Lucy Boyd head gardener for Michelin-starred cafe Petersham Nurseries & trained chef understands ingredients & knows how to turn them into extraordinary food. I absolutely love this book
- exactly the sort of food I'd love to eat every day for the rest of my life."
- Jamie Oliver "A spectacular cookbook
- sensitively & intelligently written from a great gardener chef & the daughter of a cooking legend."
- Jamie Oliver Quality ingredients
- in season simply cooked & perfectly prepared
- are at the heart of Lucy's cooking. This beautiful debut collection of irresistible ingredient-inspired recipes is full of Lucy's passion & knowledge of produce. Following a serendipitous apprenticeship into cookery as the daughter of Rose Gray founder of the River Cafe Lucy went from planning & cooking dishes alongside Rose for both the family & customers to lovingly creating the much-lauded kitchen garden at Petersham providing vegetables & salads for the cafe & for Petersham's owners Francesco & Gael Boglione. Her myriad cooking & gardening experiences has guided Lucy throughout her 8-year partnership with award-winning chef Skye Gyngell as well as nurturing a fascination for Italian vegetables & salads herbs & edible flowers a fascination which continues to heavily influence her cooking. This cookery book complete with stunning fresh photography & Lucy's poignant memories describing a recipe's origins is essential for anyone with a passion for good food. From Summer Girolles Veal Loin & Rocket to Cicoria Mozzarella Tomatoes with Marinated Salted Anchovies Lucy's food effortlessly combines quality & simplicity making this the perfect gift for foodies everywhere."