From the classic green salad to exotic culinary creations 'The Salad Book' has a salad and a dressing for every occasion. Clare Connery tempts the palate with her favourite recipes: wild country salad, cool cucumber mousse, poached chicken breasts on mixed leaves, oriental salad, a light citrus vinaigrette, hot and spicy teriyaki or a creamy mayonnaise. And what could be more satisfying than growing your own ingredients? 'The Salad Book' offers all the advice you need to design and plant your own salad garden with an enticing range of salad leaves and ingredients, free from chemicals and artificial fertilizers. A beautifully illustrated glossary also provides an indispensable guide to over sixty easily cultivated plants: an extraordinary variety of leaves, roots, stems, stalks, bulbs, herbs, fruits and flowers that will add wonderful colour, taste, texture and decoration to your table.
