The Cook Book
.. home-made cakes; delicious cream teas; soups that vary with the season and the ingenuity of the cook; fresh local line-caught mackerel, smoked on the premises; baguettes, breakfasts and home-baked ham, “the best coffee in Cornwall”.
Our café-bookshop is children and dog friendly.
There are friendly staff, daily papers to read and books … about 5,000 second-hand books in three rooms upstairs, on the stairs and in the café as Bosorne Books spreads out. Please read more about our café on our Cook Book page.
Next to The Cook Book is Banjo Cottage, a delightful and beautifully restored cottage with a secluded and sunny garden. If you would like to book it for your Cornish holiday, please go to the Cornish Cocoons website. For bookings in 2013 onwards please visit the new Banjo Cottage website.
St. Just’s café-bookshop feeding the body and mind!
Awards
The Cook Book was awarded the prestigious CHEFS Gold Award in February 2011
We’re also very proud to have been awarded top rating, 5 stars for our standards of food hygeine in 2012.
Breaking news – Opening times for Autumn 2012
Our closing time reverts to 4.00pm from Saturday 1st September.
The Cook Book is delighted that it reopened on Thursday 4th October.
P.S. Don’t forget that we are closed every Sunday and Monday until 20th October.