The Cornershop Cookbook: Delicious Recipes from your local shop

(Hardback)

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Based on simple, local, quick ingredients you can buy at any cornershop, this is how we really shop and cook Looking for quick healthy meal ideas using ingredients from your local shop The Cornershop Cookbook has the answers! From yam to Spam and greens to sardines, these mouthwatering recipes reveal the wealth of culinary creativity to be unlocked in your local shop. There are dead simple recipes for a quiet night in like Linguine with Tinned Crab; vibrant alternative takeaway offerings like Twice-Cooked Aubergine with Vietnamese Sauce; solutions for weeknights, from simple Smoked Salmon Baked Eggs to the larger-scale Fish Finger Tacos; there is comfort food, from nourishing Thyme, Chorizo and Leek Broth to a down-and-dirty Meatball Sub; and finally there are sweet treats like Frostie Florentines. Using easily available ingredients, this book will inspire you to create delicious meals for the whole family. 'Filled with simple and tasty dishes conjured from easy-to-find humble ingredients' Crumbs

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From yam to Spam and greens to sardines, these recipes aim to show the wealth of culinary creativity to be unlocked from modest cornershop offerings * Bookseller *
Both beautiful and useful -- Sophie Morris * Independent *
A great book: delicious recipes, beautifully written it will make your weeknights much tastier -- Itamar Srulovich and Sarit Packer, Honey & Co.
So, so good utterly do-able yet inventive -- Rachel Roddy
100 excellent reasons not to go to the supermarket: I absolutely love this book -- Felicity Cloake

Author Bio

Caroline Craig (Author) Caroline Craig comes from generations of French fruit farmers and wine producers from Provence. A childhood spent gobbling black truffles, tomatoes and peaches left her with little choice but to shape her life around delicious food. She lives in London, writes for the Guardian and enjoys food styling and photography. Sophie Missing (Author) Sophie Missing grew up in London and studied English at UCL. She worked in publishing at Penguin, where she edited lots of delicious cookbooks, among other things. She now works as a freelance writer, editor and occasional food stylist.