Author and River Cottage foraging guru John Wright explores the culinary delights of the British hedgerows, moors, meadows and woods in the latest River Cottage Handbook, Hedgerow.

In John’s hugely informative Hedgerow – his third after Mushrooms and Edible Seashore – he reveals how to spot the free and delicious ingredients to be found in the British countryside, and then how to prepare and cook them.

The hedgerow is perhaps the most accessible and least daunting type of wild food environment. Few of us are very far from some kind of woodland, field edge, heath land, allotment, or, indeed, garden, and these habitats are all included in John’s Hedgerow bracket.

John’s book will tell you all you need to know to turn any little walk or ramble into a foraging expedition, and it will inspire and entertain you at the same time.

Amazon.co.uk is listing Hedgerow (River Cottage Handbook) at £8.99.

Martha Stewart Living magazine is to launch in the UK from September.

The businesswoman, cook and TV personality’s other titles including Everyday Food and Martha Stewart Weddings will also see versions launched across Egypt, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Syria in September.

These international editions will offer a mix US generated content and editorial created specifically for each country’s audience.

Martha Stewart Living offers a mix of homekeeping, decorating, style and food related content.

The UK edition of Martha Stewart Living will cost £3.75.

deliciouslyorkshire, the campaigning brand for the Regional Food Group for Yorkshire and Humber (RFG), is showcasing a host of superb producers and an enlarged cookery theatre on the Welcome to Yorkshire stand at the Great Yorkshire Show, held 13-15 July in Harrogate. The highly anticipated 2010 guide to food and drink, ‘Yorkshire’s Own Kitchen: The Guide to the Best Food and Drink from Yorkshire and the Humber which is packed with recipes from celebrities and award-winning chefs, will also be launched.

The Food Producers

More food producers than ever before will be attending under the deliciouslyorkshire banner – with more than forty food producers in the food hall and Womersley Fruit and Herb Vinegars, Deli Delicious Gifts and Yorkshire Hemp taking up specially designed outdoor stands for the first time.

From award-winning cheeses to beautifully crafted cupcakes and hand-reared Yorkshire meat, the deliciouslyorkshire stand includes the best produce the region has to offer.

Curry Cuisine will be launching a Hot Gooseberry Pickle, two years in the making, as well as a Yorkshire Rhubarb Chilli Jam, using PDO protected status Yorkshire Forced Rhubarb from Oldroyd’s farm.
Richard Elmhirst will be attending the show as both President of the Yorkshire Agricultural Society and Managing Director of Round Green Deer Farm. The farm is providing the British Deer Farmers Association’s marquee in an effort to recruit more Yorkshire Deer Farmers, as demand for venison is outstripping supply.

Simon Barrett, Founder of The Chilli Jam Man, will be giving Yorkshire consumers their chance to try his hottest jam yet, Yorkshire Dragon, as well as his specially-created Chilli Jam Pork Pies produced in conjunction with Robinson’s Butchers.

Yorkshire’s Own Kitchen

deliciouslyorkshire’s definitive guide to Yorkshire’s food and drink will be launched at the show, and offered at a special introductory price. This year the guide features contributions from gardener and TV personality Alan Titchmarsh in which he recalls childhood memories of mouth-watering homemade grub!

The guide also features a chart of foods in season and a bumper recipe section, supplied by some of the region’s most respected and renowned chefs including James Martin and Rosemary Shrager, so readers can recreate a little taste of Yorkshire at home.

The Cookery Theatre

Compered by Nigel Bardon and Stephanie Moon, the deliciouslyorkshire cookery theatre, based for the first time at the Welcome to Yorkshire stand, is a free opportunity to see culinary perfection in action.

There is a chance to watch inspirational cooking demonstrations from some of the regions highly acclaimed chefs, ask a Michelin starred chef their top tips, learn how to have the perfect Afternoon Tea with Betty’s & Taylor’s of Harrogate, and see top chefs battle it out in ‘Ready, Steady, Cook’ style.

Just a quick post today – but what a goodie!

A free download of recipes from the Hairy Bikers. Are You Ready For The Big Cook Off contains 32 dishes inspired by the nations taking part in the 2010 FIFA World Cup tournament. The recipes, which all have star ratings to indicate how energy efficient they are to prepare, thanks to npower, can be downloaded from www.npower.com/smartcooking.

Download The Big Cook Off here.

For the first time, clever cooks will be able to rustle up 32 quick, simple and fun Smart Cooking dishes, each of which has been given energy rating stars to show how much power is used up in their preparation.

Whether you feel like serving up a German Bauernfruhstuck or an Algerian Couscous, watch the Hairy Bikers in action as they guide you through each step of the cooking process, ensuring that the dish you create is both delicious and energy smart.

We have 32 simple football themed dishes in our recipe book for you to try, inspired by 32 nations.

Don’t forget to fly your foodie flag by backing the boys and Back the Bid by serving up a slice of English Steak and Ale pie!

Cookery goddess and girl about town Mallika Basu reveals her secrets for cooking gorgeous Indian food in this highly covetable book, inspired by her blog Quick Indian Cooking .

Her no-nonsense kitchen advice demystifies all those glorious, exotic ingredients and spices, and shows just how easy and rewarding it is to cook Indian cuisine at home. Miss Masala has done the hard work in the kitchen so that you don’t have to. So much more than just a cookbook, this beautiful, handbag-sized journal fuses irresistible Indian recipes with Mallika’s quirky and hilarious tales – it will make ethnic cooking an effortless part of your goddess lifestyle.

Alongside easy instructions for making aromatic Kerala Chicken or the best Seekh Kebabs, Mallika shares witty anecdotes about her high-flying city life, and gives handy hints on how to cook a jalfrezi and still head to the bar an hour later without reeking of eau de curry. Bollywood finally meets Sex and the City, and anyone who wants to whip up a meal for friends will be basking in the glory. This is real Indian cooking for busy city living!

Recipes include:
Kosha Mangsho (lamb sauteed in yoghurt and roasted cumin)
Murgh Makhani (Velvety butter chicken)
Baingan Bharta (Smoky roasted aubergine mash)
Channa Masala (Hot, spicy curried chickpeas)
Tandoori Macchli (Succulent monkfish in tandoori spices)
Peshawari Naan (Luxurious naan stuffed with nuts and raisins)
Mango Fool (Pureed mangoes folded into double cream)
Bhapa doi (Saffron and cardamom cheesecake)
Vodka Chilli Cocktails (For those who dare!)

Miss Masala by Mallika Basu is available from Amazon.co.uk for just £10.24.