Fizz Carr and I share the view that there are no really good cookbooks for the whole family to use together. It is our immodest intention to write a classic of this genre' Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall 'This is the most honest cookbook I have found, reeking with helpful, hands-on wisdom. It is everything it should be and more... deliciously funny, well written and neither macho nor sanctimonious.' - Jill Dupleix, The Times, on THE RIVER COTTAGE MEAT BOOK 'The best new book of the year without a shadow of a doubt, a serious treatise, a meat cookery bible and a supremely appetising recipe collection. Fearnley-Whittingstall is our most important and eloquent food writer today.' - Philippa Davenport, Financial Times, on THE RIVER COTTAGE MEAT BOOK 'Ripe and magnificent... a good and beautiful book' - The Guardian on THE RIVER COTTAGE YEAR 'If only all the men who put on an apron once a year to take charge of a barbecue had Hugh's knowledge and charm.' - Spectator on THE RIVER COTTAGE MEAT BOOK

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is well known for his commitment to real food and honest home cooking; his books and series for Channel 4 have earned him a huge popular following. Hugh lives in Dorset with Marie and their two sons. Fizz Carr was a journalist on Vogue before leaving London to farm on the South Downs. She regularly holds farm visits for school children and is a passionate advocate of animal welfare. Fizz and Steve have four daughters, all of them enthusiastic cooks.