This informative and well researched handbook is the ideal culinary companion. The wide-ranging recipes are complemented by a comprehensive directory of herbs and spices detailing culinary and medicinal uses, cultivation and history. Each herb or spice is photographed to allow easy recognition. The directory and recipe sections are cross-referenced in detail so if you want to know more about the herbs and spices in a recipe you will immediately know which page to turn to.
The recipes show how herbs and spices can be used to bring out new and eexciting flavours. There are twelve recipe sections with refreshing new ideas and a wealth of practical information.
With colour photographs throughout, this book is a must for everyone who is interested in hers and spices and their many fascinating uses.
