Roots

A stunning and fully illustrated cookbook that celebra tes nature, the changing seasons and the land. Tommy Banks, a Great British Menu winner and Michelin star chef, brings his world to the page with recipes inspired by the rhythms of the farm and the landscape around his restaurant. Roots invites you to explore key ingredients grown, foraged and preserved close to The Black Swan in Oldstead, North Yorkshire, and to discover how seasons can be redefined into three growing groups. The book combines creative recipes with preserving techniques, offering ideas on using these rooted ingredients throughout the year. Beautiful photography captures the evolving seasons, the ingredients and the surrounding scenery, tying together the food with the land it comes from.

Tommy Banks’ debut is guided by his deep connection to the land and its cycles, translating farming rhythms into a culinary framework. The work showcases how ingredients from the hedgerows, fields and kitchen gardens can be preserved and reused, reflecting a year-long approach to root-based cooking. The book is a visual journey through seasons, ingredients and landscape, culminating in a collection that honors place, seasonality and craft.

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• Fully illustrated cookbook celebrating nature, seasons and land
• Ingredients grown, foraged and preserved near Oldstead
• Seasons renamed into three growing groups
• Preserving techniques and year-round root ingredients
• Beautiful seasonal photography of recipes and landscape
• Created by Tommy Banks, Great British Menu winner and Michelin star chef