The Cookbook Circle

Victoria Durant and Hannah Quinn

Two food lovers rediscover the UK’s most popular cookbooks

  • 54 minutes 27 seconds
    It's Christmas!

    Surprises all around for our Christmas epsiode! Hannah and Victoria each chose a Christmas book to cook from without telling the other which one until recording! Find out our thought process and if the books we chose were worth it...


    Intro track: Disco - All Good Folks

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    20 December 2025, 10:43 pm
  • 1 hour 32 seconds
    Padella - Tim Siadatan

    This episode, we're twirling our way through the new cookbook, Padella: Iconic Pasta at Home, taking on cult-favourite recipes and asking the big questions: is fresh pasta truly worth the effort? And can any home cook recreate that famous Padella magic?


    Intro track: Disco - All Good Folks

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    20 November 2025, 5:00 am
  • 1 hour 1 minute
    Chez Panisse Cafe Cookbook - Alice Waters

    We're excited to cover Alice Waters' - of Chez Panisse fame - first cookbook, as a culinary figure who's often been referenced by other chefs we've discussed on the pod. Find out what we thought of her simple, seasonal cooking.


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    6 November 2025, 5:00 am
  • 53 minutes 3 seconds
    Throwback to the French Laundry - Thomas Keller
    Oh we're going back, way back to where it all began - if we're going to talk restaurant cookbooks, how can we not include the French Laundry? Enjoy the youth in our voices, if not the chaotic Michelin-star level failures...

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    23 October 2025, 4:00 am
  • 59 minutes 52 seconds
    Imad's Syrian Kitchen - Imad Alarnab

    For this stop on our restaurant cookbook tour, we're visiting Imad's Syrian Kitchen - a gorgeous mezze of delicious-looking dishes, with Imad's personal story and Syria's history interspersed throughout.


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    9 October 2025, 4:00 am
  • 53 minutes 45 seconds
    Pok Pok - Andy Ricker

    Pok Pok is not named after the sound a chicken makes, but Andy Ricker does say that the wings on the menu (and in this book!) paid the restaurant's rent. Find out what we thought of this Thai restaurant cookbook in this week's episode.


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    25 September 2025, 5:00 am
  • 48 minutes 3 seconds
    Summer ramblings

    We're keeping things loose this episode as we update you on our respective holidays, LOTS of crisps chat and some great recipes (and a cookbook!) we've been enjoying lately.


    We're taking a short break for August but see you after summer!


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    31 July 2025, 4:00 am
  • 1 hour 26 minutes
    Throwback to Dishoom - Shamil Thakrar, Kavi Thakrar & Naved Nasir
    No, no, you've not travelled back in time or got a glitch with your podcast player! We're bringing you a restaurant cookbook from Season 3, Dishoom. An absolutely legendary part of London life, we spent some time checking if the cookbook was a shortcut to the front of the Dishoom queue...

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    17 July 2025, 4:00 am
  • 1 hour 5 minutes
    The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook - Tarek Malouf

    We continue on our pursuit of the most renowned restaurant cookbooks - this time taking it sweet with the Hummingbird Bakery, famous for bringing its American-style sweets to the UK.


    Find out what we baked and whether we think this one is worth dusting off...


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    3 July 2025, 4:00 am
  • 1 hour 11 minutes
    The Wagamama Cookbook - Hugo Arnold

    And the latest in our series of restaurant cookbooks: Wagamama, our first book from a chain of restaurants. We were intrigued to try this one - not least Victoria, the Japan enthusiast... Find out what we thought!


    Read Tim Anderson's article here


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    19 June 2025, 4:00 am
  • 1 hour 23 minutes
    Asma's Indian Kitchen - Asma Khan

    In this episode, we discuss celebrated chef, restaurateur and general top gal Asma Khan, and her book, Asma's Indian Kitchen.


    Join us as we cook our way through her debut cookbook and find out what we thought!


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    5 June 2025, 4:00 am
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