In terms of value for money - cost per recipe used - Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's River Cottage Veg Every Day
is worth every penny. I've lost count of the number of dishes from it which have become part of our regular repertoire, and we're still finding new ones to try. Last night's supper was a warm salad of green beans, new potatoes and olives, a simple, speedy collation of vegetables, very summery, very fresh, very tasty, and with enough left over for my lunch today.
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If books on food history and baking are more to your taste, then look out for Great British Bakes: Forgotten treasures for modern bakers by Mary-Anne Boermans which is to be published in November. Many of us know Mary-Anne as one of the finalists in the 2011 series of The Great British Bake-Off, and in her new book she presents "tempting delights such as Gamrie Knotties, Marlborough Pudding and Almond Flory, and reveals the stories behind the
bakes, such as the fruit-laden Wood Street Cake Lady Anne
Murray purchased for the 14-year-old Duke of York (the future
James II) after his escape from St James’s Palace in 1648, or the
crisp gingerbread Parliament Cakes, named for the politicians and
notable gentlemen of 18th-century Edinburgh who came to Mrs
Flockhart’s tavern on the Potterow to partake of her fine fare".