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KITCHEN WISDOM
by ANNE SHEASBY

Nationally well-known cookery writer Anne Sheasby, who lives in Bridport, has written a new book entitled "Kitchen Wisdom". It is the essential companion for every cook, packed with helpful and ingenious tips from how to make chocolate leaves to how to rescue a lumpy sauce.

Anne Sheasby's culinary hints, tips and tricks will help you choose, prepare and cook food with confidence and success. She passes on invaluable shortcuts and alternative methods and offers traditional tips, tested by time, alongside the latest innovations. You'll find hundreds of ideas throughout Kitchen Wisdom including everything from microwave know-how to making chocolate decorations for cakes and puddings. The themed chapters, from Storecupboard to Sweet Things and Meat and Poultry to Baking, also include time-saving hints, money-saving suggestions, healthy options, technique tips and safety advice.

Did you know that to yield maximum juice from a citrus fruit, simply roll it under the palm of your hand on a work surface before squeezing the juice as normal? That floury potatoes make the best chips? Or that if garlic is to be used in a dish that you are planning to freeze, it is best to omit the garlic during cooking, then add it to the food after thawing, as garlic can taste musty after freezing?

Kitchen Wisdom ends with an invaluable Reference section, helping you to do everything from freezing to party planning. This comprehensive guide is a must for every discerning cook wishing to make cooking disasters a thing of the past.

Local author Anne came to The Book Shop, Bridport Saturday 24 November.

She is pictures here with a couple of old friends who were down for the weekend and used it as an excuse to catch up with her.

Anne Sheasby is a consultant food and cookery writer and home economist. She is the author of over 19 cookbooks, covering a wide variety of subjects including bread, sauces, pasta, Italian cookery, slow cooking, desserts and healthy eating. Anne has also written for several national magazines including Zest, Slimmer and Heart Health.

The Big Book of Bread
By Anne Sheasby

For the experienced baker or the complete novice! Wholesome, tasty and easy, the essential guide to bread making - featuring day of the year. This contains traditional, healthy and inspiring recipes for every classic recipes, more creative and innovative recipes plus a wide range and eclectic selection of bread recipes from all over the world.

With a healthy and inspiring recipe for each day of the year, The Big Book of Bread brings the excitement, and the nutrients, back to bread. The emphasis throughout is on the pleasures of daily home baking, whether you own a bread machine or mix
your dough market!
by hand. This book contains more recipes than any other title on the

An authoritative
introduction
equipment and ingredients
sets out the basics of bread making, from the you will need to the techniques you can use to make the
perfect loaf.
Organized into eight sections, the book contains recipes drawn from a wealth of different culinary traditions. Running throughout are a combination of special
symbols signifying: recipes suitable for those on a restricted diet,
50 suggestions
that are wheat-, gluten- or yeast-free; Speed ratings, an ingenious symbol system for the time-restricted baker indicating how long a particular recipe will take to make; and information boxes that indicate variations for each recipe such as glazes, toppings and unusual serving suggestions.
Whether you are new to baking or an old pro, The Big Book of Bread will revolutionize your morning toast, your lunchtime sandwich and your evening meal.

Anne Sheasby is a fully qualified Food and Cookery Writer and Home Economist with many years' experience in recipe development and cookery writing. She is a member of the Guild of Food Writers and the Institute of Consumer Sciences.

A beautiful and inspiring cooking companion that is spiral-bound to allow it to rest open as you mix, knead and bake.

The Big Book of Sauces
BY ANNE SHEASBY

EVERY SAUCE RECIPE YOU'LL EVER
NEED IN ONE BOOK

An inspiring and indispensable sauce book for the amateur and experienced cook
The Big Book of Sauces brings together an inspiring and delicious collection of recipes for sauces. salsas, relishes, dressings and dips that are easy to prepare and guaranteed to please every time.
From versatile everyday basics such as "Quick Tomato Sauce", to elegant special occasion sauces such as "Hollandaise" and to the exotic 'Apricot and Ginger Salsa" -the variety of tastes and textures and culinary influences featured is vast.
Each of the 365 recipes is accompanied by serving suggestions, and many include ingredient variations and invaluable cook's tips to help salvage those sauce faux pas making this an indispensable sauce book for any cook whether they are amateur or experienced.

· Everything you iced to know ahoiLt the basics of sauce-making plus 365 tempting
recipes
Contains quick and easy recipes, all written with the busy home cook in mind Contains expert cook's tips including how to salvage your Hollandaise sauce when it starts Lo curdle plus other sauce dilemmas
· Features a chapter of delicious "light alternatives to basic and classic sauces, for those following a weight-loss or healthy eating plan
· Clear and cxpcn instruction makes the book suitable for the complete novice as well as the more experienced cook

Includes 365 delicious and versatile recipes for all occasions plus invaluable serving suggestions, ingredient variations and cooking tips.