Alison Walker, the Food & Drink Editor at Country Living magazine, explains everything the aspiring country cook needs to know about artisanal food preparation and production in the home kitchen. Each of the chapters, which cover baking, cheese making, preserving, bottling, curing and potting, begins with an introduction to the traditional methods, equipment and ingredients required, followed by a selection of recipes that test the processes learnt. Step-by-step colour photographs illustrate some of the trickier tasks.