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‘I only cook the kind of food I want to eat. Honest food, plain and simple. This is my cookbook.’The long awaited cookbook from Michelin-starred chef and owner of the award-winning Chez Bruce.Bruce Poole is widely acknowledged to be one of Britain’s best chefs. Praise for his timeless, honest cooking has garnered countless column inches and the respect of the most discerning critics. His Michelin-starred London restaurant Chez Bruce has achieved many awards and accolades including, for the last six years, London’s Favourite Restaurant in the Harden’s Restaurant Guide.But, what speaks louder than stars (in Bruce’s book anyway) is that his food is emphatically and wholeheartedly loved not only by his loyal patrons who come time and time again to eat at his table, but also those who make Chez Bruce a destination. Bruce’s down to earth, honest and creative cooking features classic dishes without ego or chefy gimmicks, because it’s all about food you actually want to eat.It is no wonder that a cookbook from Bruce Poole has been so eagerly anticipated. In these pages you will find charming anecdotes and stories from the restaurants and, of course, the recipes Bruce wants you to cook at home. Spend time with them, love and enjoy them – this is truly the best food you can cook in your kitchen.Bruce’s Cookbook is a gift, read it, cook from it, treasure it.Recipes Include:– Slow roast shoulder of lamb with harissa, spiced pilaf rice and yoghurt- Boeuf Bourgignon with parsnip purée- Ceviche of salmon with crème fraîche and coriander- Potato gnocchi with butter, wilted sage and parmesan- Chocolate Soufflé- Champagne and elderflower jelly with strawberries

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Bestselling TV cook Bill Granger brings his trademark fresh flavours and easy-going recipes to the well-loved food of Italy.The cornerstone of Bill’s cooking is also the cornerstone of the best of Italian cuisine: simple, flavoursome dishes with short ingredient lists and uncomplicated methods, centred on ingredients that are easy to find and needn’t be expensive. And better yet, those ingredients don't have to just be tomato, mozzarella and basil, the usual suspects of Italian cooking, but neither do they need to be deli-sourced truffles or champagne-priced olive oil. Bill offers a bold new twist on this hugely popular cuisine.There’s a Roman saying along the lines of: ‘the more you pay, the less well you eat’; Bill shows you how to take common ingredients from your supermarket and achieve healthy and satisfying Italian-inspired dishes.Divided into themed chapters – from quick and easy suppers and deliciously stress-free meals for friends, to no-fuss oven-baked comfort food, lazy weekend food and big Italian-style get-togethers – Bill’s Italian Food will bring fresh ideas to your kitchen. And along with the mouth-watering pastas, meats, salads and grills you’ll be serving happiness, comfort and joy.One again Bill Granger offers maximum flavours with minimum effort giving Italian food an inspiring makeover to tantalise the tastebuds as well as fit into our busy lives.spinach with crushed olive, ricotta salata, pinenut dressingroasted asparagus with black olives and mintgnocchi baked with tomato, ricotta and pecorinopappadelle with spicy chicken ragupumpkin and amoretti lasagnebraised pork meatballs with sultana, pinenut and marjoramfresh salad of peach, prosciutto, treviso and burratapizzette with caramelised fennel, rosemary and salamitagliatelle with courgette, sweetcorn and pecorinosausage stuffed pork loin with garlic and rosemarypancetta roast chicken with walnut stuffingsquash, fontina and ricotta gratinsummer berry and white chocolate tiramisublood orange, almond and mascarpone cake

