This is the indispensable cook's guide to potatoes, featuring a variety list and over 150 delicious recipes. It is a feast of over 150 recipes including traditional, classic and popular potato dishes from around the world. It includes an extensive introduction that covers potato preparation and cooking techniques - from golden potato chips and dreamy piles of fluffy mashed potato to hasselbacks and fanned potatoes. A comprehensive directory contains photographs of the world's most popular potato varieties with information on appearance, taste, texture and cooking methods. It is beautifully photographed, with 800 pictures in total, including step-by-step sequences for all the recipes. It shows you how to create the best-ever fish pie, crispy hash browns, perfect creamed potatoes and wonderful potato bread. This definitive guide covers everything the cook needs to know about this universally loved vegetable, from selecting the right potato to enjoying the perfect dish. There is a directory of the best potatoes around the world, from the nutty little Anya to Jersey Royal and Kerr's Pink. The heart of the book is a recipe section with 150 ideas for adding vibrant taste to this simple vegetable. Potatoes make an excellent base for soups, appetizers and snacks, salads, side dishes, scones, breads and wonderful main dishes from Irish stew to turkey croquettes. Leek and potato soup, potato latkes, roast potatoes and classic fish pie are just a few of the great dishes the book has to offer. This indispensable reference and source of culinary inspiration celebrates the amazing versatility of the potato.

This title shows you how to cook. It features step-by-step preparation and cooking techniques and is easy to follow. It includes: ingredients and equipment; simple and classic recipes; and over 1900 photographs. This is the definitive reference book for cooks of all abilities - a must for every kitchen library. In this book, essential techniques and basic recipes explained, from roasting meat and filleting fish to making classic sauces and baking fabulous cakes. It features more than 500 recipes catering for every kind of dish, from light snacks and appetizers to sophisticated main course meals, elegant desserts and popular bakes. It includes advice on useful kitchen equipment, plus all the essential storecupboard ingredients. It features over 1900 photographs illustrate in clear, step-by-step sequences all the recipes, methods, basic skills and culinary techniques that you will ever need. Aimed at all those who wish to extend their kitchen skills and culinary repertoire, this book offers the know-how and inspiration to enable you to cook with confidence. It starts with classic techniques, from how to roast meat and fillet fish to how to make a refreshingly smooth sorbet. Next, there is a superb range of recipes, from soups and appetizers right through to lavish cakes and desserts. Step-by-step photographs guide you through every stage of preparation, so whether you want to make a classic dish or need reassurance when trying out a new idea, you can be assured of successful results. With over 500 recipes, the book is the ultimate kitchen reference.