Britain has the perfect climate for growing the best-flavoured soft and stone fruits in the world, but there is more versatility to these summer delights than a bowl of strawberries and cream for dessert. Clare Ferguson offers a selection of recipes - both sweet and savoury - to make the best use of your strawberries, raspberries, currants, blackberries, gooseberries, plums and cherries. Try giving your Sunday roast a lift with Strawberry and Chilli Salsa, tempt your children to eat their fruit with frothy Raspberry Floats, start your day with Blackberry, Orange and Hazelnut Muffins, or dazzle your friends with a serving of Redcurrants with Rosy rack of Lamb.

This essential book offers over 50 recipes for rice dishes from all over the world, photographed in full color, with ten basic recipes in step-by-step format to start-off the home chef. Sophisticated dishes with international flavors include Jamaican rice and peas with Scotch bonnet chiles, and Sweet potato fritters with plantains and shrimp from the Philippines. Home-style cooks will enjoy authentic recipes for Louisiana jambalaya with chorizo and shrimp - and soups such as pumpkin rice soup from France, or desserts like Turkish almond rice pudding with pistachios and raspberries provide a memorable introduction or finale. Rice is a valuable source of information on the many varieties of rice commercially available, and also includes rice products such as rice wine, rice vinegar, ricepaper, rice noodles, rice flour, and rice cakes, with recipes incorporating these ingredients.

Liberating your taste buds and eating really well can become a constant adventure. Conviviality and fun make any meal seem memorable. But statistics reveal that many meals now take place on the move; in the workplace, on the streets, in the car. This innovative book allows us to combine our busy schedules with moments of perfect relaxation, with food to match. Whether you are grabbing a quick snack in the office, enjoying a leisurely picnic with friends or preparing a lavish celebration, mobility is key. Portable Feasts provides food on the move; from romantic dinners beneath the trees to children's riverside picnics, it allows you to choose from a variety of hot and cold dishes, prepared with as much effort as you would like to put into them. Fascinating multicultural recipes balanced with spicy seasonings, salads, breads, drinks, can both look and taste sensational. Appropriate containers and serving tools certainly matter; showing off your feast to advantage is a talent you can acquire. Every portable feast you create can be a wild success; the suggestions in this lively book make it seem easy.