life Cookbook, Tim Spector, Vintage, €30. A professor of epidemiology, Spector transformed his diet after a stroke. His approach is about abundance, not denial, encouraging readers to add deliciously diverse plants to their plates.