This title features more than 200 recipes for home-cooked childhood treats and family classics, with 650 evocative photographs.

It deals with simple food that lifts the spirits, tastes good and is a pleasure to eat. It is a feast of over 200 comforting dishes inspired by traditional home cooking and much-loved family meals. Recipes include heart-warming soups, casseroles, pies and crumbles, sofa snacks and sweet treats. You can indulge yourself with burgers, BLT sandwiches, chicken soup, lasagne, shepherd's pie, curry, fish and chips, triple chocolate cookies, cheesecake, ice cream, apple pie and custard. We all love to eat, and some foods conjure up feelings of security, memories of childhood, a sense of well-being and even nostalgia.

This book contains over 200 simple, fuss-free recipes that will comfort, nurture and lift the spirits. Soups, sandwiches, rice and pasta dishes, fish and meat recipes, casseroles, fry-ups, roast dinners, desserts, cakes and bakes are all included. Traditional everyday dishes such as beef stew and dumplings sit happily alongside recipes from around the world that have become a part of the contemporary cook's standard repertoire. This volume is a pleasure to read, full of treats that tempt the appetite and are a pleasure to share.