52 Short Recipes to Make the Weekend Feel Longer

The Sunday Night Book

&#39;Rosie is one of the great cooks of our time &ndash; so humble, brilliant ideas, wonderful cooking and writing you want to read over and over again... Rosie cooks the food you want to eat all the time &ndash; unpretentious and delicious.&rsquo; &ndash; Angela HartnettMake Sunday night the best evening of the week, by perfecting the last, lazy meal of the weekend. Most of us want to forget that back-to-school feeling by kicking off our shoes and hunkering down with a soul-soaring supper &ndash; one that can be eaten with friends at the table, with book in hand by the fire, or in front of the TV.In less than half an hour of cheerful cooking, you can achieve Sunday night nirvana. Chef Rosie Sykes is an expert in the most comforting, nostalgic and heart-warming recipes, and here she gathers more than 50 of her greatest creations, most of them achievable in the time it takes to run a bath. Rosie makes Things on Toast that will make you weep with joy: Anchovy toasts with parsley and shallot salad, or Caerphilly with leeks and mustard; one-pot dishes to stop and savour, such as Stewed spiced butterbeans with tortillas and feta; easy egg dishes like Bacon and egg pie, or Bombay potatoes with a fried egg; delightful Remains of the Day, using leftovers from the roast &ndash; Chicken harira, Epic bubble and squeak; and if you just want a soothing cocktail and a snack, summon up your inner Sherlock with a &#39;Reichenbach Falls&#39; or clink glasses with the Bloomsbury set while sipping a &#39;Woolf&#39; and nibbling at Devils on horseback.All the recipes in The Sunday Night Book are simple and make clever use of store cupboard staples and leftovers. This is truly the best kind of cooking, the perfect way to extend the weekend and drift relaxed and contented into a new week.

Rosie Sykes is a chef and food writer who has cooked in the kitchens of some of Britain&#39;s most celebrated chefs, including Joyce Molyneux, Shaun Hill and Alastair Little. Her critically acclaimed gastropub, The Sutton Arms in Smithfields, London, established her as one of the most exciting cooks working in the UK, and from 2001 to 2003 Rosie wrote for the Guardian&#39;s Weekend magazine as The Kitchen Doctor. She currently works as development chef for restaurants as far apart Cambridge, Oxford and Abergavenny, south Wales. Rosie is the author of The Kitchen Revolution (2008).

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&ldquo;Rosie is nothing short of a national treasure, up there with Elizabeth David and Delia Smith. Her recipes are bold, unassuming, uncomplicated, and resplendently delicious. You will use this book a lot.&rdquo; &ndash; Itamar Srulovich 
 
 &ldquo;Reading Rosie is like standing next to her at the stove - warm, encouraging, gentle guidance backed by encyclopaedic knowledge and terrifying intelligence.&rdquo; &ndash; Tim Hayward 
 
More and more of us want to shop well, spend less and cook and eat sustainably. Every Last Bite offers recipes, tips and practical advice for preparing fantastic food on a budget, with very little waste, and using minimal energy and resources. Chef Rosie Sykes knows how to get the most flavour and value out of ingredients. Across 70 recipes she&#39;ll show you how to plan, prepare and cook dishes with maximum taste but minimum cost. 
 
 From quick and practical filler-uppers like Anchovy Butter Toast with a Fried Egg, to speedy store cupboard meals such as Catalan-Style Beans and Chorizo and Fregola with Bacon and Peas, no one goes hungry. There are weekday mealtime solutions including Tuna Tomato Lasagne, Chermoula Chicken and Curried Pumpkin with Rice Pancakes that deliver massively on flavour. Leftovers can be transformed into the likes of Five Spice Beef or A Big Old Soup. And for a little something sweet, try Pear and Chocolate Queen of Puddings, Amazing Chocolate Coconut Squares or Rhubarb and Ginger Crumb Pudding. Revolutionise the way you cook and say bye-bye to that bin.

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