More than just a collection of Hughs recipes this book is a witty practical guide to the River Cottage lifestyle from Channel 4s iconoclastic back-to-basics chef.

Includes:: tips on how best to buy organic produce & for the more adventurous advice on rearing your own meat growing your own vegetables & tapping into the free wild harvest. How much of this book you incorporate into your life is up to you. But if all you do is grow a few herbs in a window box make nettle soup once a year & try a free-range goose for Christmas instead of a frozen turkey you will already I hope be enjoying your life more. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall With over one hundred recipes & Simon Wheelers acclaimed photography The River Cottage Cookbook has been a hugely influential & original book appealing to all downshifters & those who prefer their food to be full-blooded & wholesome. The River Cottage Cookbook has won the Andre Simon Food Book of the Year Award the Guild of Food Writers Michael Smith Award & the Glenfiddich Trophy & Food Book of the Year. This new editions preface looks back at River Cottage from the perspective of 2011. The book also

Includes:: new recipes new pictures & an updated directory that reflects the changes over the past ten years.



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Putting food on the table for the family quickly & economically doesnt mean you have to compromise on quality. This book shows how Hughs approach to food can be adapted to suit any growing working family or busy young singles & couples for that matter. Breakfast baking lunchboxes quick suppers healthy snacks eating on the move & weekend cooking for the week ahead
- all these & more are covered in River Cottage Everyday. As Hugh says: I have honed the River Cottage approach to food over a decade now & I believe passionately that it is relevant to everybody every day. I intend to tempt & charm you towards a better life with food
- with a set of simply irresistible recipes that just happen to be seasonal & ethical.

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Putting food on the table for the family quickly & economically doesnt mean you have to compromise on quality. This book shows how Hughs approach to food can be adapted to suit any growing working family or busy young singles & couples for that matter. Breakfast baking lunchboxes quick suppers healthy snacks eating on the move & weekend cooking for the week ahead
- all these & more are covered in River Cottage Every Day. As Hugh says: I make no prior assumptions about where you shop what you may or may not know about growing vegetables or keeping livestock whether you can tell the difference between a swede & turnip or know what to do with a belly of pork & a breast of lamb. Instead Ill show you easy & confidence-inspiring ways with cuts of meat types of fish & other ingredients you may not have tried before. & Ill offer you new approaches that I hope will breath new life to familiar staples like rice spuds beans & your daily bread. Above all I intend to tempt you irresistibly towards a better life with food with a whole raft of recipes that I think you will love. I hope some of them will become your absolute favourites & the favourites of your dear friends & beloved family. I hope that the dishes you like best will infiltrate & influence your cooking giving you increased confidence & fresh ideas. In short I hope that before long cooking simple & delicious food from the best seasonal ingredients becomes second nature & first priority for you not just once in a while but every day.
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Putting food on the table for the family quickly & economically doesnt mean you have to compromise on quality. This book shows how Hughs approach to food can be adapted to suit any growing working family or busy young singles & couples for that matter. Breakfast baking lunchboxes quick suppers healthy snacks eating on the move & weekend cooking for the week ahead
- all these & more will be covered in River Cottage Every Day. As Hugh says: I make no prior assumptions about where you shop what you may or may not know about growing vegetables or keeping livestock whether you can tell the difference between a swede & turnip or know what to do with a belly of pork & a breast of lamb. Instead Ill show you easy & confidence-inspiring ways with cuts of meat types of fish & other ingredients you may not have tried before. & Ill offer you new approaches that I hope will breath new life to familiar staples like rice spuds beans & your daily bread. Above all I intend to tempt you irresistibly towards a better life with food with a whole raft of recipes that I think you will love. I hope some of them will become your absolute favourites & the favourites of your dear friends & beloved family. I hope that the dishes you like best will infiltrate & influence your cooking giving you increased confidence & fresh ideas. In short I hope that before long cooking simple & delicious food from the best seasonal ingredients becomes second nature & first priority for you not just once in a while but every day.
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More than just a cookbook this beautifully produced volume in three parts promotes a total understanding of British fish from their natural habitats to what sauce they go best with to how to respect their seasonality in keeping with the River Cottage ethos. The first part is dedicated to understanding fish
- Hugh & Nick explain the ins & outs of procuring a good fish discussing fish farming aquaculture sustainability & harvesting issues how to buy & catch fish in an ethical way & how to prepare it for the kitchen. Next they open up a whole world of fish cooking
- pickling salting barbecuing frying potting stewing smoking & more are explained in depth each technique followed by classic recipes from gravadlax to kedgeree from sashimi to chip shop battered cod. Finally Hugh & Nick present Britain's best fish by species giving portraits with notes on seasonality & ecology as well as listing the relevant recipes from part 2 with alternatives. With a new introduction from Hugh The River Cottage Fish Book is the only book on fish that the adventurous fish lover will ever need.

