Honey - by Amy Newsome (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

WINNER OF THE 2024 GUILD OF FOOD WRITERS AWARD FOR SPECIALIST OR SINGLE SUBJECT COOKBOOK

"Amy's beautiful recipes are an ode to the pleasures of cooking with honey and the importance of it in our lives." - Thomasina Miers

"Something truly magical happens when beekeeping, gardening and cooking meet, and in that intersection stands Amy with this wonderful book." - Itamar Srulovich, Honey & Co.

"A beautiful, thoughtful exploration of keeping bees and cooking with honey - with such enticing recipes." - Mark Diacono

A sticky celebration of honey from bloom to plate, with 80 inspiring recipes straight from a beekeeper's kitchen.

Amy Newsome is a cook, gardener and beekeeper--and this is her homage to honey and its deliciously distinct varietals from around the globe. Marvel at the floral intricacies of honey's terroir and all its wonderful flavors, before getting stuck in with 80 sweet and savory recipes that celebrate the magic of cooking with honey; from honey ferments, fancy fritto misto, and Honeyed Chipotle Lamb Tacos, to Saffron & Apricot Honey Buns, Eucalyptus Honey Granita, and a Bergamot Bee's Knees to wash everything down.

Covering the beekeeper's year and how honey is made, you will journey through the changing seasons, take a peak inside the hive and discover just how to create the perfect bee-friendly garden. This cookbook is an incredibly thoughtful collection of recipes and stories that offers an inspiring glimpse into the craft of beekeeping, and the remarkable world of the honeybee, confirming why and how we should be treating honey with the respect it deserves.

Review Quotes

"I love the idea of a whole book dedicated to the art of beekeeping and its delicious produce. We probably have a lot to learn from this one on many levels." -Adam Rothbarth, VICE

About the Author

Amy Newsome is a horticulturist, freelance beekeeper and passionate cook based in London, UK. After a career in fashion photography, she moved to the Cotswolds to retrain as a gardener and beekeeper, working with Raymond Blanc at Le Manoir Aux Quat' Saisons, and organic grower Anna Greenland at Soho Farmhouse. From there she set her sights on the ultimate botanical paradise; the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, completing the Kew Diploma in Horticulture. She is now Head Gardener of The Garden Cobham where she is creating a new garden and restaurant site (with bees of course) within the walls of a forgotten Victorian kitchen garden in Surrey, together with an executive head chef who helped develop Spring restaurant, Petersham nurseries and GAIL's kitchen. She also works with prison reform charity Food Behind Bars as kitchen garden educator, setting up a honeybee apiary and renovating a disused glasshouse into a productive kitchen garden at HMP Swinfen Hall. She has written for multiple publications, including Bloom magazine, on subjects such as single-origin honey.