Make It Easy Cookbook: Foolproof, Stylish and Delicious Do-Ahead Recipes (IMM Lifestyle Books). This item is unavailable.Make It Easy Cookbook: Foolproof, Stylish and Delicious Do-Ahead Recipes (IMM Lifestyle Books)

'Jane Lovett understands that good cooking is about simplicity and great ingredients. A really useful book.' - Prue Leith, CBE, Founder of Leiths School of Food and Wine

Happy home cooking means keeping it simple. This is cooking that is stress-free and that will wow your friends and family, leaving you more time to relax and enjoy your life.

Make It Easy Cookbook presents more than 100 delicious recipes that emphasize getting much of the work done ahead of time, so that by the time your guests arrive you can enjoy their company rather than worry about what you should be doing in the kitchen. Ranging from simple starters to weekend lunches to more elaborate meals, all of these stylish dishes are fresh, seasonal and designed to keep ingredients to a minimum.

From braised steaks with mustard and capers to sea bass with chorizo and butter beans to sticky rhubarb and ginger cake, this book is packed with foolproof recipes that have been tested and perfected by the author in countless demonstrations at classes, shows and other events.

Cooking should be fun... not frightening
• Simple soups and starters
• Meat, poultry and seafood
• Weekend lunches
• Desserts
• Quick salads, nibbles and drinks

'Jane is a passionate, enthusiastic teacher who delights in sharing her knowledge and handy hints through her recipes and demonstrations. Revelling in the different foods that each season brings, Jane makes fresh produce sparkle.’
— Samantha Harvey, Divertimenti Cookery School Manager, 2015

Jane Lovett is an experienced cook who runs cookery demonstrations from her home and around the country. She writes a regular food column for a regional newspaper and a monthly magazine and contributes to other publications. Having trained at the Cordon Bleu in London, she has worked at Leith's Good Food and taught at Leith's School of Food & Wine. As a food stylist she has developed recipes and prepared food for many cookery books and magazines, and run her own successful London catering business. She lives with her husband John and has three children. She loves rural life and as a keen gardener, enjoys growing and cooking her own fruit and vegetables. Her website is www.janelovett.com.