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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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.. . ...

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 ...

Deep in the remote heart of the jungles of Mendip, Sebastian, Max & Cornelius are in search of a legendary lost city. On route, they encounter the Jilith, a race of warriors locked in a deadly struggle with their mortal enemies, the fierce & brutal Gograth.

Can Cornelius train the Jilith to defeat their enemies? Why does jungle girl, Keera think she knows Sebastian? Can Max avoid being turned into spare ribs?

&, if they ever find the Lost City, can the three friends survive the ravages of the Night Runners
- terrifying creatures that are already dead... ?




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Deep in the remote heart of the jungles of Mendip, Sebastian, Max & Cornelius are in search of a legendary lost city. On route, they encounter the Jilith, a race of warriors locked in a deadly struggle with their mortal enemies, the fierce & brutal Gograth.

Can Cornelius train the Jilith to defeat their enemies? Why does jungle girl, Keera think she knows Sebastian? Can Max avoid being turned into spare ribs?

&, if they ever find the Lost City, can the three friends survive the ravages of the Night Runners
- terrifying creatures that are already dead... ?




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Sebastian Darke has the world on his narrow shoulders. The son of a human father & an elvish mother, he is deperately trying to become the family breadwinner & has taken on his late father's job
- celebrated jester, Prince of Fools.

Trouble is, Sebastian can't tell a joke to save his life. Dressed in his father's clothes & accompanied by his talking (and endlessly complaining) buffalope, Max, he sets off for the fabled city of Keladon, where he hopes to be appointed court jester to King Septimus. On the way he encounters a tiny but powerful warrior called Cornelius; the beautfiul Princess Kerin; blood-thirsty Brigands & enough perils to make him wonder why he ever decided to leave home.

A hilarious & swashbuckling adventure!




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