PRAISE FOR KATE YOUNG : 'The dishes - ginger beer ham on brioche buns; pear, chocolate and sherry cake - are delightful. This is what I'll be giving to friends who love to cook, love books and love Christmas' Diana Henry, on The Little Library Christmas . 'A work of rare joy, and one as wholly irresistible as the food it so delightfully describes. It is a glorious work that nourishes the mind and spirit as much as the body, and I could not love it more' Sarah Perry, on The Little Library Cookbook . 'A wonderful, brilliant book. Instantly comforting, effortlessly beautiful and suffused with the generosity that's at the heart of any good meal' Ruby Tandoh, on The Little Library Year . 'Combines two of my most favourite things - interesting and flavour-packed recipes, and reading lists. The best present a food-obsessed bookworm could ask for' Olia Hercules, on The Little Library Year .

'A cookbook and culinary almanac that celebrates the books and characters conjured by each season and its food. Leafing through a cookery book has never been so satisfying. Perfect'the books and characters conjured by each season and its food. Leafing through a cookery book has never been so satisfying. Perfect'the books and characters conjured by each season and its food. Leafing through a cookery book has never been so satisfying. Perfect'the books and characters conjured by each season and its food. Leafing through a cookery book has never been so satisfying.

Perfect'.