This work shows how to feed yourself and your friends with dignity, style and ease. The author believes that food is a language best kept simple. Each recipe is based on 3 major players with a small supporting cast to be found in most pantries. It contains over 75 recipes from hearty breakfasts and ritzy dinners to snacks and desserts, this book proves that streamlined meals need not be boring. A pantry section reveals storecupboard essentials and a standards sections contains recipes to make with things already in the house and ingredient and meal indexes allow easy reference between chapters.