The Cookbook Circle

26/04/2024

Better late to the party than never…right? We’re taking our love of all things food and cooking to the written word and starting our very own CBC Substack! Expect recipes we’ve developed together, deep dives on (likely ridiculous) subjects and a few of our favourite things.

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19/03/2024

06/03/2024

DOMAgosh, it’s the last book of the season! We were SO excited to get Doma, the debut book from Spasia Dinkovski, who we defintiely have spoken about before on the podcast becasue we are huge fans of Mystic Burek.🔮
Our themeless season has been so much fun and this pink and red Balkan beauty is a great way to finish. 🩷❤️
Listen tomorrow wherever you get your podcasts. 🎧

04/03/2024

VEGAN JAPANEASY: WHAT WE COOKED 👩🏼‍🍳👩🏻‍🍳
Hannah’s:
Rough night rice 🍚🍻
Suprisingly awesome one-hour spicy sesame, aubergine and courgette ramen. 🌶️🍆🍜
Victoria’s:
French onion ramen 🇫🇷🧅🍜
Sweetcorn curry croquettes 🌽🍛

Let us know your favourite Japanese and vegan recipes or call Victoria to talk about Japanese food anytime. 🇯🇵

21/02/2024

Japanese food that has been made vegan and a cameo from Woody Harrelson, what more could a podcast listener want?! 🇯🇵 As well as discussing Tim Anderson’s book, Vegan Japaneasy, there’s a wealth of additional talk about Japan and Japanese food on this one (did you know Victoria used to live there?). 👀

It’s soooooo easy. Japaneasy peasy yuzu squeezy. 🍊

Listen wherever you get your podcasts! 🎧

19/02/2024

BAHARI - WHAT WE COOKED 👩🏻‍🍳👩🏼‍🍳

L-R Victoria’s:
Honeycomb bread 🍯
Pilau (Zanzibari cumin & chicken rice)

Hannah’s:
Muhammara
Honeycomb bread (look familiar?!)

We hope you enjoyed the latest ep - have we inspired you to try the book? 🇴🇲

07/02/2024

Oh man, Oman. 🇴🇲 We have been so excited to cover more books that cover cuisines that don’t get the same level of attention as the mainstream ones and then BAM! Bahahi came into our lives. 💥 Dina Macki has produced part cookbook part history book, part memoir featuring Omani food. We surely have come out of this with our own stories to tell, too! 📘
Listen tomorrow wherever you get your poddys! 🎧

06/02/2024

THE ULTIMATE TOMATO SAUCE 🍅
L-R, Hannah’s then Victoria’s:
🍅 Felicity Cloake
🍅 Epicurious
🍅 Marcella Hazan

Do you have any favourite tomato sauce recipes that we didn’t mention? Let us know 👇🏻

24/01/2024

Hahahappy new year, Circlettes! We’re kicking off with probably the most requested ultimate episode, tomato sauce! 🍅🥫We’re talking about ol’ faithful, simple but effective tomato sauce that you could have on pizza, pasta, or whatever you like. And good news, WE HAVE THOUGHTS & OPINIONS!
Listen in your normal spot. 🎧 We’re so happy to be back! 🍅🍅

20/12/2023

ALL ABOUT GINGERBREAD - WHAT WE COOKED 👩🏻‍🍳👩🏼‍🍳

L-R: Victoria's
Tartine gingerbread
Nigella's gingerbread with lemon icing
Claire Saffitz's pumpkin chestnut gingerbread

Hannah's
Ottolenghi Soft Gingerbread Tiles With Rum Butter Glaze
Dorie Greenspan's Double-Ginger Molasses Cookies

Have you made any gingerbread this festive season, and if so, what's your standout recipe? 🎄

06/12/2023

We wanted to call this episode 'A Few Gingerbread Recipes that Caught Our Eye, but NOT the Men or House Type' but it just didn't have the same ring to it.

You can imagine us with our Christmas jumpers on, listening to Mariah Carey and Michael Buble whilst we made different recipes for this epsiode. 🤶🏻🤶🏻 We wanted to make and talk about some alternative gingerbread treats in case you, like us, aren't big fans of traditional gingerbread biscuits. 🎄

Listen tomorrow wherever you get your podcasts! 🎧✨

22/11/2023

Cookbook Circle?! More like cookbook triangle! 🔺 We are joined by a special guest for this episode. Chef and recipe writer extraordinaire, Sophie Godwin (), joins us as we cook through her first cookbook, Sundays.
We make sure to cover all the big topics - baked beans, fruit, and of course the recipes in the book and how we fared! ☀️

Listen tomorrow wherever you get your podcasts! 🎧

21/11/2023

MORE IS MORE - WHAT WE COOKED 👩🏼‍🍳👩🏻‍🍳

L-R:
Victoria's
Green chicken soup with sizzled coriander 🌿
Leek ‘za 🍕

Hannah's:
Put the lime in the coconut and put it in the cornbread (50%)
Cold Noods with Grated Tomato Sauce and Chilli Oil
Rarebit Mac 'N' Greens

Do you have the M. Baz latest masterpiece, and if so, what do you think? We're all ears!

09/11/2023

Happy Mollidays to all who celebrate! 🎊 Come in, there's Bloody Mollys, Molls Balls and enough cukes to go around (we're expecting Danny DeVito). We hope you like lemons! 🍋

The second installment of Molly Baz on CBC is here and it is bigger and brighter than before. You'll certainly need your sunglasses and your flares for More is More. 🕶️🕺

Listen now wherever you get your podcasts and as always, let us know what you think of this book. 📕

08/11/2023

Let's get loosey Goosey together! 🚨 Time to dust off your Molly Baz dictionaries because when she called her second book More is More, she was talking about abbreviations.🚨

If you've listened to our previous Molly Baz episode (and if not, there's still time!), you know that we couldn't let this one pass us by. It's bigger, bolder and redder than before with endless lemons. Find out what we thought tomorrow, wherever you get your podcasts. 🎧

07/11/2023

A NEW WAY TO BAKE - WHAT WE MADE 👩🏼‍🍳👩🏻‍🍳
Hannah's:
Lamingtons 🥥
Madeleines 🇫🇷
Victoria's:
Anzac biscuits 🇦🇺🇳🇿
Banana chip cookies 🍌

We'll add any of the recipes that we can find on our website. Let us know your favourite vegan baking books! We loved doing this one. 📚

20/10/2023

THE ULTIMATE AMERICAN-STYLE PANCAKES: THE PANCAKES 👩🏻‍🍳👩🏼‍🍳
Hannah's from:
Matty Matheson 🥞
Julia Turshen 🥞

Victoria's from:
Alison Roman 🥞
Mark Bittman 🥞

All the recipe links are in the show knows of this podcast episode. Tell us your favourite big fluffy boy recipe in the comments 👇🏻

11/10/2023

Would you be my American (big, fluffy) boy?! We have collated all of your wisdom about american-style pancakes into another ULTIMATE episode. Tangy, sweet, claggy and dense are all adjectives we use in this epsiode...can't promise they're all about the food though! 🤔
See you tomorrow, hotcakes! 🥞