A thoroughly comprehensive guide to cooking throughout the year, this book is presented in three parts: basic information including cooking and preserving techniques, equipment, ingredients, measurements, etc; recipes grouped by season: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter; and recipes covering a range of dishes including:soups,accompaniments, breads, cakes, fish, meat,preserves, puddings, salads, starters, stocks, and vegetarian. Appropriate recipes will be denoted to show low calorie, quick recipes, recipes for children. It also includes Index and cooking terms. Traditional dishes such as Cream of Celery, Apple and Stilton Soup, Sausages and Kidney with Red Wine sauce, Bean and Vegetable Hot Pot, Bramley Apple Gingerbread vie with contemporary classics such as Brazil Nut and Lemon Soup, Spicy Beans with Guacamole Salsa, Poached White Fish with Green Salsa, and Thai Rice Brulees.