This book gathers together the dishes that have become the new "classics" for the home kitchen, a place where food, ingredients and ideas from around the world have been welcomed with open arms and transformed into fresh, new recipes for today.
Each page filled with essential kitchen recipes - the classic cornerstones such as casseroles,wonderful risottos, curries and tajines, hot roast dinners, soups and pizza, delicious pasta, noodles, salads and stir-fries. Plus essential chapters on barbecuing; biscuits, muffins and cakes; ice-cream; pastry and party food.
All of the recipes are presented in an easy-to-understand and no-nonsense manner. Each recipe is also surrounded with tips and ideas on adapting the dish to suit all tastes - by simply adding new flavours or different ingredients to the "classics".
The definitive guide not only on how to prepare great food, but also why things are done in a certain way and the best ingredients to search for to make your finished dishes even better, this book shows you, even more importantly, how to do it without spending all day in the kitchen.