Big Table, Busy Kitchen: 200 Recipes for Life by McEvedy, Allegra (2013) Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1782062874 / ISBN 13: 9781782062875

Published by Quercus (7 Nov. 2013), 1600

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Big Table, Busy Kitchen: 200 Recipes for Life by McEvedy, Allegra (2013) Hardcover
• Publisher: Quercus (7 Nov. 2013)
• Publication Date: 1600
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1782062874
• ISBN 13: 9781782062875
• Binding: Hardcover

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Synopsis

Big Table, Busy Kitchen is the ultimate celebration of food, home, love and life by renowned chef and bestselling food writer Allegra McEvedy. Inspired by her mother's handed-down recipe collection, the source of so many happy meals and memories, Allegra lovingly created this extraordinary cookbook not only for her own daughter but for all families to turn to and treasure through a lifetime of cooking and eating. This is a delicious journey through 200 glorious recipes, from first bakes to first loves, feeding the family to feeding your friends, compulsory veg to nursery puddings and everything in between. With recipes that are as achievable and delicious as they are inventive and engaging, accompanied by stunning photographs, vibrant page design and charming hand-drawn illustrations that will make you smile, this is everything a family cookbook should be. Chapters include: It Begins with Baking / The New Worker / Just the Two of Us / A Bun in the Oven / The Art of Entertaining / A Week of Sundays / Soup Theory / Nursery Puds.

About the Author

Allegra McEvedy has been cooking professionally for 20 years and has worked in some of London's best restaurants, including The River Cafe and The Groucho Club. She is co-founder of healthy fast food chain LEON. Allegra's TV credits include Allegra's Turkish Delights, Economy Gastronomy, BBC Two's Great British Food Revival, and guest-chef appearances on Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's Three Good Things. Allegra presents frequently on BBC Radio 4 and is a regular contributor to the Guardian and various food magazines. This is her sixth book.