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A new edition of the hidden gem at the heart of Diana Henry’s extraordinary cookbook repertoire

‘Roast Figs, Sugar Snow has been in my kitchen since the day I first opened it. Here is a book that celebrates not only the ingredients of the winter shopping bag, the pumpkins and pomegranates, chestnuts and soft, sweet spices, but the heart and soul of the season. Each paragraph is a carol to what makes the cooking of the cold months something to cherish.’ – Nigel Slater

Coming soon from the critically acclaimed, multi-award-winning, Sunday Times bestselling author Diana Henry, her classic cookbook Roast Figs Sugar Snow, revisited, revised and refreshed nearly 20 years after its first publication, with a new foreword by Nigel Slater and seven new recipes. Full of comforting delights from cold-weather climes – from the ski slopes of Italy, to the coffee houses of Vienna and Budapest, the rural reaches of New England and beyond – these recipes will bring warmth to your heart as well as your home.

Recipes include:
-Georgian Cheese Pies
-Salad of Smoked Duck with Farro, Red Chicory and Pomegranates
-Pumpkin Tarts with Spinach and Gorgonzola
-Vermont Baked Beans
-Roast Pork with Black Pudding, Apple and Mustard Sauce
-Melting Leg of Lamb with Juniper
-Dublin Coddle
-Snow Biscuits
-Skier’s Chocolate with Bugnes
-Roast Figs and Plums in Vodka with Cardamom Cream

Publisher Review

A lovely collection of winter recipes. * The Guardian * As the chill of winter weaves itself into the air, this is the book to turn to ... an excellent fireside read too. * The Independent on Sunday * A lovely book. Here is a very intelligent food writer indeed. -- Elisabeth Luard * Scotland on Sunday * Diana Henry's passion is infectious and her recipes tantalizing. -- Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall