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• Pennies, pounds and poverty

  Nov 30 2008:

  Review: Round About a Pound a Week by Maud Pember Reeves
  Reeves writes with the methodical eye but is also a fine storyteller, says Jean Hannah Edelstein

• Here are the ones they just couldn't put down

  Nov 30 2008:

  You don't have to be a novelist to love good writing. For our Christmas special, we asked a mix of public figures, Observer critics and people on the street to tell us which books thrilled them most this year

• British food is pants

  Oct 19 2008:

  Review: The Knickerbocker Glory Years by Martin Lampen
  Lampen's A-Z of British food is both indisputably silly and moderately tasty, says Hermione Hoby

• First, take your snails and your porridge...

  Oct 19 2008:

  Review: The Big Fat Duck Cookbook by Heston Blumenthal
  On second thoughts, Blumenthal's fiendishly complex recipes should not be tried at home. But his exquisite cookbook is a thing of beauty in itself, writes Jay Rayner

• Rapper Coolio to release cookery book

  Oct 6 2008:

  Following the success of his culinary webisodes, the hip-hop star is to release a book of 'gourmet ghetto' recipes that will doubtless shame anything Gordon Ramsay has put his name to

• Cooking with testicles, tested

  Oct 6 2008:

  It's hard to ignore the charm of a recipe that begins 'wash penis clean and pat dry'. Fraser Lewry whips up a few treats from the Testicle Cookbook

• Citrus

  Sep 27 2008:

  Review: Citrus by Pierre Laszio
  They may not be the only fruit, but oranges and their citrus cousins are certainly among the most evocative.

• Molecular Gastronomy

  Sep 27 2008:

  Review: Molecular Gastronomy by Hervé This
  There are at least five types of bitterness, according to physical chemist Hervé This

• The old ones are always the best

  Aug 13 2008:

  A raft of out-of-print cook books are now being republished. Avid collector Tim Hayward picks the best on offer

• Written in the earth

  May 17 2008:

  Andrea Wulf is fascinated by the creation of a perfect country garden in Katherine Swift's The Morville Hours

• Buy it, skin it, cook it

  May 17 2008:

  Tom Jaine enjoys Fuchsia Dunlop's rigorous tour of Chinese cuisine in Shark's Fin & Sichuan Pepper, but has had his fill of the rich and famous on show in Jay Rayner's The Man Who Ate the World

• Steal magnolias

  May 5 2008:

  Our green-fingered obsession has set off a crime wave, with thieves uprooting plants, trees, lawns, ornaments and even ponds full of fish. Andrea Wulf reports

• All the world's a restaurant ...

  Apr 20 2008:

  Paul Levy on The Man Who Ate the World | Sweet Honey, Bitter Lemons | The New English Table

• Come into the garden

  Apr 5 2008:

  James Fenton ponders the exuberance of Tresco

• I'd like my cheese unleaded, please

  Mar 2 2008:

  Bee Wilson serves up a cautionary tale of chemists and charlatans in the food industry in Swindled, says Andrew Anthony

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