Roast Figs, Sugar Snow: Food to warm the soul (Diana Henry)

An instant classic when it was published 20 years ago, Roast Figs, Sugar Snow remains the quintessential book on the magic of cold weather cooking. With recipes gathered from travels to Scandinavia, the French and Italian Alps, Scotland, Ireland and New England, this is irresistible food you'll cook over and over again. Choose Alpine dishes of melted cheese, autumnal pies and substantial winter salads; pastries from the Viennese coffee houses; festive snow biscuits or - closer to home - Diana Henry's definitive recipe for warming Irish stew.

Diana writes evocatively about both place and food, making it a book well worth reading, as well as cooking from.  This revised and expanded edition includes eight new recipes and new forewords from Diana Henry and Nigel Slater.

This book has beautiful photography throughout and Diana's charming writing style.