Café Cecilia Cookbook Book

The Café Cecilia Cookbook is the debut cookbook from the prominent Irish chef Max Rocha and his highly popular restaurant Café Cecilia in East London.

Café Cecilia is a beloved neighbourhood restaurant serving simple food inspired by Irish and European flavours. It has not only become a haven for food lovers but also a favourite among the international art and fashion world.

This is Max Rocha's first restaurant, where he draws inspiration from seasonal ingredients, his mother Odette's cooking, and the flavours he grew up with in Ireland.

The Café Cecilia Cookbook, the first and only book about one of Britain's most exciting and popular restaurants, contains 100 recipes – from breakfast to dinner. Among the recipes are signature dishes like Guinness bread and Sage & Anchovy Fritti, as well as seasonal dishes like Poached apricots with granola and yogurt and Artichokes with sunflower tahini. The book also includes soups, salads, bread, cakes, kombucha, and a variety of fish, meat, and vegetable dishes.

With a foreword by the acclaimed British food writer and James Beard Award winner Diana Henry, photographs of the finished dishes taken in Café Cecilia's elegant setting by Matthieu Lavanchy, and pictures of the team and suppliers taken by Jacob Lillis, this is a warm tribute to food, family, the loyal Café Cecilia team, and Max Rocha's journey as a chef. The book is hardback.