The Complete Practical Encyclopedia of Country Cooking: A Celebration of Traditional Food, with 170 Timeless Recipes (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781846815331)

The taste of the countryside is captured in this timeless collection of home-cooked dishes, bringing the fresh and nutritious flavours of the country kitchen to your table. All the classics are here, from heart-warming soups, stews, pies and roast dinners to tempting breads, cakes, desserts, sauces and preserves. These simple, traditional recipes call for the freshest produce - vegetables from the kitchen garden, grain from the fields, cheese from the dairy and fruit from the orchard. Create the warm and comforting atmosphere of the farmhouse family kitchen in your own home with these accessible dishes. This celebration of the joys of traditional country cooking offers 170 time-honoured dishes that make the most of natural, fresh produce through the seasons, with chapters on Soups and Appetizers, Fish and Shellfish, Poultry and Game, Meat, Vegetable Dishes and Salads, Breads and Baking, Desserts, and Preserves and Sauces. A fascinating introduction looks at the history of country cooking, with information on sourcing the best ingredients from the kitchen garden and farmers' markets, and guidance on all the basic cooking techniques such as baking and preserving. Recipes are presented with step-by-step instructions and complete nutritional information, and are illustrated with over 700 gorgeous photographs.

Author: Sarah Banbery
ISBN-10: 1846815339
ISBN-13: 9781846815331
Publisher: Southwater Publishing
Language: English
Published: 08/07/2018
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.86lbs
Size: 11.60h x 8.80w x 0.70d