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In this book, bestselling TV cook, Rachel Allen shares her ultimate fast and easy family recipes.You can always trust Rachel to help you get a delicious and doable dinner on the table. Whether the cupboards are bare or you just want a fabulous meal without the fuss (or the washing up) you’ll find the answers here. Any situation, any problem, these are recipes you can come back to time and time again for delicious dinner solutions. After all, making home cooking both simple and enjoyable is what Rachel does best.Easy Meals contains 180 family friendly recipes for any night of the week. And even better, as well as being mouth-wateringly delicious they are simple enough for even the most novice of cooks.This book is full of ideas and recipes that you can rely on to help you tackle the most common meal-time problems; when your fridge is empty, when you’re short on time, that use 5 ingredients or less or can be cooked in one pot, even delicious dinners you can serve up without so much as turning on the oven. Finally! A cookbook that truly understands the way your life works. Easy Meals is an essential kitchen companion.Chapter breakdown;Store Cupboard CookingAll in One PotFast and FabulousTake 5 ingredients or lessNo Cook CookingQuick Extras and SidesRecipes include;One-pot lamb biryaniTurkey breast with honey, thyme and creamSpiced Pilau rice with chickenPork, chorizo, haricot beans and red wineThai MusselsChunky chowder with potatoes and baconTaragon chicken and lemon pasta with crème fraicheChickpea and aubergine saladFishcakesChinese braised beef with pak choyChicken with yoghurt and a carrot and apple saladLentil and sausagesCardamom and orange SemifreddoChocolate Bread and butter puddingQuick fruit bruleeLemon posset

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TV’s most popular chef, Gordon Ramsay, bridges the gap between his famous chef’s table (situated in the white heat of his restaurant kitchen) and his table at home with Tana and their young family. This cookbook is packed with simple, seasonal, modern British recipes.Gordon lives life in the fast lane, travelling the world to foster his many hugely successful business enterprises and to film his highly acclaimed TV series. But, despite the commitments of a busy work life, he has always believed that families should sit around their tables to eat together as much as possible.His latest cookbook gathers together over 100 inspiring and well-constructed recipes which everyone will enjoy cooking for their friends and family, including Chorizo, broad bean and mint couscous, Scallop brochettes with coriander and chilli butter, Smoked salmon and horseradish cream tarts and Toffee and chocolate steamed pudding.The recipes embody Gordon’s strongly held opinion that we should support local producers and farmers’ markets, that we should cook with seasonal fresh ingredients which haven't travelled miles to reach our plates and that we should celebrate the wealth of regional dishes available to us from Cornish crab soup to Bakewell tarts.Gordon shares the dishes that he loves to cook (and eat) when he’s off duty. With chapters covering Hot and Cold Soups; Pasta and Grains; Fish and Shellfish; Meat and Poultry; Pies and Tarts; Vegetables and Salads; Puddings and Ices and Coffee and Chocolate, each recipe is introduced with an insight into why he has chosen it and includes tips on how to re-create it perfectly. With emphasis on simplicity for stunning results, the majority of the recipes are short and easy to cook.This beautiful book has been created by one of Britain's top designers, in tandem with an amazing young photographer. While food is king in this book, sprinkled as it is with candid photos of Gordon and the family, Cooking for Friends allows you to share his love of life and the good things in it.

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The much-loved author of ‘The Kitchen Diaries’ and presenter of BBC1’s Simple Suppers is here to help you cook real food fast, with over 600 ideas for delicious everyday dishes.Inspired by his own supper-time improvisations, Nigel Slater shows you how to make tasty and quick meals with the ingredients you have to hand. Full of inventive food ideas for those pressed for time, and with recipe variations and alternatives to suit any cupboard, Eat: The Little Book of Fast Food will be a feast of everyday inspiration.

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From the author of the brilliant A Modern Way to Eat, a new collection of delicious, healthy, inspiring vegetarian recipes – that are so quick to make they’re achievable on any night of the week.Many more of us are interested in eating healthier food on a regular basis but sometimes, when we’re home late, tired after work, and don’t have time to buy lots of ingredients, it can just seem too complicated.In this brilliant new collection of recipes, Anna Jones makes clean, nourishing, vegetable-centred food realistic on any night of the week. Chapters are broken down by time (recipes for under 15, 20, 30 or 40 minutes) and also by planning a little ahead (quick healthy breakfasts, dishes you can make and re-use throughout the week). Anna’s new book is a truly practical and inspiring collection for anyone who wants to put dinner on the table quickly, without fuss, trips to specialist shops or too much washing up, but still eat food that tastes incredible and is doing you good.

