The complete guide to cooking soups and sides by our most famous cook - fully updated for the 21st-century kitchen.

The complete guide to cooking soups and sides by our most famous cook - fully updated for the 21st-century kitchen.

Mrs Beeton knew that the essence of good cooking was to capture, and compliment, the main ingredient in a meal with sumptuous side dishes. In this delicious cook book, Mrs Beeton's recipes will show you how to combine the best produce and ingredients to create a meal full on flavour and packed with locally sourced produce. From a delicate and light chestnut and celeriac soup, wintry cauliflower parmesan and a confit of parsnips, this gorgeous collection of recipes will provide you with the inspiration to cook for your friends and family.

All of the recipes have been drawn from Mrs Beeton's original Book of Household Management and have been updated for the 21st-century kitchen. Combined with sound, modern advice on how to source good food, plus detailed information on ingredients and equipment, and illustrations of all the techniques required, this is the go-to mini-book for any aspiring or experienced home cook.

The inimitable Mrs Beeton's wisdom is here collected in six books - covering everything from 'Cakes and Bakes' to 'Chicken, Other Birds and Game' - each with forewords by today's most celebrated chefs, from Mark Hix to Thomasina Miers, all extolling the great woman's genius and paying homage to this country's first celebrity chef.