On the Isle of Skye, Claire Macdonald, with her husb&, is famous for her cooking at Kinloch Lodge Hotel where the Macdonalds entertain their family, friends & guests. Seasonal Cooking is a distillation of her years at Kinloch Lodge, & the two hundred recipes are a combination of family food & gourmet dishes which blend the use of seasonal ingredients with her own special talent for serving delicious fare.

There are homely soups, pot roasts, pies & puddings juxtaposed with tempting specialities like Chicken & Broccoli in Mayonnaise Cream Sauce, Mushroom, Cheese & Garlic Soufflé & sensational desserts such as Raspberries with Cinnamon Ice Cream. Seasonal Cooking is a marvellous invitation to enjoy fresh country flavours, & a first-class source for every ambitious cook.

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Unless you are a farmer, grower, or food expert, I bet your knowledge of what's in season & when is pretty slim. Despite a renaissance in British home cooking, coupled with a rediscovery of local produce through farmers' markets & enthusiastic celebrity chefs, many of us are missing some pretty crucial information. I mean, what's the use of a fancy gooseberry recipe in November?

You want to know what's good to eat now? & why? Without pouring through stacks of recipe books? You need this book. SEASONAL FOOD is organized into twelve chapters, one for each month of the year. Each chapter starts with a brief story about the month itself
- e.g. weather, what's happening in the farming calendar, food-related customs & traditions. There are then narrative sections covering what's in prime season
- fruit & veg, meat, fish & other seasonally-influenced produce such as cheeses. There are recipes with information such as traditions, best regions etc & other basic suggestions about preparation. Chapters include tables summarizing what is in season & indicating what is coming into & out of season. Finally, there is a comprehensive index to allow the reader to approach the book by produce as well as season.



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Unless you are a farmer, grower, or food expert, I bet your knowledge of what's in season & when is pretty slim. Despite a renaissance in British home cooking, coupled with a rediscovery of local produce through farmers' markets & enthusiastic celebrity chefs, many of us are missing some pretty crucial information. I mean, what's the use of a fancy gooseberry recipe in November?

You want to know what's good to eat now? & why? Without pouring through stacks of recipe books? You need this book. Seasonal Food is organized into twelve chapters, one for each month of the year. Each chapter starts with a brief story about the month itself (what's happening in the farming calendar, food-related customs & traditions), followed by narrative sections covering what's in prime season
- fruit & veg, meat, fish & other seasonally-influenced produce such as cheeses. There are recipes with information such as traditions, best regions etc & other basic suggestions about preparation. & new for this edition & in response to a growing sophistication in seasonal eating in the UK, it features gourmet foods that you can


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Based on the traditional Book of Hours
- psalms said daily, at set times, by religious communities throughout the world
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Silent & lethal, USS Seawolf, the US Navy's most up-to-date stealth submarine, is on an ultra secret mission -- to spy on China's brandnew, hugely-improved Xia-Class submarine. When it ventures dangerously into the forbidden waters of the China Sea, Seawolf is caught in a shocking accident & is captured by the Chinese. The repercussions of the disaster could cause the biggest confrontation between Washington & Beijing in more than forty years. Knowing they are on the brink of a third world war, Admiral Arnold Morgan orders SPECWARCOM to send in the Navy SEALS to rescue the captive seamen at all costs. It becomes a desperate race against the clock as the wounded American Eagle struggles against the stirring Chinese dragon.. . ...

Silent & lethal, USS Seawolf, the US Navy's most up-to-date stealth submarine, is on an ultra secret mission -- to spy on China's brandnew, hugely-improved Xia-Class submarine. When it ventures dangerously into the forbidden waters of the China Sea, Seawolf is caught in a shocking accident & is captured by the Chinese. The repercussions of the disaster could cause the biggest confrontation between Washington & Beijing in more than forty years. Knowing they are on the brink of a third world war, Admiral Arnold Morgan orders SPECWARCOM to send in the Navy SEALS to rescue the captive seamen at all costs. It becomes a desperate race against the clock as the wounded American Eagle struggles against the stirring Chinese dragon.. . ...

Sebastian, Max & Cornelius are off on their most hazardous adventure yet. Deep in the dense jungles of the south they are searching for the legendary lost city of Mendip when their quest is rudely interrupted by a savage attack by a band of Gograth ...