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Cookbooks

Dave and Si continue their journey through time, celebrating British food. Here, they cook dishes from their favourite cookbooks and also meet food historian Ivan Day.

Dave and Si continue their culinary journey through time as they celebrate British food.

Cookery books are a huge business but they are more than just collections of recipes, they are social documents that reveal a great deal about who we are and what we eat. In this programme, the bikers cook dishes from their favourite cookbooks and also meet food historian Ivan Day, who has one of the world's most extensive historical cookbook collections in the UK. They also tell the story of some of Britain's most iconic food writers, such as Elizabeth David and Isabella Beeton.

Stunning food and fascinating stories told by the popular culinary duo.

44 minutes

Last on

Tue 14 Mar 2023 15:40

Music Played

  • Feist

    1234

  • The Manhattan Transfer

    Chanson D'Amour

  • Noah and the Whale

    Rocks and Daggers

  • The Ting Tings

    Be The One

  • Thompson Twins

    Doctor! Doctor!

  • Philip Oakey, Giorgio Moroder

    Together In Electric Dreams

  • Thompson Twins

    Hold Me Now

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Si King
Presenter Dave Myers
Series Producer Karen Plumb
Executive Producer Pete Lawrence

Broadcasts

Recipes

Try out the dishes from Hairy Bikers' Best of British