Basics: Vegetables is the first in a series that will completely demystify cooking through step-by-step photography and clear instruction. It is a short but comprehensive photographic primer with recipes and techniques that showcase both classic vegetarian dishes and modern reinventions. Whether you’re having a vegetarian guest over for dinner, trying to make a weekday lifestyle shift, or years into a vegetarian diet, learn (or relearn) the basics with step-by-step photos and easy-to-follow instructions.

From Hasselback Butternut Squash to Risotto Verde or Tomato Tatin, your next vegetarian meal—or dinner party—is only a few ingredients away. Make spinach-tinted green waffles with eggs on the weekend, or treat yourself to a hearty lentil shepherd’s pie, assembled in 15 minutes and perfect for weekday lunch leftovers.

Basics: Vegetables has 80 recipes for vegetarian and vegetarian-aspiring cooks ready to grow their repertoire of delicious vegetable-forward meals. It is a must-have addition to any cookbook library.

Future-proof your life through your forties, fifties and beyond with these delicious, fuss-free recipes that restore, rejuvenate and revive, revised and updated for 2025.

"No fads. No gimmicks. Just delicious, health-boosting food" - Daily Mail

As featured in The Times and the Daily Mail.

This edition features a new and revised introduction by the authors, and the nutritional advice throughout the book has been brought bang up to date by an expert nutritionist.

Are you at a point in your life where health is becoming more of a priority? Midlife is a glorious opportunity to wrestle back control of your eating in the interests of health, happiness and a long life. Busy lives require simple, sustaining recipes that incorporate health-giving ingredients without too much fanfare or fuss.

This is what The Midlife Kitchen is all about: eating gorgeous ingredients in the most delicious combinations to give yourself the best possible odds for a healthy future. Mimi Spencer and Sam Rice have created more than 150 recipes to restore, rejuvenate and revive. With these recipes, you can future-proof your life through your forties, fifties and well beyond.

Each recipe features their color-coded star anise system, which highlights the specific health benefits of the dish.