Includes recipes for family foods that anyone can cook using fresh ingredients from the surrounding area.

Fed up with life as a two-star Michelin chef, John Burton-Race yearns for life in an old French farmhouse. This work follows him and his family as they move from London to rural France and also includes 200 family-style recipes.

Focusing on his favourite produce - the finest fruit and vegetables, fresh seafood, and his choice cuts of meat and poultry, the author shows how to choose, prepare and cook each one for optimum flavour. He offers such recipes as Stuffed Courgette Flowers with Fresh Crab, Lemon Sole Ceviche, Roasted Loin of Pork with a Cider Sauce, and more.

John Burton Race has a passion for using the best local produce to create amazing meals that really bring out the flavour of the ingredients. In his book, John focuses on the finest fruit and vegetables, wonderful fresh seafood and his choice cuts of meat and poultry, and shows how to choose, prepare and cook each one for optimum flavour.

There are those who can cook and then there are those for whom boiling water is a bit of a challenge. This book is intended for those who know nothing about cooking but would like to learn. It features recipes ranging from French and English dishes to Thai and Indian meals and from everyday meals to dishes for entertaining.