The home cookbook - Monty Don

With more than 300 recipes, arranged by meal times (Breakfast, Elevenses, Lunch, Tea, Supper), The Home Cookbookis a celebration of British domestic cooking as it has evolved over thecenturies and still exists - especially in the countryside.

The food that Monty and Sarah Don eat at home at Ivington is more inthe tradition of the Women's Institute than the celebrity chefs. Theytry to eat food that is as local as possible (often harvested from theback garden) and has a good story. Their book is full of things thatyou really want to eat - roasts and warming puddings for the winter,the most delicious salads and lightest fools for the summer; recipesthat use timeless, thrifty farmhouse techniques such as baking,stewing, braising, salting, pickling, bottling and freezing. In short:good, honest home cooking.