Cooking through the Year Author:Audrey Ellis From back cover: A calendar of tempting recipes to match the seasons. Excerpt from inside flap of dust jacket: In Cooking Through the Year the recipes are matched as far as possible to the seasons. Chapter by chapter, the months of the year unfold their seasonal delights: a warming steamed pudding for the chilly winter months, fresh asparagus in... more » the golden spring of May, delicious salads for long hot summer days, a spicy game dish for the cooler weeks of autumn. Each month a complete menu is featured appropriate for that time of the year - a picnic, a bonfire party, an Easter lunch. Among the wide selection of colour pictures illustrating the recipes there are twelve superb seasonal photographs - one for each month - to delight the eye and set the scene. There is a section of basic recipes such as breads and preserves and hints on freezing, and the dishes themselves are so straightforward that even the novice cook can tackle them with confidence.« less