Progressing from "Practical Cookery", this book successfully bridges the gap between classic cuisine and professional cookery, offering a further wide variety of recipes, including vegetarian and ethnic and a chapter on contemporary British cooking. This book fulfills the need for recipes which cater for healthy eating, vegetarian menus and authentic ethnic dishes, while preserving and popularizing good British cookery. It includes more than 30 recipes donated by the top chefs in the UK, reflecting the best in contemporary British cooking.