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This book aims to help you find good meat understand it better cook it with greater confidence & eat it with much pleasure. " It first of all covers the basics
- everything you'll need to know about choosing the very best raw materials understanding the different cuts & the cooking techniques associated with each of them. I've then given what I hope are foolproof recipes for 150 meat classics from both British & foreign food cultures
- shepherds pie steak & kidney pie roast pork with perfect crackling glazed baked ham Irish stew roast grouse with all the trimmings toad in the hole oxtail stew; plus definitive authentic versions of pot au feu cassoulet choucroute steak tartare coq au vin bolito misto pasticcio jerked pork feijoida cozido curried goat satay & chilli con carne. "I would like this book to be your first stop on the shelf whether you seek either inspired recipes or technical guidance on any aspect of meat cookery"
- Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall"


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Winner of Best Cookbook at the Observer Food Monthly Awards Why don't we eat more veg? They're healthy cost-effective & above all delicious. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall believes that it is time to put this to rights as he explains in this brilliant new book. He's come up with an abundance of veg-tastic recipes including a warm salad of grilled courgettes lemon garlic mint & mozzarella a winter giant couscous salad with herbs & walnuts radishes with butter & salt lemony guacamole linguine with mint & almond pesto & cherry tomatoes baby carrot risotto new potato gnocchi a summer stir-fry with green veg ginger garlic & sesame a winter stir-fry with Brussels sprouts shiitake mushrooms & five-spice a cheesy tomato tart a spring onion gallette roast jacket chips with merguez spices & spiced yoghurt curried bubble & squeak scrambled eggs & asparagus with lemon tomato gazpacho pea & parsley soup roast squash wedges baba ganoush beetroot houmous spinach pasties & barbecued corn on the cob. With over 200 recipes & vibrant photography from Simon Wheeler River Cottage Veg Every Day is a timely eulogy to the glorious green stuff. ...

In this new book the follow-up to his bestselling River Cottage Cookbook Hugh writes about the year on his Dorset smallholding. He recalls month by month the highs & lows of past years & anticipates the 12 months ahead
- what'll be in season when & when'll be the best months to crack on with such tasks as chick rearing & sheep shearing haymaking & hedge laying. But for all its outdoorsy information the real focus of THE RIVER COTTAGE YEAR is indoors
- at Hugh's kitchen table. With over 100 brand new recipes this is above all a cookery book & for once a genuinely seasonal one celebrating local seasonal produce at its very best
- chestnuts in January artichokes in March rhubarb in April asparagus in May strawberries in June blackcurrants in July tomatoes in August plums in September apples in October pumpkins in November & parsnips in December... Full of his hard-earned smallholder's wisdom seasoned with his infectious good humour THE RIVER COTTAGE YEAR is Hugh's rallying cry for us to reclaim the seasons.


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The River Derwent in Cumbria is one of the fastest rivers in Europe. It is also one of the most beautiful & it flows through fantastic & varied countryside from its source in the heart of the Lake District. The name Derwent translates as 'oak river' and/or 'river of oaks'; it is an ancient name. There is evidence of occupation & industry along the river from the Iron Age onwards & industry still uses its power & speed as a water source. A fine & famous salmon river the River Derwent was sometimes called 'the river of saints & sinners' as it was used by smugglers as well as clerics. Beginning at the river mouth we follow the river through the port of Workington through the lavish countryside of Cumbria to its source amidst the dramatic mountainous splendour of Borrowdale. Along the way H. C. Ivison brings to light tales & stories of fascinating events landmarks & people. River Derwent: From Sea to Source is essential reading for anyone who knows this river well & also for those who are visiting the River Derwent for the first time. ...

For twelve-year-old Mary Ann Clark life has always been tough. The pretty daughter of a wife-beating drunk it is no surprise that she has grown up afraid of her own shadow. That is until ' Battling Bessie Ruddick' takes the young girl under her wing & into the heart of her bustling family. Growing into an attractive young woman Mary Ann yearns to be loved & when her affection for Bessie's son Dan is finally returned & she becomes a skipper's wife. But the arduous life aboard ship is clearly not for her & only the arrival of a daughter Lizzie seems to hold the marriage together. Yet tragically the family is torn apart when Mary Ann is seduced by the promise of a happier life. Although bewildered by her mother's disappearance it is now up to Lizzie to help her father. For she unlike Mary Ann has inherited Dan's love of the river. But then disturbingly her life starts to follow the same pattern as her mother's.. . ...