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The ingredients, cooks, techniques and tools that have shaped our love of food.We all love to eat and most of us have a favourite ingredient or dish. In today's world we can get the food we want, when we want it, but how many of us really know where our much-loved recipes come from, who invented them and how they were originally cooked? In this book William Sitwell, culinary expert on BBC2's 'A Question of Taste' and editor of Waitrose Kitchen magazine, takes us on a colourful, whirlwind journey as he explores the fascinating history of cuisine.This book is a celebration of the great dishes, techniques and above all brilliant cooks who have, over the centuries, created the culinary landscape we now enjoy. Any lover of fine food who has ever wondered about the origins of the methods and recipes we now take for granted will find A History of Food in 100 Recipes required reading. As well as shining a light on food's glorious past, there are contributions from a glittering array of stars of British cuisine, including Marco Pierre White, Delia Smith, Heston Blumenthal, Nigella Lawson and Jamie Oliver.In an incisive and humorous narrative, Sitwell enters an Egyptian tomb to reveal the earliest recipe for bread and discovers the greatest party planner of the Middle Ages. He uncovers the extraordinary and poetic roots of the roast dinner and tells the heart-rending story of the forgotten genius who invented the pressure cooker. And much, much more.

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Britain’s bestselling vegetarian cook helps you get a great meal on the table fast.Perfect for the busy home cook, Rose Elliot’s 30-Minute Vegetarian will help you make a delicious and quick vegetarian dinner, any night of the week.If you need fast and tasty food after a hard day’s work or a healthy dinner to feed family and friends; whether you are craving a comforting classic or fresh ideas for cooking with vegetables, you will find it in this book – 140 modern vegetarian recipes that can be cooked in half an hour or less.Recipes include …Celeriac soup with porcini and truffle oilBanana puddingWarm butternut squash salad with baby spinach leaves, chopped red onion and pine nutsThai bean and millet cakes with a hot red pepper sauceWhite chocolate cheesecake with lime and gingerUltimate red bean chilliGrilled Halloumi skewers with red and yellow peppers, with herby couscousRendang Malaysian vegetable and coconut curryBroad bean lasagnaFigs with warm honey and balsamic dressing, watercress and StiltonBlueberry crumbleOven-baked asparagus and pea risottoRed hot udon noodle stir fryEasy courgette tart

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An updated edition, with more finished food photos, of the bestselling slow cooker books by Katie Bishop.Slow cookers offer a hassle-free approach to home cooking. This new edition includes over 200 mouth-watering recipes that can be prepared in advance and cooked while you're at work, overnight or just relaxing at home.More and more people are discovering the benefits these affordable cookers – they are economical, environmental and produce perfect results every time.Cookery writer and journalist, Katie Bishop, shows just how little effort is required to make great family recipes such as Rolled Shoulder of Lamb, Mini Chestnut, Mushroom and Red Wine Pies, Classic Bouillabaisse, Herby Italian Stuffed Peppers and Oat, Sunflower and Honey Bread.This book provides a fresh insight into this old-fashioned method of cooking, with straightforward, easy-to-achieve dishes that will delight your friends and family.Katie’s fresh ideas, helpful advice on making the most of your cooker and easy-to-follow recipes provide new inspiration for anyone who wants to produce perfect meals every time.Enjoy:• Soups and light meals• Chillis and pasta sauces• Curries and spicy dishes• Braises and stews• ‘Roasts’• Super-slow food• Feasts and celebrations• Puddings, cakes and sweet sauces

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Muffins and scones for every diet and every occasion. Felicity Barnum-Bobb, former Cookery Director of Good Housekeeping and regular contributor to Delicious magazine, has created 100 foolproof recipes for tasty treats, whether you're planning an original wedding cake or trying to lose weight without missing out on that mid-morning snack.The popularity of muffins has exploded in recent years and this book shows you just how versatile a food they can be. They are great for breakfast or as a snack, fantastic for parties and savoury ones go perfectly with soup or salad to form the basis of a starter or lunch.Contents1) Introductionincludes:Secrets to Successful BakingPreparing and StoringCooking from FrozenTroubleshooting 'what went wrong' guide2) Breakfast3) Kids (mini)4) Slimline (fairy-cake size):low-fat, low-gi, low-carb, fat-free, sugar-free5) Classic combinations6) Savoury7) Indulgent (mega size)8) Celebration (large quantities)includes:Valentine’s DayHalloweenchristeningcongratulations9) Internationally inspired (sweet)10) Scones11) Special diets:wheat-free, gluten-free, dairy-free, high-fibre, low-cholesterol, lactose-free, diabetic, egg-free.

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