We’re fulfilling all of our cookie-themed dreams with this, our penultimate book of the season. Dorie ‘cooler than Mary Berry’ Greenspan guides us along the butter-stick-paved road to baking heaven with her book, Baking: From My Home To Yours. Please be warned, this one unearths some interesting opinions about baked goods…

We’d love to hear if you have a favourite Dorie recipe or if you’ve ever burnt your kitchen down but still persevered with learning to cook! Chat to us on Instagram or Twitter, @cookbookcircle 

We also mention American BBQ Showdown and the Chef's Table Barbecue Season. 

If you're interested in coming along to our Season One Supperclub in London on 27 October, please visit thecookbookcircle.com or @cookbookcircle on Instagram. We would LOVE to see you there x 

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Interludes: Fluff and the Mister – Riviera

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Get yourself a can of tunny fish and settle in for an episode filled to the brim with tomatoes and courgettes. There's lots of fun treats for you in this episode, all about Elizabeth David's classique, French Provincial Cooking, including: ideas for your next joyful bingewatch, a snapshot of Hannah's recent holiday and Victoria's attempt at sounding posh for parsley.

Let us know if you have any top recipes from this book, and who your favourite member of 5ive was on Instagram and twitter @cookbookcircle.

Music credits: Fluffy – Smith the Mister

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Get those chickpeas soaking and your list of niche ingredients ready - Ottolenghi's back with another book this season, and this time it's with Sami Tamimi, for a culinary journey through fascinating Jerusalem. After a spate of general, encyclopedia-style books (and a whole lot of French food), we are thrilled to get cooking something a little different. Find out how Hannah's carrying on Victoria's sandwich tradition from our last episode, and who cooked the most dishes in a bid to rustle up the bigger feast.

Here is that delightful Thrillist article on cookbook stores that Hannah mentions, and the book we mention that we're excited about is Edd Kimber's One Tin Bakes: Foolproof cakes, traybakes, bars and bites from gluten-free to vegan and beyond, out in October 2021.

We'd love to hear what your favourite recipes are from this book - let us know @cookbookcircle on Twitter and Instagram!

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Interludes: Words – Dylan Sitts

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A-B-C, easy as gas-tron-o-my? We find out in this episode, all about legendary chefy encyclopedia, Larousse Gastronomique, brainchild of Prosper Montagné, with modern input from many others. We get stuck into some snacks and then our favourite topic - traditional French cooking. We recorded this episode in person for the first time ever so lots of exciting things take place, including our writing our first album track and uncovering the newest entry into the X section of Larousse...

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Interludes: Friday Night Terrors – OTE

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We return to familiar territory in this episode with lots of British cooking, courtesy of the one and only Delia. We've been all about the chonky books lately and How to Cook is no exception (and approximately 75% of this is about eggs). Victoria gets to grips with some old-school classics, Hannah slacks off by cooking a measly two recipes and we learn lots of fun facts about Ms. Smith in between. Let's be 'aving you!

Do you have a copy of this book? Let us know your favourite recipes @cookbookcircle on Instagram.

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Interludes: Rammadam - Daniel Fridell

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They've let us loose in the cookbook factory with this minisode! We're talking all about how some of the books we've given the Cookbook Circle treatment to this season came into being. We welcome Julie Gibbs, who has worked in publishing for more than 30 years, as the the Cookbook Circle's first guest. Julie had the unique and very special honour of publishing both Stephanie Alexander's The Cook's Companion and David Thompson's Thai food. We grill her (pun intended) about the nitty gritty of cookbook publishing and she reveals some fascinating stories about two of Australia's most prestigious chefs.

Please forgive us for some slightly patchy sound at the beginning of this one (Julie definitely did laugh at our lame jokes but the recording didn't quite catch it, we swear) but stay with us, we promise it gets better!

You can find Julie on Instagram @Julie_Gibbs and at her website: www.juliegibbs.com

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Interludes: Dance It Off (Instrumental Version) - Elin Sandberg

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Another episode, another classic! This time we're on a journey through time with Irma Rombauer's Joy of Cooking. We further our knowledge into unusual meats, go all gooey over Irma's story and please be warned - this episode has a very high cheese content! So, settle in with a peanut butter and tomato sandwich and twelve dozen cookies and feel the joy.

Please tell us your favourite recipes from this one! You can find us @cookbookcircle on Instagram

Read all about Claire Saffitz' book here: https://www.dessertperson.com/dessert-person-cookbook

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Interludes: Hot Thang – Daniel Fridell

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We're heading back to the US - or is it France? - for this episode, all about Thomas Keller's The French Laundry. And oh boy, is it fancy. We shortcut our way through this one while emptying our bank accounts on ingredients, with only a rant or two along the way. Find out how we get along, and let us know if you've ever attempted any Michelin-starred cooking at home @cookbookcircle on Twitter and Insta.

We recommend a couple of our favourite foodie podcasts in this episode - these are Off Menu with our beloved Ed Gamble and James Acaster, and Cooking the Books with Gilly Smith. Give them a listen and tell us what you think!

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Interludes: Chelsea Harbour - Yellobase

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A big ol' episode for a big ol' book! We've learnt a lot through cooking through The Cook's Companion by Stephanie Alexander. We've learned how Aussies get their supply of kangaroo meat, what a wheat biscuit is and most importantly, that Stephanie Alexander is an Australian national treasure. Get stuck into this episode and find out how we faired against the tome to end all tomes. Hopefully we don't sully Stephanie's good name....

We think a lot of you might have this book, so let us know what are the must cook recipes from it!

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Interludes: Nep Tune - Dugway

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Get your woks out, grab that galangal and settle in for some very serious cooking with David Thompson's encyclopaedic, simply-titled Thai Food. Join us as we desperately hunt for a vegetarian recipe, order niche ingredients from Amazon Prime and experience a Cookbook Circle first!

Do you have a copy of Thai Food? We'd love to hear what you've made from it - let us know @cookbookcircle on Twitter and Instagram. You can find some of the recipes that we discuss (if we can find them online!) on our website, cookbookcircle.com

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Interlude: R&R – Blue Steel

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