Dinner at Mine?
New Inspiration for Everyday Ingredients
Published on 12. March 2026
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-1-78854-530-3 (ISBN)
Description
There are peas in the freezer, apples in the bowl, a cabbage in the vegetable drawer, tins of cannellini beans and anchovies in the cupboard, and eggs on the side.
You've got the beginnings of dinner, no question.
You just need a little inspiration.
Dinner at Mine? is award-winning food writer Kate Young's invitation to the table. Inside, you'll find creative ways to transform fifteen familiar ingredients: a couple of courgettes, a block of butter, a whole chicken, a loaf of sourdough, a punnet of tomatoes, and more. Kate shows how to take these everyday ingredients and turn them into dishes you'll love, such as congee, almond chicken, and the perfect apple pie.
There are six exciting ideas for each ingredient, whatever your plans for the evening: something for one, for two, mid-week meals for four, feasts for six, something to take with you and dishes for enjoying another day.
Whoever's at your table, Dinner at Mine? is all about sharing delicious, versatile and memorable dishes with the people you love.
PRAISE FOR THE LITTLE LIBRARY COOKBOOKS BY KATE YOUNG
'A very special book, written with great generosity' Diana Henry
'A cookbook for readers' Nigella Lawson
'A work of rare joy... I could not love it more' Sarah Perry
You've got the beginnings of dinner, no question.
You just need a little inspiration.
Dinner at Mine? is award-winning food writer Kate Young's invitation to the table. Inside, you'll find creative ways to transform fifteen familiar ingredients: a couple of courgettes, a block of butter, a whole chicken, a loaf of sourdough, a punnet of tomatoes, and more. Kate shows how to take these everyday ingredients and turn them into dishes you'll love, such as congee, almond chicken, and the perfect apple pie.
There are six exciting ideas for each ingredient, whatever your plans for the evening: something for one, for two, mid-week meals for four, feasts for six, something to take with you and dishes for enjoying another day.
Whoever's at your table, Dinner at Mine? is all about sharing delicious, versatile and memorable dishes with the people you love.
PRAISE FOR THE LITTLE LIBRARY COOKBOOKS BY KATE YOUNG
'A very special book, written with great generosity' Diana Henry
'A cookbook for readers' Nigella Lawson
'A work of rare joy... I could not love it more' Sarah Perry
Reviews / Votes
It's so special to find a book that works like this - recipes that leave space for the waxing and waning of the dinner table across the course of the week. I really, really enjoyed the clarity and the tenderness of the writing. It's such a. wonderful book * Ruby Tandoh * As well as superb recipes that I return to again and again, it's Kate's voice that I have always loved so much in her books and in this new one there are sweet, simple pleasures aplenty plus great new ideas for the home cook. A gorgeous, moreish book. * Caroline Eden * The most generous and practical of cooks has written the most useful of books. * Ella Risbridger * Kate makes the exact kind of food I want to eat and cook. This is the kind of cooking that you can imagine memories are made from - unfussy, generous, thoughtful - and guaranteed to have your friends and family inviting themselves over for dinner at yours. * Emiko Davies * Overflowing with warmth and wit, Dinner at Mine? is a goldmine of information - as inspiring in its approach to bottom-of-the-fridge vegetables as it is about fancy ingredients. Destined to become a kitchen staple at my house (and probably yours). * Julia Armfield *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
75 colour photos
15 illustration chapter openers
Illustration endpapers
Dimensions
Height: 248 mm
Width: 193 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
970 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78854-530-3 (9781788545303)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
03/2026
1st Edition
Apollo
€21.49
Available for download
Person
Kate Young is an award-winning food writer, cook and novelist. Her Little Library Cookbooks feature food inspired by beloved works of literature. After a sunny Australian childhood, spent indoors reading books, she moved to London, which suited her much better. She now lives in a converted mill in a Gloucestershire town.