The Cook's Companion - Tapa dura

In the tradition of Jane Grigson and Elizabeth David, Stephanie Alexander has written a comprehensive book that will be your new best friend in the kitchen. Stephanie has assembled information, stories and recipes on over 100 fresh ingredients -all written in her wonderful style, and arranged in alphabetical order. At last here is a classic book for the kitchen. "Of all the encyclopaedic cookbooks, this is the most consistently inspiring and useful." Lloyd Grossman "You get a lot just by looking at the page. There is a lovely system of listing ideas down the margins." Sybil Kapoor

Stephanie Alexander is the author of STEPHANIE'S JOURNAL and A SHARED TABLE also published by Viking.