Fantastic - Rated 
There are not many books that I would cook a whole dinner party from without doing a trial run. This is the only one I can think of. I totally respect Diana Henry for her brilliant, beautiful book and her delicious recipes. Really she is far more reliable than Jamie Oliver and Nigella Lawson, and in fact surpasses Delia Smith too in my opinion. Absolutely delicious. Try the roast squash with porcini cream. Very, very easy, sublimely delicious.
Stunningly beautiful - Rated
This cookbook didn't seem to get the recognition it deserved. As Diana Henry isn't of the "celebrity chef" culture, it's no wonder why. A shame, as it's one of the most beautiful cookbooks I've ever seen and one of my personal treasures. In her wonderful recipes and photos she captures New England, and especially the Vermont of my childhood, perfectly.
Beautiful - Rated
This is a beautiful book , the photography is stunning and all the recipes just make you want to cook everything in the book.
Looking forward to Winter - Rated 
`A truly 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' makes us look towards the winter with real warmth!
`Beef Pie with Wild Mushrooms and Claret`, followed by `Peasant Girls in a Mist', a cake with apples and cinnamon or a 'snow biscuit' - just whets your appetite for winter reading and cooking!
Cooking in winter is about keeping warm on the inside, as you gather friends and family around the kitchen Aga.
The result of five years of travel and research, Diana 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.
Who isn't intrigued to read this lovely book of 192 high quality pages, split over 12 chapters, interspersed with Jason Lowe's stunning photography and snatches of wintry poetry?
Excellent price, at Amazon, as usual.
Beautiful!! - Rated
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.
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