With a few perfect recipes in your repertoire, you can master any dish and create many more.

Rosemary Shrager's Absolutely Foolproof Food for Family & Friends makes it easy to cook over 300 classic tried-and-tested recipes perfectly every time. With crystal clear instructions for over 20 essential dishes and techniques in fantastic photographic detail, and dozens of variations and ideas for more recipes, plus hints, tips and ideas, and plenty of explanation to take the mystery out of cooking, this book is the next best thing to being side-by-side with Rosemary at her famous cookery school and your dishes will be faultless every time.

From understanding basic equipment and knife techniques to preparing a range of dishes from scratch, you'll be able to create delicious meals including everything from onion tarte tatin and roast whole partridge to pork pies and home-cured gravadlax. Rosemary will guide you effortlessly every step of the way, and in no time you'll have the confidence to create perfect meals for every occasion.