Blood Orange by Harriet Tyce with Recipe by Lee Majhen-Todd

The Foodie Book Club read for April 2024 is Blood Orange by Harriet Tyce. A book about Alison, the central character, who is flawed, unreliable and vulnerable in a very human way. With affairs with a colleague, suicide, and a marriage that she’s trying to keep together, Alison starts to see the parallels in her marriage and the client she is defending for murder.

The recipe, Orange and Lemon Custard Tart, is the perfect dish for this book. Put your feet up , get the kettle on and eat some tart while you read the book.

The Help by Kathryn Stockett Recipe by Chef Kasae Fraser

The Help by Kathryn Stockett Recipe by Chef Kasae Fraser

Foodie Book Club January 2024 read is The Help by Kathryn Stockett with a Recipe by Chef Kasae Fraser of MasterChef the Professionals fame.

Chef Kasae has gifted a recipe for her Sauce Charcutiére with Pork Chops, a recipe that she loves.

As well as this amazing recipe, find how Kasae started her career, what’s next for her and how it felt to be on MasterChef the Professionals

Find book review for Kathryn Stockett first book, The Help which was made into a successful movie and find out how Kathryns personal history helped with her writing career.

Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen Recipe by Kayma Vasquez

November 2023 Foodie Book Read is Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen with a recipe by MasterChef Australian Kayma Vasquez. With an egg rating of 4 out of 5, this book os well worth reading. Find out what it’s all about, book review and lots about the author Sarah Addison Allen.

Kayma Vasquez, MasterChef Australian MasterChef, has gifted us a recipe of Bolos de Arroz Portuguese rice cakes, a favourite recipe which she loves. Find the full recipe and lots about Kayma and what she’s up to after MasterChef.

A Decadent Way to Die by G. A. McKevett (Sonja Massie) with Recipe by Kate, the Newcastle Foodie

Foodie Book Club October read is A Decadent Way To Die by G. S. McKevett with a recipe for smooth and creamy Burnt Basque Cheesecake from Kate who is Newcastle Foodie and Become Social Ltd.

With a review of 3 1/2 eggs, this book is worth a read, after all, who can resist a crime solving, feisty Southern private detective who loves her grandmother. With lots of cooking references as the plot develops, our detective Savannah Reid, gets to delves into the mystery of who is trying to kill the person who made the Helene doll.

Kate from Newcastle Foodie and Become Social Ltd, has gifted us one of her loved recipes, and what a recipe it is too. Soft and creamy with a berries to give it a tart contrast, find the full recipe on my pages.

Ghosts by Dolly Alderton Recipe by Gabriella Margiotta

May read for Foodie Book Club is Ghosts by Dolly Alderton with a recipe for fig cake by MasterChef Professional competitor Gabriella Margiotta.

interviews with Gabriella Margoitta and an interview with Dolly Alderton (taken from other sources), tell lots of inside stuff about the people, books and the chef who has gifted us the recipe for May.

Envy of Angels by Matt Wallace & Recipe by Matt Wallace

Foodie Book Club February 2023 read is Envy of Angels by Matt Wallace with recipe by Matt Wallace -  This book is funny with supernatural’s running around New York City restaurants, an underworld of monsters and magic all with a taste for special gourmet foods.

An original idea for an urban fantasy that I think won’t be the last of the seven books in the series that I read!

The recipe also by Matt Wallace, is a spiced up the classic American bacon, egg, and cheese breakfast sandwich. straight from the pages of the book.

American bacon, egg, and cheese breakfast sandwich. recipe straight from the book by the author Matt Wallace

Black Coffee by Agatha Christie & Recipe by Chef Philli Armitage-Mattin

Agatha Christie book Black Coffee along with recipe by the talented Chef Philli Armitage-Mattin for January Foodie Book Club read.

Find out all about why Agatha disappeared, how she started to write and much more along with an overview of Foodie Book Club January read Black Coffee.

Mouth watering recipe for Peshwari Crust Cauli Korma by Chef Philli Armitage-Mattin with a link to buy Phillis new cook book.

Blackberry Wine by Joanne Harris & Recipe by Joanne Harris

November Foodie Book Club read is Blackberry Wine by Joanne Harris with easy Blackberry Brownies also by Joanne Harris .

Joanne says: “I finished Blackberry Wine before the publication of Chocolat. I’m relieved it happened that. way, because if I had been able to foresee the success of Chocolat I might well have ended up like Jay, completely frozen by his own achievement and unable to write anything serious again….”

Delicious by Ruth Reichl & Recipe By Tori True

Ruth Reichl is a chef, food writer and editor.

In addition to two decades as a food critic, mainly spent at the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times, she has written cookbooks, memoirs and a novel. Foodie Book Club read is Delicious by Ruth Reichl & Keralan Fish Molee recipe by Tori True…….

Torie True is a food writer, home cook and cookery teacher of Indian food.

She learnt her craft over the past 20 years from her travels to India, as well as her husband’s Indian family who are based in the UK and Kolkata…….