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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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 & how to respect their sustainability 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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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.. . ...

Ancient Egypt is the land of the Pharaohs a kingdom built on gold as well as a legend shattered by greed. Now the Valley of the Kings lies ravaged by war drained of its lifeblood as weak men inherit the cherished crown. In the city of Thebes at the Festival of Osiris loyal subjects of the Pharaoh gather to pay homage to their leader. But Taita
- a wise & formidably gifted eunuch slave sees him only as a symbol of a kingdom's fading glory. Beside Taita stand his proteges Lostris daughter of Lord Intef beautiful beyond her fourteen years; & Tanus proud young army officer who has vowed to avenge the death
- at Intef's hand
- of his father & seize Lostris as his prize. Together they share a dream
- to restore the majesty of the Pharaoh of Pharaohs on the glittering banks of the Nile.



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Would you reveal a secret that might solve a murder but would ruin your life? Ginnie Holmes has found something she never intended to find
- an overwhelming passion for a man she should not be with. & they have found somewhere to meet
- an abandoned boathouse hidden on the riverbank of the Thames. Then in a single terrifying event the lovers secret becomes a deadly catastrophe. A woman is found murdered at the rivers edge just near the river house. & Ginnie finds herself in the path of extraordinary danger not only facing the exposure & grief that she has feared but endangering herself & everyone she loves.

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Its 1910. Having brought Egypt firmly under her thumb Amelia Peabody turns her attention to a harder challenge: Palestine a province of the crumbling corrupt Ottoman Empire & the Holy Land of three religions. Hearing that Morley an English adventurer has raised money to mount an expedition to search for the vanished treasures of the Temple in Jerusalem Emerson & Amelia are persuaded to go after him in order to prevent a catastrophically inept excavation & the possibility of armed protest by the infuriated members of all three religions who view the Dome of the Rock as sacred. The War Office is concerned about increasing German influence in Palestine & insists that Morley is secretly working for German intelligence. Emerson doesnt believe it but could he be mistaken? In the meantime their son Ramses has been working on a dig at Samaria north of Jerusalem where he encounters an unusual party of travellers. One is a female German archaeologist & the other a mysterious man of unknown nationality & unknown past. Ramses insatiable curiosity leads him to a startling discovery about the pair. He must now pass the information on to his parents in Jerusalem
- but only if he can get there alive...
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The first kiss occurred in a dimly-lit hallway on the upper floor of Elwin Hastingss grand house. Louisa never saw it coming.. . Of course Anthony Stalbridge couldnt possibly have had romantic intentions. The kiss was an act of desperation meant to distract the armed guard about to catch the pair in a place they did not belong. After all Louisa Bryce is no mans idea of an alluring female in her dull maroon gown & gold-rimmed spectacles. The only thing the two interlopers have in common is a passionate interest in the private affairs of Mr. Hastings
- a prominent member of Victorian Society whom they both suspect of hiding terrible secrets. Each has a reason for the quest. Anthonys fiancee was said to have thrown herself into the Thames
- but Anthony has his own suspicions. Louisa
- whose own identity is shrouded in layers of mystery
- is convinced Hastings has a connection to a notorious brothel. But bringing Hastings to justice will be more perilous than either anticipates
- & their hasty partnership will be more heated than either expects.




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