Fork to Fork
Monty & Sarah Don Conran ISBN 1850299927

Our price £19.75, this includes postage and package UK mainland

Neither pure cookery or gardening, but a combination book, hence the title, From Growing to Eating. Lot of gardening hints on how to produce lots of vegetables and fruit plus recipes to held you enjoy the crops you have grown.

A few of the recipe ideas are listed below:

Roast goose stuffed with apples

Freyas bread sauce

Potato cakes

Ruby chard and beetroot risotto

Pears poached in mulled wine

Apple and quince jelly

Rhubarb chutney

Courgette frittata

Price: £19.75

Living and Eating
John Pawson and Annie Bell Ebury Press

ISBN 0091878810

This is a book of both design and food, John Pawson is well known for producing clean and uncluttered designs for living areas and Annie Bell for her innovative recipes and menu's. Together they have produced a book that is not only different from your run of the mill cookery books but also one that is well worth purchasing.

Listed below are a few of Annie Bell's recipe ideas from this book.

Page 46 Quails Eggs, Savoury Salt and Grissini

Page 65 Risotto Soup with Herbs and Poached Egg.

Page 77 Smoked Haddock Souffle

Page 85 Angel Hair Pasta with Tomato and Basil Sauce

Page 90 Rigatoni with Courgettes and Fetta

Page 108 Grilled Squid with Lemon and Chilli

Page 115 Sea Bass baked in Salt

Page 133 Chicken Spinach and Lemon Pie

Page 163 Meatballs with Marjoram and Pine Nuts in Tomato Sauce

Page 170 Spiced Sweet Potatoes

Page 233 Roast Plums and Raspberry Sorbet

Page 246 Apple Cake with Calvados Cream

Price: £24.25

Cooking With Wine
Anne Willan Harry N Abrams

ISBN 0810940633

This is, as you would hope from its price, a large hardback with over 200 recipes and countless colour photographs of both food and vineyards. It is packed with information, including some fascinating facts, including the story of Thomas Jefferson and his wine cellar that he created for the White House, plus the origin of Strawberries Romanoff. Time, space and economic sense does not allow me to reveal any more.

So you will have to buy and read the book to find out the full details.

Listed below are a number of the recipes from this book.

Page 48 Russian Cucumber Soup

Page83 Scallops with Leek in Ginger Cream Sauce

Page 115 Milanese Braised Beef

Page 122 Winemaker's Rouladen with Celery

Page 152 Salmis of Game Birds with Fois Gras

Page 188 Stuffed Pasta in a Red Wine Broth

Page 206 Red Wine and Walnut Tart with Cinnamon

Price: £33.50

The Devil's Larder
Jim Crace Penguin

ISBN 0140276416

Not a cookery book but a collection of food related short stories. Well worth a read.

Price: £6.75

Simply Seasonal
Claire Macdonald Bantam Press

ISBN 0593047524

As its title suggests a cookbook based on fresh seasonal ingredients. There has been a sizeable backlash against using frozen, tinned and otherwise preserve food in cooking. This has caused several major cookery writers to rethink their recipes and cooking styles, this book from Claire Macdonald does exactly that.

Listed below are a few of the ideas from this book.

Page 62 Cold Beetroot and Orange Soup with Dill Cream

Page 86 Pork Fillet Tonnato

Page 100 Carpaccio of Pineapple with Pineapple Water Ice

Page 130 Venison and Prune Terrine

Page 147 Braised Lamb Shanks

Page 158 Chunky Three Cheese Tart

Page 166 Bramble and Blueberry Compote

Page 174 Hazelnut Meringue

Page 205 Baked Butternut Squash and Onion

Page 217 Tartiflette

Page 235 Baked Blueberry Lemon and Almond Pudding

Price: £19.85

Dear Francesca, A Cookbook with Love
Mary Contini Ebury Press ISBN 009189235X PAPER BACK

This is a special book the author has collected together her family recipes for her daughter Francesca, which explains the origin of the title, but more importantly for Francesca her origins and roots as the recipes are linked with family history. Some of the recipe ideas are listed below.

Page 96 Celtic (Cream of Spinach) Soup

Page 101 Smoked Haddock Chowder (Cullen Skink)

Page 113 Ravioli Di Ricotta

Page 131 Pesto Alla Genovese

Page 169 Caponata

Page 229 Pan-Roasted Chicken with Rosemary

Price: £7.85

Enjoy! A Celebration of Jennifer Paterson
Headline - ISBN 0747272875

This is not a cookery book but as the great number of her fans were and are the sort of people who visit our site, we make no excuse for including it. If it was not for people like Jennifer Paterson life would have been a lot duller and our television programmes even worse, whenever she appeared on the small screen she brought light and humour.This book reflects this and will bring many a smile to the readers face. So send for it now to indulge yourself or to give to a friend and/or loved one at Christmas

Price: £14.80

Cutting It Fine ...
... Inside the Restaurant Business

Andrew Parkinson with Jonathon Green

Vintage

ISBN 0099283727

Our price £ 7.75 including postage and package U.K

Paperback

An interesting look behind the scenes of a busy restaurant from the head Chefs view point. Most of us are far from tolerant when told that our choice from the menu is not available. Perhaps after reading this book we may become a little more understanding and sympathetic.

This is a must read for all the visitors to our site.

Price: £7.75

Conran Cookbook
(with Terrance and Caroline Conran)

Simon Hopkinson & Lindsey Bareham

Price: £20.00

Gammon Spinach & Other Recipes
Simon Hopkinson & Lindsey Bareham

Price: £25.00

Gammon & Spinach
Simon Hopkinson & Lindsey Bareham

Price: £6.99