Product Description

Sunday lunch is synonymous with relaxing and eating with friends and family and this book ensures that the cook has an enjoyable time too. Clarissa gives you classic and imaginative ways to cook all types of meat (and there's a chapter on fish too), broadening your repertoire and inspiring you to try new creations. She also includes all-important sauces, ideas for accompanying vegetable dishes and an invaluable chapter on how to use up your leftovers (if there are any!) so nothing goes to waste. And Johnny provides essential information on carving so that a beautiful roast isn't turned into a hacked-up travesty. Basic Stuffed Roast Chicken, Beef Wellington and Pheasant with Figs are just a few of the tasty dishes that will have you cooking up a storm every Sunday - or in fact, any time you want to cook something special without too much hassle.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10874 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-14
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 176 pages

4 Homes, December, 2006
Fancy tucking into something more than turkey for...christmas
dinner?..Wright's delicious alternatives will have you coming back for
seconds...

BBC Homes & Antiques, January, 2007
...a book celebrating the Great British roast dinner.

About the Author
Clarissa Dickson Wright, formerly of 'Two Fat Ladies' fame, has seven cookery books and one Food Anthology to her name. Since then she has starred with Johnny Scott in three series of 'Clarissa and the Countryman' for BBC2 and they have co-authored three books on the series: Clarissa and the Countryman, Sally Forth and Sunday Roast. Johnny Scott is a keen shot and excellent horseman. As a farmer, naturalist and historian he has written for many newspapers and magazines. He studied farming on three continents, was a jackaroo, miner, lumberjack and brakeman in the British bobsleigh team, before returning to farm hefted black-face sheep in southern Scotland. Their two latest collaborations The Game Cookbook and A Greener Life were published to great acclaim by Kyle Cathie. Sunday Roast is a revised and re-photographed edition of the hardback published by Hodder Headline.

Customer Reviews

Fantastically useful
This is a really excellent cook-book, which gets you away from all the Nigella/Jamie "organic thrush's tongue and mango souffle glazed with black truffle oil" stuff and tells you how to cook traditional food really well. We use it most weeks, not only for "how to roast it" but also for tips on carving and what to do with the left-overs (some brilliant recipes). Authoritative, informative, delicious.

Mouthwatering inspiration
Not just a cookbook, this wonderful book describes how to carve various joints and roasts efficiently and correctly and does this very clearly. The pictures are mouthwateringly delicious, the text entertainingly written, and the recipes are easy to follow and all worth a try. I can hardly wait!

The recipes are not just a re-run of old-fashioned ones that we have seen before but it is such a joy to read proper wholesome recipes using honest ingredients as opposed to the fancy ingredient-laden style of many writers.

I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys cooking and appreciates the merit of properly roasted and cooked meat. You will be inspired.

Fabulous carving
I actually bought this book for my Dad who loves Johnny Scott's fantastic witty writing style. However it never even got to the wrapping stage. I love the fact that he is keeping a tradition alive. My boyfriend and I have cooked for all my friends and he is very proud to show off his new found skills. The cooking section is very good but very same same as other books. What makes the book more special and worth buying is the personable and charming of Johnny Scott. Thankyou very much