Many of us remember jams and chutneys made by grandmothers and great aunts who also seemed to know exactly how long to boil a ham and how to keep butter, and who had a magical pantry full of secret delights. These skills are increasingly in demand as more of us want to make use of home-grown produce, reduce the weekly food budget or rediscover cooking from scratch. A timely book for the new kitchen revolution, Preserves, Pickles and Cures is not only a celebration of lost skills s...

Enter a world of tents, tea, and terrifically good jam with RHS Great British Village Show. Written by Thane Prince and Matthew Biggs, and with a foreword by Alan Titchmarsh, this is the only guide to a unique British tradition.Every year, hundreds of country shows and fairs take place across the UK. Celebrate this tradition and step behind the scenes of the British country show with insider facts and beautiful photographs...

**"This book takes you by the hand and leads you through the door into the wonderful world of preserving. Each type of preserve is introduced with a recipe that tells you everything you need to know about how to make a perfect jar - be it delectable plum jam, beautiful lemon curd, or scrumptious apple chutney. Anyone can make a perfect preserve by following these recipes and making the most of the fruit and vegetables you grow in your garden, pick from your allotment or buy at the ...

Recipes in this helpful, full color book include strawberry chutney, the perfect garlic dill pickle, spring onion kimchi, cinnamon-honey apple butter, and more!Welcome to the world of produce preservation. In Can It & Ferment It, blogger and Certified Master Food Preserver Stephanie Thurow brings the canning and fermenting communities together by offering recipes that work for both canning and fermenting. From a first-timer to the advanced preservationist,...

"The Dean of American Cuisine" and mentor to some of the country's most acclaimed chefs offers essential kitchen wisdom in this illustrated guide (Julia Child)."In my twenty-five years of teaching I have tried to make people realize that cooking is primarily fun and that the more they know about what they are doing, the more fun it is."So begins James Beard's expansive book of culinary terms, methods, tools, and techniques. No one knew food better than Beard,...

Meat: A Kitchen Education is award-winning author James Peterson’s guide for carnivores, with more than 175 recipes and 550 photographs that offer a full range of meat and poultry cuts and preparation techniques, presented with Peterson’s unassuming yet authoritative style.Instruction begins with an informative summary of meat cooking methods: sautéing, broiling, roasting, braising, poaching, frying, stir-frying, grilling, smoking, and barbecuing. Then, ch...

Revised and expanded edition. "A seasonal guide to putting up produce, with innovative recipes that incorporate the fruits (and vegetables) of your labor." — The New York TimesIn Liana Krissoff's breakout success, Canning for a New Generation, home cooks were introduced to a hip, modern guide to canning, chock-full of approachable, time-tested, and accurate recipes, as well as intriguing new flavor pairings. In this Updated and Expanded Edition, Kr...

A must-have guide to substituting ingredients for cooking and baking, with over 1,000 easy-to-find, healthy, and cheap substitutions to save you money and time.This comprehensive guide is a treasure trove for all aspiring and seasoned chefs, providing an extensive range of ingredient substitutes that will transform your cooking game. Whether you're facing a pantry shortage, dietary restrictions, time constraints, or budget limitations, you'll find the perfect alter...

Recipes and tips to create your own jams, jellies, pickles, relishes and chutneys from an ABC Local Radio regular.Zesty yet simple raspberry jam on steaming fresh scones from the oven; tasty pickles, relishes and chutneys to complement roasts; and plump, tasty pickled onions and sumptuous fruit cheeses for the cheese platter ... just a small taste of what readers will find in Sally Wise's wonderful preserving cookbook. Containing a lifetime of passion and preserving wisdom, A YEAR I...

Simple grains yield rich breads that range from the mystically light to the substantially chewy. These breads offer incontestable food value and flavor; they will satisfy and delight those sensitive to nutritional concerns. The very act of bread baking itself provides a welcome diversion from the computer screen or office -- and a gratifying result, no matter one's other occupations! Two sisters, whose family has operated a mill for two generations producing stone-ground flours, bring thes...

Winner of the Guild of Food Writers Cookery Book Award and OFM Best New Cook Book 2018An essential addition to every cook’s bookshelf, The Modern Cook’s Year will show you how to make the most of seasonal produce, using simple, hugely inventive flavours and ingredients.Smoky mushroom and roast kale lasagne, Sri Lankan squash dhal, beetroot tops tart, tarragon-blistered tomatoes with green oil, and chocolate and blood orang...

Over 80 recipes for vegan BBQ fans!If preparing a meat-free BBQ seems a challenge then look no further than the host of recipes in this gorgeous, mouth-watering collection. The beautifully illustrated recipes include Quinoa and Chickpea Burgers, Portobello Mushroom Panini, Aubergine Gyros, Grilled Onigiri, Peppered Tofu Steaks, Cauliflower Cutlets, Celeriac Steaks, Zucchini Parcels, Stuffed Peppers, Grilled Onions with Romesco Sauce, Crispy Potato Skins with Guacamole, Braised Radi...