de Rachel

Let's be clear: this is not a vegetarian cookbook. This book is about meat. We're all aware that cutting down on meat and dairy would significantly help reduce greenhouse gases, and in addition improve our health. But the majority of us do not want to give it up entirely. In "Less Meat More Veg" Rachel de Thample shows how to make the most of the meat you do eat, spinning out a roast to last the week and using lesser known cuts of meat in imaginative ways. She provides 100 delicious recipes such as Beef Miso Ginger Soup, Mayan Gold Chilli, and Lamb Burger with Roast Aubergine and Pistachio Mayonnaise that she has created to persuade even the most hardened carnivore that eating less meat is a good thing. Each recipe contains the recommended 50g protein as well as half of your 5 fruit and veg a day.

In Fermentation, Rachel de Thample shines a light on one of the oldest methods of preserving food, which is just as relevant today, and shows you how to produce delicious and health-boosting ferments in your own kitchen. There are more than 80 simple recipes to make everything from sauerkraut and sourdough, kimchee and kombucha, to pickles and preserves, accompanied by thorough explanations of how the fermenting process works. With little more than yeast and bacteria, salt and time, a whole realm of culinary possibilities opens up. With an introduction by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and plenty of helpful step-by-step photographs, this book will bring the art of fermentation to your kitchen.