Product Description

The author has spent 5 years travelling and eating in search of the tastiest dishes from the snowiest climes, resulting in an irresistible collection of dishes from North America and Northern Europe. This unique collection of recipes celebrates some of the world's most overlooked cuisines by using produce that can be found on our own doorsteps. There are potato and cheese dishes from Italy's skiing slopes, pastries from the coffee houses of Vienna and Budapest, and little appetizers that have been eaten at Russian celebrations since the days of the Tsar. These recipes will bring warmth to your heart as well as your home.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #34308 in Books
• Published on: 2008-09-15
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Review
"a beguiling pot-pourri of dishes" - BBC Good Food "Henry manages to convey a contagious sense of passion for food and knowledge of food, while putting together an enticing collection of recipes" - Time Out "a glorious exploration of exotic dishes and ingredients" - House and Garden

The Spectator, December 3, 2005
A new Diana Henry book is an occasion. Her dishes are never less than delicious.

Wine International, January 2006
Henry's evocative prose and Jason Lowe's beautiful photography with smatterings of wintry poetry, make this ideal for a Christmas gift.

Customer Reviews

Looking forward to Winter with this unique collection
of wintry recipes which celebrate some of the world's most overlooked cuisines by using produce that can be found on our own doorsteps'.

Although winter cooking seems so far from these BBQ days of mid-Summer, 'Roast Figs, Sugar Snow: Food to Warm the Soul', to give this super book its full title......really does make one look towards the winter with real log-fire warmth!

The result of five years of travel and research, Ms Henry compiled this book of recipes from colder climates, being originally inspired by childhood memories of 'sugar snow', a 'magic food' from inside a tree that could turn into sweets!

From the author of Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons: Enchanting Dishes from the Middle East, Mediterranean and North Africa, who isn't intrigued to read this equally lovely book of 192 high quality pages, split over 12 chapters, interspersed with Jason Lowe's stunning photography and snatches of wintry poetry?

A little taste of the recipes contained within:-

Beef Pie with Wild Mushrooms and Claret
Pumpkin Tarts
Vermont Baked Beans
Pecan and Pear Upside-down Cake
Peasant Girls in a Mist
Roast Beetroot Salad
Roast Squash
Seared Scallops
Russian Smoked Fish Pie
Stuffed Quail
Steamed Apple and Marmalade Pudding

Roast figs, sugar Snow - curl up, keep warm - enjoy!
Beautiful book based around winter cookery. Diana Henry spent 5 years travelling around various chilly parts of the globe and has come up with a stunning collection of recipes. Just flicking through the book makes me long for snow filled days and family around the table. All the recipes I've tried out have turned out perfectly and friends have asked for the recipes - what more recommendation do you need?!

Recipes include:

Alsation Tarte Flambee
Celeriac and Potato Mash (with stilton and grilled spring onions)
Russian Curd Cheese Pancakes
Pecan and Pear Upside-down Cake
Pumpkin Tarts (with spinach and gorgonzola)
Vermont Baked Beans
Roast Beetroot Salad (with orange and goat's cheese)
Stuffed Quail (with marmalade and whisky)
Roast Squash (with porcini cream)
Seared Scallops (with bacon and jerusalem artichoke puree)
Russian Smoked Fish Pie
Steamed Apple and Marmalade Pudding

Beautiful!!
A fabulous book about the food we want to cook when it's cold outside. The food is from New England, Quebec, Scandinavia, Russia, north-west Europe and other places where the winters can be fiercely cold.
I haven't cooked from it yet, but there are so many things I want to cook from it: Georgian Cheese-pies, Tartiflette, Russian Curd Cheese pancakes, Russian Zakuski, Peasant Girls in a Mist (a cake with apples/cinnamon; originally Scandinavian), The Dartmoor Inn's apple bread, Beef Pie with wild mushrooms and claret....in fact, I want to cook everything in this book - which is rare for me! Not only does it all sound delicious, but the recipes seem easy and straightforward, the kind of food you actually cook at home.
The book is beautiful lay-outed, many pretty pictures, and lots of text introducing each chapter makes it a good bed-read!
I can highly recommend this book.