Table Manners

Delicious, easy recipes from the hit food and family podcast.

'Beautifully put-together with wonderfully crafted, full-on flavour recipes for everyone. A proper family feast of a cookbook!'
Tom Kerridge

‘This is a gorgeous book.’
Nigella Lawson

‘Lennie and Jessie are as madly entertaining to read as they are to be around. They are also brilliant storytellers so every recipe is as personal as it could be: a classic Jewish chopped liver served on Friday night dinners, aromatic Beef Stifado eaten on Greek holidays or an orange and pistachio cake created by son and brother. I adore this family.’
Yotam Ottolenghi

‘This book encapsulates humour, kindness, bucket loads of love and, most importantly, good food. I’m so happy to have the Ware family in my life and in my kitchen.’
Sam Smith

‘Mum. Guess what?’
‘What Jessie?’
‘We’ve written a cookbook’.
‘I know darling! Do you think anyone will want to buy it?’
‘Well, it’s the recipes we’ve made our guests – the really good ones. Like the Sausage and Bean Casserole we made Ed Sheeran, the Drunken Crouton and Kale Salad we made Yotam Ottolenghi and the two Blackberry and Custard Tarts we served Nigella.'
'You ate a whole one before she arrived, darling.'
'It’s a bloody good recipe mum.'

Cooking through Table Manners is like having Jessie and Lennie at the table with you: brash, funny and full of opinions.

In true Ware style, their cookbook is divided into Effortless, A Bit More Effort, Summertime, Desserts and Baking (thanks to Jessie’s brother Alex), Chrismukkah (Christmas, Hanukkah and celebrations) and, of course, Jewish-ish Food.

These delicious, easy dishes are designed for real people with busy and sometimes chaotic lives with the ultimate goal of everyone eating together so unfiltered chat can flourish.

About the Authors

Jessie Ware is an award-winning English singer-songwriter, podcaster and author. With over 1 million albums sold worldwide and BRIT/Mercury nominations under her belt, Jessie is gearing up to the release of her highly anticipated fourth record. Jessie lives in south London with her husband and two children. Jessie won 'Best New Voice' at the 2018 Audio Production Awards for her hugely successful podcast 'Table Manners', which she hosts alongside her mum, Lennie. Hilarious and hugely lovable 'Table Manners' has hit over 8 million listens since launching in 2017 and continues to top the iTunes podcast chart series after series.

Lennie Ware has worked as a social worker in family law for over 40 years. She is mother to Jessie, Hannah and Dr Alex and lives in south London. She hosts award winning podcast 'Table Manners with Jessie Ware' alongside her daugher, Jessie. Hilarious and hugely lovable 'Table Manners' has hit over 8 million listens since launching in 2017 and continues to top the iTunes podcast chart series after series.