Fridge spy

How nosy are you exactly? Do you ever find yourself wondering what other people are eating for their tea? What they sneakily snack on just before dinner? Or whether they keep chocolate, or even eggs (shock horror), in the fridge?

Well, if you’re a sucker for peeking behind closed doors, new book, Chefs’ Fridges by Carrie Solomon and Adrian Moore, does just that, delving into the cool recesses of the fridges of globally renowned chefs .

Weaving together recipes, Q&As and cross sections of fridges in everyday action, the compendium features household names like Alice Waters (the US chef who introduced the world to farm-to-table cooking, via her Berkeley restaurant Chez Panisse), and Pierre Gagnaire (the French Michelin starred restaurateur), and British stars Tom Kitchin and Clare Smyth, as well as intriguing names in the food world who might be more new to you, like US telly chef Carla Hall, and Mexican fine dining chef Enrique Olvera. It’s a hungerinducing coffee table of a book to get lost in.

Try Carla Hall’s Shrimp Wedge Salad (pictured). “I like this dish, inspired by Laura Prepon, because everything cooks in a packet (which basically poaches the shrimp in its juices), the pan stays clean, it’s ready in eight minutes, and your place won’t smell like fish,” explains Hall.

“The lemon slices are the secret to not overcooking the shrimp.”

Chefs’ Fridges by Carrie Solomon and Adrian Moore, £30