A collection of more than 100 classic recipes which together celebrate the best of British food. The menu takes the reader through easy-to-follow recipes, with cooking and buying tips, suggested menus for all occasions, hints on planning and a feature on British cheeseboards. The book features special recipes from celebrity chefs Anton Edelmann, Anton Mosimann, Paul and Jeanne Rankin, Gary Rhodes, Franco Taruschio and Antony Worrall Thompson. The recipes cover: scrambled eggs and anchovies, fruity porridge, green pea and ham soup, soused herrings, poached pears with stilton, cod and chips, herb crusted haddock fillets, beef stew and dumplings, breast of duck with pan-fried vegetables and a red onion sauce, cauliflower with fennel, burnt Cambridge cream, orange brandy and marmalade sponge pudding and traditional tea bread.
