Leon: Family & Friends

As featured in The Times Top 40 Cookbooks of the Year Celebrate the power of food to bring people together. At the heart of happy family life are meals spent with the people we love the most sharing flavourful, nutritious food around the kitchen table and swapping stories of the day. For Leon, family is not just our relatives; it's also the extended community of friends, neighbours and colleagues. Many of us feel we don't have the time to cater for our families in the way that we'd like but Leon Family & Friends shows you how to make the most of the time available to feed your family fabulous food. It's divided into three sections: Today, including great breakfasts, brunch ideas and post-school teas Tomorrow, for those occasions where some planning is involved picnics, weekend lunches, birthday parties and Christmas Yesterday, a culinary celebration of nostalgic family food memories With more than 200 recipes, there are dishes to keep everyone happy, from snacks for children in Crunch! Squish! Slurp! to super-quick supper recipes for parents in After Lights Out, and no teenager should fly the nest without 10 Things You Should Know How to Cook Before You Leave Home. A new Leon cookbook is always something to celebrate and this is destined to become a much-loved classic on the kitchen shelf. Leon Family & Friends is the fourth cookbook from Leon; created by Leon co-founder John Vincent and cookery writer and broadcaster Kay Plunkett-Hogge. Previous books in the series from Leon include: Leon: Ingredients & Recipes. Book 1 (ISBN: 9781840915020) Leon: Naturally Fast Food. Book 2 (ISBN: 9781840915563) Leon: Baking & Puddings. Book 3 (ISBN: 9781840915792) Review 'Leon is the future' -- The Times 'Well done, Leon. I'm proud Brits can deliver a brilliant retail concept such as this.' -- Mary Portas 'Without doubt, the coolest food book I have ever seen.' --Giles Coren ( The Times) Book Description Leon Family & Friends is the fourth cookbook from the healthy fast-food restaurant chain Leon, and contains hundreds of recipes for flavourful, nutritious food that won't take hours to prepare. From the Back Cover Leon Family & Friends is the fourth cookbook from the healthy fast-food restaurant chain Leon, and contains hundreds of recipes for flavourful, nutritious food that won't take hours to prepare. Author Bio John Vincent co-founded Leon in 2004 with Henry Dimbleby and Allegra McEvedy and as of March 2012 there will be 13 Leon restaurants. John and Henry wrote the bestselling Leon Naturally Fast Food, (recently voted Cookbook of the Year in Germany and now being translated into French and Dutch). John's interest in nutrition has been crucial in determining the Leon ethos, particularly the importance of the glycemic index, the damaging effects of too much sugar and the difference between good and bad fats. John is married to the TV presenter Katie Derham and loves introducing their two children to new foods and flavours. Kay Plunkett-Hogge is a cookery writer and broadcaster, based in London. She is the co-author of the bestselling Cook Yourself Thin: Quick and Easy and Bryn's Kitchen: 5 Brilliant Ways To Cook 20 Great Ingredients with the award-winning London chef, Bryn Williams. She has appeared on ITV's 'This Morning' and BBC London and presents 'Thai Food By Tuk-Tuk', which is currently in development with Maverick TV. In addition to her writing and presenting, Kay runs a bespoke location catering service, Kay Cooks For You. She is also a consultant for several restaurants and food retailers, including the Flat Planet, Deliverance and the world famous Formosa Cafe in Los Angeles.