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The Spice Box unlocks a world of flavor, spices up the kitchen


Are you looking to SPICE things up in the kitchen? Transform your cooking and unlock a world of flavor with The Spice Box by chef Emily Dobbs with stunning illustrations by Camilla Perkins on sale August 8, 2023.

The Spice Box features 60 beautifully illustrated cards in a covetable archive box. Split into six categories – Hot, Sweet, Earthy, Aromatic, Pungent and Zesty – each card will focus on a single spice, offering three to five ingredient pairings – including fruit, veg, meat, eggs and dairy – and recipe suggestions and inspiration from chef Emily Dobbs. Spices featured in the deck include: Juniper Berries, Makrut Lime, Carob, Ginger, Sumac, and many more!


COOK WITH CONFIDENCE cards contain practical advice on how to use spices, why they work and what to pair them with. The illustrations are just marvelous. Plus, the details are to the point. These pieces of culinary treasures take you back to a time when collecting recipes, etc. was fun! You'll just love these.

This is the perfect gift for food lovers looking to navigate how and when to use spices, try new dishes and flavors, and become a more confident and adventurous cook!


Emily Dobbs is an acclaimed chef of ten years, having worked at The Dock Kitchen, Ducksoup, Petersham Nurseries, Spring and Italo restaurants in London. In 2017, Dobbs set up the successful Sri Lankan-inspired street food stall Weligama – hailed by the Evening Standard as ‘utterly fantastic’ – which went on to become the title of her first cookbook.

Camilla Perkins is an artist and illustrator born and raised in East Sussex, UK. Her fine art practice uses gestural textures and surreal colour palettes to explore the relationship between colour and memory, and colour and the senses. Perkins’s clients include Coca Cola, Apple, Google and Samsung. She has taught workshops for Charleston, Jo Malone and the V&A.


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