RIVER COTTAGE HANDBOOK 10: HERBS

Herbs are the most liberating and confidence-boosting of ingredients: grow some and you feel like a proper gardener, bring some into the kitchen and you feel like a proper cook. In the first part of the book, Nikki explains how to get the most from herbs. She outlines the basic choosing, picking and using guidelines. The second part is a catalogue of herbs, each with grow-your-own notes, flavour descriptions and mini-recipes. Following this are sixty wonderful and adaptable recipes for everything from herb-scented custards and biscuits to soups, stuffings and tarts.