This book is a fascinating introduction to Italian cooking. It contains an illustrated reference guide, with information about all the common and less well-known Italian ingredients. Each section includes facts about how and where the ingredient is made or grown, its history and culinary uses, and essential information on buying and storing, along with detailed cooking and preparation instructions and basic recipes where appropriate. The recipe section has over 320 regional and contemporary recipes.

This text opens with an illustrated guide to preparing, juicing, preserving and cooking fruit. It contains information about all the common, less well-known and exotic fruits, as well as a collection of dishes and recipes.

This title contains a wealth of real Italian food, giving background information, practical advice, and 100 of the most heartwarming recipes from the cuisine. Combining traditional, regional and contemporary classics, there are recipes for antipasti, soups, pasta dishes, risottos, gnocchi, fish, meat and delectable desserts.

Offers a guide to the fruits of the world with information about the history, varieties and nutritional value. This title includes all the well-known citrus fruits, berries and other fruits, such as apples, bananas, melons, peaches, figs and grapes, and exotic varieties such as babacoa, sharon fruit and prickly pears, rambutans and snake fruit.

This compendium guides you through the complexities of handling and preparing all kinds of fish and shellfish, and provides a collection of recipes to try.

There is nothing quite like growing your own strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, cranberries and currants to provide a reliable crop of the finest taste and quality. In this informative kitchen garden handbook, all the most popular soft fruits are illustrated, with useful information on their origins, growing habits, nutritional content and culinary uses. A techniques section explains how to train and support fruit bushes, pruning, sheltering plants from the weather and harvesting and storing crops. Whether you have a large kitchen garden, a small garden plot with some space...

An illustrated gardener's guide to the different varieties of orchard fruit, their history and cooking uses. Step-by-step instructions for preparing the soil, choosing, planting and pruning fruit trees, and protecting, harvesting and storing orchard fruits.