James Beard Award finalist Laurel Kratochvila dives into Poland’s rich and varied baking heritage in Dobre Dobre, a wide-ranging collection of more than 120 recipes spanning old and new traditions, Jewish baking, and the Polish diaspora. Alongside the recipes, she brings the culture vividly to life, weaving in history and stories that reveal how one of Europe’s most distinctive baking traditions has been shaped – and proved? – over time.

The recipes in Katie Fisher's cookbook are a different but equally inviting proposition. Strong and Northern celebrates the bold, spicy flavour of Sheffield's famous Henderson's Relish, a much-loved Yorkshire condiment that has inspired fierce local loyalty for well over a century. Often described as Yorkshire's answer to Worcestershire sauce, Hendo's has long enjoyed a good-natured rivalry with Lea & Perrins, with many devotees insisting there's simply no substitute.