The Five Little Pigs Cookbook Club
We’re thrilled to be working with Helen and the fab team from Wallingford Bookshop on our new Cookbook Club. This is something we’ve wanted to do for a long time, and we’re looking forward to our next meeting on 5th August.
The premise of the Club is a simple one. We, as like-minded souls, come together on the first Tuesday of the month to enjoy a meal cooked from some of our favourite cookbooks, discuss recipes, ideas and themes and have a glass (or two) of something fitting. Tickets are limited and invite only and details of the next meeting are below:
August 5th - Eating for Pleasure, People and Planet - Tom Hunt
6.30pm meet at Wallingford Bookshop, for a 7pm start at Pigs
Two courses & coffee
£32
“Eat for pleasure
Eat whole foods
Eat the best food you can
If I were to embody my approach to food in three sentences, this wouldn’t be far off- and Tom Hunt’s Eating for Pleasure, People and Planet is the perfect handbook for anyone looking for an approachable guide to eating sustainably without the virtue signalling or preaching that a lot of other writers seem to indulge in. The book is as much a manifesto as it is a recipe book, and a lot of the recipes are more like formulas within which you can endlessly tweak and customise, to help capitalise on what you have in glut (or don’t).
It is inescapably political- not party political as such, more a call to arms- a movement. But it’s written with such heart that none of it weighs heavy. It’s a cookery book that leaves me feeling inspired to do better in my kitchen for our food systems, and our planet.”
July 8th - Jamie’s Great Britain by Jamie Oliver
6.30pm meet at Wallingford Bookshop, for a 7pm start at PigsTwo courses & coffee£32
“It might not seem like the obvious choice for a professional chef to put forward, but if I’m sharing my journey in the kitchen through the cookbooks that have held my hand, then this is one of the earliest (and most supportive).
“Love him or hate him, Jamie Oliver has built a career on demystifying food, and democratising the process of cooking and eating. His passion for feeding people, for learning more about the different food cultures of the UK, encouraging others into their own kitchens and challenging the politics of the way we and our children feed ourselves is boundless, and this book is a real celebration of that. My battered copy has been with me since its release nearly 15 years ago, and has fed hundreds. I’m excited to share some of my favourites with the club.
“No turkey dinosaurs allowed.”
June 3rd - Jerusalem by Sami Tamimi and Yotam Ottolenghi
12.30pm lunch / 7pm dinnerTwo courses & coffee£32
“We’ve always said that food is the greatest unifier, and as Yotam Ottolenghi has just proclaimed - food should never be a tool in war, it should be a bridge. So join us in celebrating some of my most loved (and cooked) recipes from Jerusalem.
May 6th - Midnight Chicken (& other recipes worth living for) by Ella Risbridger
12.30 pm lunch cookbook club/ 7pm dinner cookbook clubTwo courses & coffee£25
This one has spent as much time on my bedside table as it has in my kitchen- an unflinchingly vulnerable, humorous, comfort read of a cookery book. It's less like reading an instruction manual on how to execute dishes, more like a series of love notes from a close friend (which just happened to have the most perfect recipes in them).
Click below to buy your tickets, and don’t forget to order your copies of the book from Helen and the team - no Amazon purchase here, thank you very much!
April 1st - Mastering The Art of French Cooking: Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle & Simone Beck
12.30 pm lunch cookbook club/ 7pm dinner cookbook clubTwo courses & coffee£25
A larger-than-life, perenially cheerful American (along with Louisette Bertholle & Simone Beck) instructs her readers in the finer points of French cookery. In her characteristically straight-talking approach, she lays bare the secrets of the French chef's Batterie de Cuisine, classic sauces, butchery techniques, and the art of ingredient shopping.
We’re thrilled to be working with Helen and the fab team from Wallingford Bookshop on our new Cookbook Club. This is something we’ve wanted to do for a long time, and we’re looking forward to our next meeting on 5th August.
The premise of the Club is a simple one. We, as like-minded souls, come together on the first Tuesday of the month to enjoy a meal cooked from some of our favourite cookbooks, discuss recipes, ideas and themes and have a glass (or two) of something fitting. Tickets are limited and invite only and details of the next meeting are below:
August 5th - Eating for Pleasure, People and Planet - Tom Hunt
6.30pm meet at Wallingford Bookshop, for a 7pm start at Pigs
Two courses & coffee
£32
“Eat for pleasure
Eat whole foods
Eat the best food you can
If I were to embody my approach to food in three sentences, this wouldn’t be far off- and Tom Hunt’s Eating for Pleasure, People and Planet is the perfect handbook for anyone looking for an approachable guide to eating sustainably without the virtue signalling or preaching that a lot of other writers seem to indulge in. The book is as much a manifesto as it is a recipe book, and a lot of the recipes are more like formulas within which you can endlessly tweak and customise, to help capitalise on what you have in glut (or don’t).
It is inescapably political- not party political as such, more a call to arms- a movement. But it’s written with such heart that none of it weighs heavy. It’s a cookery book that leaves me feeling inspired to do better in my kitchen for our food systems, and our planet.”
July 8th - Jamie’s Great Britain by Jamie Oliver
6.30pm meet at Wallingford Bookshop, for a 7pm start at PigsTwo courses & coffee£32
“It might not seem like the obvious choice for a professional chef to put forward, but if I’m sharing my journey in the kitchen through the cookbooks that have held my hand, then this is one of the earliest (and most supportive).
“Love him or hate him, Jamie Oliver has built a career on demystifying food, and democratising the process of cooking and eating. His passion for feeding people, for learning more about the different food cultures of the UK, encouraging others into their own kitchens and challenging the politics of the way we and our children feed ourselves is boundless, and this book is a real celebration of that. My battered copy has been with me since its release nearly 15 years ago, and has fed hundreds. I’m excited to share some of my favourites with the club.
“No turkey dinosaurs allowed.”
June 3rd - Jerusalem by Sami Tamimi and Yotam Ottolenghi
12.30pm lunch / 7pm dinnerTwo courses & coffee£32
“We’ve always said that food is the greatest unifier, and as Yotam Ottolenghi has just proclaimed - food should never be a tool in war, it should be a bridge. So join us in celebrating some of my most loved (and cooked) recipes from Jerusalem.
May 6th - Midnight Chicken (& other recipes worth living for) by Ella Risbridger
12.30 pm lunch cookbook club/ 7pm dinner cookbook clubTwo courses & coffee£25
This one has spent as much time on my bedside table as it has in my kitchen- an unflinchingly vulnerable, humorous, comfort read of a cookery book. It's less like reading an instruction manual on how to execute dishes, more like a series of love notes from a close friend (which just happened to have the most perfect recipes in them).
Click below to buy your tickets, and don’t forget to order your copies of the book from Helen and the team - no Amazon purchase here, thank you very much!
April 1st - Mastering The Art of French Cooking: Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle & Simone Beck
12.30 pm lunch cookbook club/ 7pm dinner cookbook clubTwo courses & coffee£25
A larger-than-life, perenially cheerful American (along with Louisette Bertholle & Simone Beck) instructs her readers in the finer points of French cookery. In her characteristically straight-talking approach, she lays bare the secrets of the French chef's Batterie de Cuisine, classic sauces, butchery techniques, and the art of ingredient shopping.