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If you have visited our website recently you might have noticed that we have started to sell a range of food books from Quadrille Publishing. This is an addition to the cookware and kitchenware that people usually associate with Pots and Pans. This is not the first time though that we have sold books, during the summer we started to sell Australian Women’s Weekly recipe books through our website. We expected these to be popular but have been surprised by just how successful these titles have been. As a result of this success we decided to expand the range of food books available on the website.

When we started to look for other publishers to stock we worked out a set of criteria that we would use to judge publishing companies. Ideally we wanted to stock only the best food books possible, we wanted to add the leading companies. We also thought that it was important if we were going to sell food books that they were books that we would want to purchase ourselves.

You only need to look at some of the authors who are published by Quadrille to see that they are one of the leading publishers of food books. Their current catalogue includes books by chefs such as Gordon Ramsay, James Martin, Mary Berry, Bill Granger and Anjum Anand as well as many others.

As we mentioned earlier recipe books have proved to be exceedingly popular with our customers. People are often looking for recipes for meals that are easy and quick to prepare but do not make any sacrifices when it comes to taste. They are looking to achieve the right balance between food that tastes good but involves the minimum time and effort to make. Recipe books are often the best place to find this type of recipe. Collections of recipes allow you to share in the knowledge and experience of some of the top chefs from one easy access point. Then there are people who are looking to be more adventurous with their cooking, they are perhaps looking at trying new ingredients, styles of cooking or even new cookery techniques. These are people who look to food books for inspiration or new ideas.

Over recent years there has been a growth in people’s knowledge and awareness of food and cooking. A major reason for the new found sense of adventure people have for cooking can be attributed in part to the rise of celebrity TV chefs.

The success of the television show is often mirrored by the volume of sales of the book associated with the programme. Included among the Quadrille books that we have added to our online shop are the Gordon Ramsay recipe books that accompany his critically acclaimed television show The F Word. James Martin, the chef who is rapidly becoming the ‘face of BBC Cookery programmes’ is another television chef whose books are being published by Quadrille. The collection of James Martin’s recipes for desserts is currently one of Quadrille’s best selling titles. The current catalogue also contains several books by Anjum Anand which tie in with her popular television series about Indian cookery. The current catalogue is not limited to the new generation of television chefs. Another famous name on the Quadrille rota of authors is Mary Berry, who is perhaps the most respected cookery writer in this country.

What all of these chefs share is a strong passion for food, you can feel this passion coming through the pages of their books. This is helped by the high publishing standards adhered to by Quadrille, the design and layout of their books is always exquisite. The sumptuous colour photography that is found in each book helps bring the recipes alive on the page.

There is still time to enter this month’s free prize draw. This month we are giving one lucky person the chance to win a Bosch Filter Coffee maker. This coffee maker retails at the recommended retail price of £45. For full details of how to enter this month’s free prize draw you can visit the competition page on the Pots and Pans website. While there you can discover more about the specifications of the Bosch Coffee maker that is this month’s prize. Besides Bosch coffee makers we sell a variety of Bosch products on our website including kettles and toasters.

Every month on the Pots and Pans website we have a free prize draw with a different prize. The competition runs from the start of the month and runs until the end of the month. If you entry is sent after the closing date for the competition we just add it to the following month’s competition. At the start of October we will let you know details about the prize draw for that month including details of what prize we will be giving away.