Most people are familiar with classic Italian pesto, a green sauce made from basil, garlic, pine nuts, Parmigiano-Reggiano, salt, and olive oil. But Leslie Lennox, founder of the award-winning artisanal pesto company Hope's Gardens, shows us that pesto need not be limited to its original ingredients-and that creative pestos can serve as building blocks for all manner of flavorful dishes, just like any good "mother sauce." In Pesto: The Modern Mother Sauce, Lennox introduces readers to a new way to think about pesto. In the right proportion, almost any combination of plants, garlic, nuts, cheese, seasoning, and oil can make a delicious sauce-especially when you're using what's on hand, what's local, and what's in season. Lennox offers up several favorite pesto recipes, and then takes these simple sauces a step further. They serve as the building blocks for 97 kitchen-tested recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and more. From risotto and ramen to chicken fajitas and swordfish kebabs, everything tastes better with pesto!

With many aspiring young chefs getting into the kitchen, it's clear that kids CAN cook and LOVE to cook! Learn to Cook with Neven is the perfect first cookbook for kids of all ages. It will give them their first 80 delicious, fail-safe recipes, accompanied by colourful photographs and basic kitchen and cooking how-tos. While creating popular favourites from eggy bread to salmon parcels, fluffy pancakes to homemade pizza, kids will also learn culinary techniques as they go along - with explanations for chopping, beating, whipping and baking - ensuring they learn the right way from the get-go. Learn to Cook with Neven will become a treasured family favourite as it helps children of all ages to discover the endless fun to be had in the kitchen and to learn skills that will stay with them for life.