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Synopsis

A superb guide to organic food, featuring a comprehensive survey of ingredients and fabulous recipes that make the most of seasonal cooking.

Anyone who loves cooking and eating great food agrees that for the best results you need to start with good quality ingredients. For consumers, this usually means a bewildering array of choices, with familiar and exotic ingredients readily available regardless of the season. Organically produced items are also now appearing on our supermarket shelves, often generating conflicting opinions as to their merits. No wonder it can be hard to know what to buy. This book offers not only a clear explanation of the organic movementwith practical advice on buying, storing and cooking, but also provides over 140 great recipes that make the most of these fabulous ingredients.

- A practical and straightforward guide to understanding the issues surrounding organic food and drink

- Featuring a comprehensive survey of organic ingredients, from fabulous fruit and vegetables to tender meat and poultry, hearty breads and handy store-cupboard items

- Over 140 irresistable recipes that make the most of seasonal cooking, with soups and salads, tempting main courses and superb desserts.

Press Reviews

'Expertly explains the background and benefits of organic food and cooking. The recipes are imaginative and inspiring and easily re-created in the home kitchen' - Antony Worral Thompson

'If anyone genuinely talks th talk and walks the walk of the organic way of life, it's Ysanne Spevack' - Michael van Straten

'Ysanne Spevack encourages us to discover the pleasure of using fresh organic produce to create wholesome meals all the family can enjoy' - Patrick Holden, Director Soil Association

About the Author

Ysanne Spevack is a key figure in the international organic movement. As a broadcaster and writer, she contributes to numerous journals, websites, magazines and programmes in the UK and USA, including her own website, www.organicfood.co.uk, which she started in 1999. Ysanne has recently written a major industry guide published worldwide by Reuters and is aso a consultant editor of Organic magazine.