Baking: From My Home to Yours

We caught up with Barbara Feldman Morse, the author of Madeleines: Elegant French Tea Cakes to Bake & Share to hear the story behind her book dedicated to these delicious French treats, best enjoyed warm from the oven…

A Whisper of Cardamom, published this week, is available in full to ckbk subscribers. In this feature we delve into the tantalising interplay of flavour and emotion in Eleanor Ford’s enticing new book!

People are pulling out the stops to celebrate Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee, marking her 70-year reign. Celebrating royal milestones with food is a great British tradition and to help you celebrate the Big Jubilee Lunch on June 5, we’ve rounded up five dishes with a connection to the British monarchy.

Annette Ogrodnik Corona , who lives in Bethelhem, Pennsylvania, is the author of The New Ukrainian Cookbook, recently added to ckbk. Here the author tells us about her baba’s (grandmother’s) kitchen, and introduces us to traditional Ukrainian Easter baking.

From country to country and from society to society, the range of Easter breads is as richly varied as each cook’s imagination. Here is just a taste of the variety of Easter breads from around Europe, all of which offer up a feeling of joy after the solemnity of Lent.

Bad Girl Bakery by Jeni Iannetta will be published on November 4 – and we have a sneak preview, including a Q&A with the author, and a recipe for some very special muffins.

These leavened spiced buns have been an Easter tradition for centuries in the UK. Read about their history and lore, and find out five things you probably didn’t know about hot cross buns.

Are you a mere chocaholic or a borderline chocolatier? How deep does your chocolate knowledge go? Take our quiz, created in partnership with artisanal chocolate maker Guittard Chocolate Company, to find out how much you really know.

Regula Ysewijn’s childhood fascination with British culture led to her becoming a food historian and author of two of the most respected books on British baking: Pride and Pudding (2016) and Oats in the North, Wheat from the South: British Baking, Savoury and Sweet (2020). She’s also a trained chef, a graphic designer, does her own food photography – and is a judge on the Flemish version of Bake Off. Regula tells ckbk about the childhood nursery rhyme that sparked her interest in Britain, what motivates her writing, what she finds most intriguing about British baking culture.

Learning With Experts is the ultimate online classroom for people who are keen to sharpen their skills in a number of life-enhancing subjects, including gardening, photography, floristry – and food & drink. Find out about some of the courses on offer in this guest post from Learning With Experts, and see how this hands-on skills training can help you get the most from ckbk’s huge range of cookbooks.