Home cook : more than 150 recipes for the food we love to eat

Alastair Hendy, style guru and former "Sunday Times" cook, illuminates the comfort food we love to eat at home with this cookery "bible".

From fry-ups and spag bol, to exotic sticky ginger chicken and treacle pudding, he conjures up memorable flavours and gives them a sophisticated twist.

Relive the eggy bread, thick custard and Sunday roasts of your childhood.

Perfect your own Christmas dinner and, if you're feeling adventurous, invent the next trend on toast.