Four Seasons Cookery Book - Tapa blanda

The recipes stand the test of time and her writing is clear, concise and elegant. --Foodie magazine

Every enthusiastic cook should own a copy of Margaret Costa's classic --Telegraph Magazine
It celebrates the spirit of each season as much as the available produce. -- Oliver Rowee, Shortlist

There are certain cookbooks I could never live without, and one of them is The Four Seasons Cookery Book. The Proper Puddings chapter is worth the price alone. If these classic steamed puddings don't warm you up in this weather, nothing will. --Mark Taylor, Bristol Evening Post
At this time of the year there is scant comfort, and cold, to be found in a breakfast of orange juice and coffee and perhaps a piece of toast. When the mornings are dark, the flesh weak and the spirit weary, nothing comforts as a good breakfast can - and the comforting glow lasts throughout the day. There is no arguing with the tests that have conclusively shown that people who don't have a "proper" breakfast are appreciably less efficient, less productive, and noticeably less good-tempered than those who do. But the strongest reason of all for having a good breakfast is that if you don't you just won't get your fair share of most of the nicest English food, the kind we do best of all. - Nigel Slater, feature in Observer Food Monthly

If you don't already own Margaret Costa's Four Seasons, I urge you to buy it. I put her on a par with the great Jane Grigson and the mighty Elizabeth David: her book is simple, seasonal, wonderfully old-school recipes. --Thomasina Miers

First published in 1970 and re-issued by Grub Street in 1999, the hardback edition hit the bestseller lists and went on to sell over 15,000 copies and its reappearance was praised by contemporary cookery stars like Nigel Slater, Delia Smith and Simon Hopkinson. Also in that year Margaret Costa was honoured at the prestigious Glenfiddich Awards. The following year the Fours Seasons Cookery Book was published in paperback and likewise went on to clock up record sales. Grub Street is now proud to issue a new full colour edition redesigned to suit the contemporary market. Margaret Costas book has stood the test of time and indeed many of those writers who praise her also admit that they have taken their inspiration from her wonderful writing. The book is organized according to the seasons, and within each one there are also themed chapters such as Olives, Comforting Breakfasts or Proper Puddings. This is a modern classic which no cookery collection should be without.