Fireside Food for Cold Winter Nights

More than 75 satisfying recipes to warm body and soul as you snuggle up against the cold by the fireside.

Winter is the perfect time to stay indoors and prepare comforting home-cooked meals. Lizzie Kamenetzky takes her inspiration from snow-covered mountains, ski towns, and cozy winter cabins, to bring you recipes that are perfect for snuggling up against the cold in front of a crackling log fire. Enjoy these delicious recipes from dawn till dusk. Start your day with coffee and a sugar-dusted breakfast bake, still warm from the oven. Rustle up a hearty winter salad or serve a bowl of steaming soup for lunch, as you look forward to a satisfying plate of dumplings, or a rich casserole come the evening. Create creamy gratins, tasty supper skillets, slow-cooked meats, and deep-filled pies, or entertain your friends with a traditional cheese fondue. Finish your indulgent meal with a rustic fruit tart, or a baked soufflé spiked with a little warming winter spirit. Whatever your craving, you will find the perfect recipe to satisfy it here, as winter food has never been so comforting or delicious.

Lizzie Kamenetzky is an English-born food stylist and writer with natural flare and passion for beautiful food and fantastic recipes. Until recently the food editor of top title, delicious. magazine, she is now freelance, putting all her skills and years of experience to use for books, magazines, tv and many other projects. Lizzie is a keen skier and has a special interest in the traditional food of the Alps.