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"You could cook non-stop from this book for, indeed, a year, without ever getting bored! With over 200 recipes, and with an expansive flavour palette, it is a boon for those in a cooking rut." Nigella Lawson
"[T]his book is very timely... and there are so many wantable dishes here... Among the dishes calling me are sausage and fennel focaccia rolls; squash baked with beer, cheese, cream and pretzels; and cherry Bakewell pudding." Diana Henry, Telegraph
"What a beauty... imaginative, appealing recipes grounded in good sense... you can taste the experience, that these are lived recipes." Rachel Roddy
"[T]he one cook book you really need this autumn is this practical work from the ever-inventive Thomson" Independent
"One of my tests of how much I am excited by a new cookbook is how many recipes I feel driven to mark with a Post-It note. With Home Cookery Year I suddenly realised I was Post-It noting nearly every page." Bee Wilson
Home Cookery Year is the new essential kitchen bible, year-round and every day. Claire Thomson writes foolproof, imaginative recipes to please the whole family – as a professional chef and mum of three, she understands what it's like to whip up tasty, crowd-pleasing dishes in minimal time at the end of a busy working day. Wearing its seasonality lightly, with the emphasis on usefulness and practicality, Home Cookery Year offers mealtime solutions for:
• midweek emergencies
• cooking on a budget
• on a budget and storecupboard recipes
• salads and light lunches
• treat yourself (indulgent dishes for special occasions)
• celebration feasts
Every recipe you will ever need is in here, for every occasion, with twists on classics, and super ideas for jaded palates for young and old alike.
