A Good Appetite: Eating for Planet, Body and Soul (National Trust)

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A must-have cookbook and guide for food lovers who want to be greener A Good Appetite is packed with practical information and recipes for making the way you shop and cook more planet-friendly. There are brilliant bite-sized guides to everything from eating with the seasons, batch cooking and the best ways to use your freezer to foraging and growing some of your own food. And there are more than 50 delicious recipes that are designed to be adapted in hundreds of ways to suit what's in season or your store cupboard. It's the foundation of years of great meals. By avoiding food waste and stretching expensive ingredients, there's a payoff for your pocket too, which is important in these thrifty times. Jenny Chandler has created an invaluable guide that can change the way you cook - for yourself, friends and family - for good.

Jenny Chandler studied Spanish and Catalan at Bristol and Barcelona Universities. After training at Leith's School of Food & Wine she worked as a chef on a luxury yacht based in the Mediterranean and in Barcelona, and currently runs the Plum Cooking school in Bristol and teaches in London. The Food of Northern Spain was published in Sept 2005 and is shortlisted for the prestigious Andre Simon Award.