The Illustrated Kitchen Bible

A comprehensive kitchen resource of over 1,000 delicious, achievable, and international recipes, with sumptuous photography, precise text, and innovative ideas, now with a refreshed new look.

Take the stress out of the choosing, shopping, organizing, and preparation of food with the help ofThe Illustrated Kitchen Bible. Choose from 1,000 tantalizing starter, main dish, and dessert recipes from around the world, as photographs of the finished dishes inspire you.

To help you make the right choice for your needs, whether you are short on time, have to prepare a dish and freeze it for later, or have special dietary requirements, each individual recipe has menu icons for quick identification. Improve your culinary skills and tricks along the way with step-by-step illustrations and guidelines that outline techniques, from boning a flat fish to lining a cake tin in seconds. You can even get your groceries quickly and without fuss with the handy pocket shopper, which includes ingredient lists for every recipe.

The Illustrated Kitchen Bible takes recipes and techniques and puts them under the microscope, and the result is home cooking at its best.

Victoria Blashford-Snell first began cooking in pubs and restaurants around England. She then struck out on her own, running a successful catering business and teaching cooking courses across the United Kingdom. As a result of her zest for travel, she developed an imaginative variety of tastes, from the Mediterranean to the Great Barrier Reef to the Himalayas. Victoria has written many popular cookbooks, including Hor d’Ouevres and Diva Cooking. She has presented 30 programs for Carlton Food Network, UK, and has appeared on food shows across England, the United States, and Canada.