TEA WITH MRS SIMKINS

Delicious recipes for making a meal out of tea-time: cakes, pastries, biscuits and savouries

Mrs Simkins

• PRICE £12.99
• EXTENT 256 pages
• BINDING Hardback
• FORMAT 210 x 170 mm
• ISBN 978-1-905862-43-6
• PUB DATE 24 September 2010
• IMPRINT Spring Hill
• BIC CODES WBA, WBR, WBVS, WBQ
• CATEGORY Cookery
• TERRITORIES World Rights

Mrs Simkins writes a regular weekly cookery column in the popular Blackmore Vale Magazine. She is based in Dorset. ‘To eat well you need to be able to cook.This is a cookbook to use, which deserves a place on your worktop or cookbook shelf. Mrs Simkins' recipes are straightforward, affordable and appealing.’ Fanny Charles Blackmore Vale Magazine review of Cooking with Mrs Simkins

DESCRIPTION

Mrs Simkins is back with a fantastic collection of recipes, hints and tips for every kind of tea you could imagine. Whether it is simple tea and biscuits, traditional afternoon tea or a more substantial high tea, Mrs Simkins has it covered. There are also teas for various celebrations and tea parties, as well as cream teas and toasty teas, tea in the garden and picnic teas. As you would expect, there is plenty of baking and a considerable number of nostalgic treats!

KEY POINTS

• Wholesome recipes to make yourself whatever your level of expertise
• Mrs Simkins understands the importance of good home cooking; she writes to make home cooking accessible to novice cooks
• Step-by-step guidance and encouragement without patronizing - recipes are clear and explained in straightforward and accessible tone
• Provides more experienced cooks with a raft of useful recipes and ideas plus fresh ways of doing things
• A regular columnist for the well-loved Blackmore Vale Magazine in the West Country, MRS SIMKINS writes with the benefit of a life time of cooking for her friends, family and children. She is also the author of Cooking with Mrs Simkins.

REVIEWS

‘It is one of those books that I find myself constantly picking up…I hope we are going to hear more from Mrs Simkins in the future.’ Reader review

CONTENTS

• 1. All Types of Teas
• 2. Bread
• 3. Pastries
• 4. Scones
• 5. Biscuits
• 6. Savouries
• 7. Sandwiches
• 8. Toasty Teas
• 9. Sundries
• 10. Making Tea