Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- Notes on reading -- Notes on recipes -- Ingredients to look out for -- The long winter nights -- The long winter nights -- A cold, grey start -- Winter broth -- Cooking for one -- Yuk hwe -- Mussels with vermouth and fennel -- Gnocchi with Gorgonzola, walnuts, and sage -- Pear and cardamom crisp -- Fish suppers in Narnia -- Herbed fish pie -- Grilled sea bass with pickled fennel and potato gratin -- Roasted mackerel, potatoes, horseradish, and capers -- Winter pickles -- Pickled limes -- Kimchi -- Piccalilli -- Afternoons with the oven on -- Rose and pistachio cake -- Blood orange cake -- Sachertorte -- Whisky and water -- Meals with someone special -- Duck leg, pancetta, pomegranate and puy lentils -- Cheese soufflé -- Star anise and pink peppercorn crème brûlée -- Baskets full of dumplings -- Garlic and sesame greens -- Wonton soup -- Char siu bao -- More books to keep you company through the chilly winter nights… -- The first signs of spring -- The first signs of spring -- Comfort food -- Jambalaya -- Macaroni cheese -- Peanut and smoked salt brownies -- Pancake day -- Ricotta pancakes with roasted rhubarb -- Blueberry and cardamom Dutch baby -- Potato and thyme pancakes with hot smoked trout -- Japan in bloom -- Salmon bowl -- Vegetable tempura and miso mayonnaise -- Chicken and spring onion yakitori -- Breakfasts in bed -- Everything in the fridge frittata -- French toast with salted caramel -- Bloody Mary -- Coffee butter and biscuits -- Capturing spring in a jar -- Miso and honey roasted chicken -- Baked Camembert with honey roasted nuts -- Peanut butter, honey, and banana loaf -- Magical eggs -- Coddled eggs with anchovy toast -- Rösti Florentine -- Lemon and lime meringue pie -- Zabaglione -- More books for those months when the world is coming back to life.

Spring in abundance -- Spring in abundance -- A house in Italy -- Broad bean crostini -- Sardines and bitter salad -- Tiramisù alla nicciola della mamma (Hazelnut tiramisu cake) -- Vermouth, tonic, and basil -- Long Sunday lunches -- Roasted shoulder of lamb with watercress, pea, and radish salad -- Spiced pea falafel with pitta bread and hummus -- Roasted sea bass, green olives, spring couscous -- Yorkshire puddings -- Easter feasting -- Tomato tart with capers and olives -- Plateau de fruits de mer -- Chocolate ice cream with coffee and Calvados -- From an English garden -- Pork and broad bean burgers -- Asparagus and herb risotto -- Rhubarb and rose frozen yoghurt -- Packing a picnic basket -- Curry puffs -- Cucumber sandwiches -- Brown butter and strawberry friands -- Lemon verbena lemonade -- Sparkling jelly -- Paris in springtime -- Omelette aux fines herbes -- Salade Niçoise -- Croque Monsieur -- And a few more books for you to turn to when the garden is lush and green… -- The height of summer -- The height of summer -- The heady scent of tomatoes -- Basic tomato pasta sauce -- Polenta and roasted tomatoes -- Panzanella -- A midsummer party -- Västerbottenostpaj (Swedish cheese tart) -- Herring, mustard, rye crispbread -- Swedish eggs -- Something crisp and colourful -- Swedish potato salad -- Elderflower gelato and macerated strawberries -- Marquees and wedding season -- Lemon and thyme cake -- Broccoli, red onion, lemon, and caper salad -- Pork belly and roasted fennel -- Sixteen (chicken) oyster pie -- Apricot and peach trees -- Mandilli di seta (Pasta squares with pesto) -- Stuffed courgette flowers -- Peach and apricot tart -- Australian Christmas -- Prawn, avocado, and mango salad -- Passion fruit curd pavlova -- White sangria -- Holidays on the Mediterranean -- Grilled fish rolls -- Chicken with artichokes and potatoes.

Watermelon granita -- More books for those sweltering, languid, lazy summer months... -- When the leaves start to turn -- When the leaves start to turn -- Tuck boxes -- Back-to-school jam -- Salted buttermilk fudge -- Date and walnut loaf -- Buchteln -- The hunt for the perfect apple -- Cider apple jelly -- Apple, fennel, celeriac, and radicchio salad -- Apple and tarragon cake -- Rosemary tarte tatin -- Game season -- Pork pie -- Potted pheasant and pickled radishes -- Oatcakes and smoked trout -- Welsh cakes -- The end of the world as we know it -- Ten bean chilli -- Sardine, chilli, and breadcrumb pasta -- Coffee ice -- Hallowe'en parties -- Saag paneer and paratha -- Robber steak -- Pistachio and chocolate cookies -- Seasonal soups -- Roasted cauliflower and parsnip soup -- Sort-of ribollita -- Spiced beetroot soup -- More books for evenings when you feel a chill return to the air… -- As the days grow short -- As the days grow short -- Quiet evenings in -- Lamb stew -- Boeuf en daube à la Provençale -- An ambrosial dessert -- The joy of toast -- Apple, apple jelly, Parmesan and pepper -- Marsala, mushrooms, and thyme -- Sprouting broccoli, anchovy, boiled egg -- Bloody Mary guacamole, fried eggs, coriander -- Cocktail parties -- Ginger beer ham on brioche buns -- Crab cakes -- Porcini mushroom arancini -- Bronx cocktail -- Seasonal gifts -- Apple, pear, and chilli chutney -- Almond and pistachio biscotti -- Cranberry cordial -- Scandinavian Christmas Eve -- Beetroot gravadlax, cucumber pickle, horseradish sauce -- Swedish meatballs -- Pepparkakor -- A fancy dinner to warm the soul -- Blinis Demidoff -- Individual bird pies with leeks and pâté -- Marsala cake with roasted fruit -- As Christmas approaches I turn to these old favourites… -- Endpapers -- Recipe index -- Reading index -- Bibliography -- Thank you -- Extended copyright.

About the Author -- About Anima.