Cook Chic

A cookery course in which Lyn Hall teaches the reader all he or she needs to know about cooking and entertaining - from choosing equipment to menu planning and recipes, and how to select ingredients. She gives a guide to cooking times (fast and honed-down, medium-fast and pleasurable); shows how to synchronize a meal so that each course arrives at the table when it should; advises on embellishments - marinades, sauces, herbs and stuffings - as well as on low-calorie options and no-cook alternatives; and provides a panic-button guide to what might go wrong and how to save the situation.