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• 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

• Anyone for caterpillars?

  Feb 24 2008:

  Fuchsia Dunlop's memoir about a bid to master Chinese cooking, Shark's Fin & Sichuan Pepper, is also an example of travel writing at its finest, says Paul Levy

• Just like Mamma used to make

  Jan 13 2008:

  Paul Levy on In Defence of Food | The Oxford Companion to Italian Food | Francesco's Kitchen | Beaneaters & Bread Soup | European Peasant Cookery

• Bella Italia

  Dec 22 2007:

  From dumplings to balsamic vinegar, The Oxford Companion to Italian Food by Gillian Riley covers Italy from top to toe, says John Dickie

• Let's hear it for the lowly legume

  Dec 22 2007:

  Beans: A History by Ken Albala proves beans don't just mean Heinz, says Ian Sansom

• Growing pains

  Dec 22 2007:

  Toby Musgrave's The Head Gardeners depicts the hard life of the forgotten heroes of horticulture. By Andrea Wulf

• Fit for a kid

  Dec 15 2007:

  Sharing a home with children doesn't have to mean ugly plastic furniture and Lego-strewn floors - you can be stylish and child-friendly. Annalisa Barbieri flicks through a new book that shows you how

• Helpings from history's larder

  Nov 3 2007:

  Kathryn Hughes is disappointed by a lack of analysis in Kate Colquhoun's story of Britain through its food, Taste.

• Through the grapevine

  Oct 28 2007:

  Robin McKie on A Hedonist in the Cellar

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