Food You Want to Eat

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An ordinary, unfussy meal can still contain wonders More often than not, the simplest way is also the best way, at least when it comes to food. It's the reason I wanted to write this cookbook.

This describes the food you want to eat, shared by chef and creator Thomas Straker to his 5M following, and now in his first cookbook. Uncomplicated, seasonal and delicious, each recipe has been perfected by Thomas so that you can enjoy the flavours without spending hours labouring away.

The book includes favourite dishes beloved on his socials such as flavoured butters and flatbreads, as well as elegantly achievable plates, for example:
Roast chicken with butter beans and salsa verde
Cod with tomatoes and peppers
Pan fried romanesco with tahini sauce
Set custard with rhubarb

Thomas is a new generation chef who cooks with the same stylish simplicity whether at home, online or in the kitchen of his acclaimed London restaurant, STRAKERS. Breaking down the barriers between cheffy food and home-cooking, he shows how quality ingredients and simple techniques can lead to amazing results in your kitchen.

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'Thomas Straker has been the absolute bomb of all food social media this past year or so' * Giles Coren, The Times *

Author Bio

Thomas Straker is a British chef, based in London. He started his journey as a chef after leaving school in 2008, but really it began long before that, growing in Herefordshire where his parents kept special breed sheep, and he prides himself on his deep knowledge of produce and good farming. Toms mother also owned a local pub where he gained his first exposure to commercial kitchens at the ripe old age of 12.

He has worked in some of Londons top restaurants: The Dorchester, Dinner and Elystan Street to name a few. During lockdown, Tom started creating recipe videos on Instagram, his knowledge of how to create delicious recipes at home has now amassed a following of over 3m people worldwide. Tom recently opened his first restaurant STRAKERS to critical acclaim and it has been cited as one of the most sought-after tables in London. This is his debut cookbook.