Yellow Kite whips up new cookbook by Skehan in two-book deal 

Yellow Kite has signed a new cookbook by Donal Skehan, his sixth with Hodder & Stoughton.

Executive publisher Liz Gough bought world rights in Home Kitchen: Everyday Cooking Made Simple and Delicious, and one other title from Rosemary Scoular at United Agents. The book will be published simultaneously in hardback in the UK and Ireland by Yellow Kite, and in the US by Hachette sister imprint, Mobius, on 12th October 2023.

In Home Kitchen, the publisher says “Donal leads us by the hand into the heart of his kitchen, showing us how he cooks for his family and what inspires him – from his granny’s handwritten recipes and his Irish heritage to his time spent living in LA and all his many travels, as well as his decades as a home cook.”

It goes on that the book is “packed with delicious recipes that you’ll want to make time and time again” and that “Donal has the whole week covered, catering to every need – with chapters such as make-ahead Sundays, everyday dinners, weekday rush, slow-cooking weekend wins, and scrumptious desserts.”

Skehan is a TV host and award-winning food writer based in his native Dublin. He is the author of 10 cookbooks, and his most recent, Everyday Cook (Hodder, 2021), won Ireland’s Cookbook of the Year at the 2021 An Post Irish Book Awards. In TV, he most recently starred alongside Rosana Pansino on HBO’s “Max’s Baketopia”. He is also a regular host on "Saturday Kitchen” on BBC One in the UK as well as hosting regular cooking slots on the likes of ITV’s "This Morning”.

Gough said: “It is a joy to be working with Donal on his new book – his most personal yet. He has poured all of his love and energy into Home Kitchen – these are recipes that mean so much to him, and his passion and enthusiasm just jump off the page. We have an amazing team shooting the recipes and I can’t wait for Donal’s fans to see it. Once again, we at Yellow Kite are thrilled to be Donal’s publisher here, in Ireland and in the US and we can’t wait for its release in the autumn.”

Skehan said: “I’m so excited to share Home Kitchen with the world. This cookbook is very personal to me and filled with recipes that are near and dear to my heart. The book is filled with easy and achievable recipes that serve our busy family life and I want this collection to become a trusted companion in the kitchen. It’s an honour to be working with Yellow Kite and Hodder & Stoughton on this project, and I can’t wait for the book’s release in October!”