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Gather: Simple, Seasonal Recipes from Gill Meller, Head Chef at River Cottage
Winner of the Fortnum & Mason Debut Food Book Award 2017
Nominated for the André Simon award for best cookbook and Guild of Food Writers book of the year
Gather is a cookbook that celebrates simplicity and nature, both in ingredients and cooking styles. Head Chef at River Cottage for 10 years, Gill Meller showcases 120 brand new recipes inspired by the landscapes in which he lives and works.
Featuring chapters on foods from Moorland (game and herbs), Garden (tomatoes, salads, soft fruits), Farm (pork, dairy, honey), Field (rye, barley, wheat, oats), Seashore (crab, seaweed, oysters), Orchard (apples, pears, cherries), Harbour (fish and seafood), and Woodland (mushrooms, damsons, blackberries), Gill gently guides the reader through simple recipes, with no need for obscure ingredients or complicated cooking.
With great food at its heart, Gather is the most contemporary of cookbooks, with photography that captures a year of the best cooking and eating.
Nominated for the André Simon award for best cookbook and Guild of Food Writers book of the year
Gather is a cookbook that celebrates simplicity and nature, both in ingredients and cooking styles. Head Chef at River Cottage for 10 years, Gill Meller showcases 120 brand new recipes inspired by the landscapes in which he lives and works.
Featuring chapters on foods from Moorland (game and herbs), Garden (tomatoes, salads, soft fruits), Farm (pork, dairy, honey), Field (rye, barley, wheat, oats), Seashore (crab, seaweed, oysters), Orchard (apples, pears, cherries), Harbour (fish and seafood), and Woodland (mushrooms, damsons, blackberries), Gill gently guides the reader through simple recipes, with no need for obscure ingredients or complicated cooking.
With great food at its heart, Gather is the most contemporary of cookbooks, with photography that captures a year of the best cooking and eating.
423 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 22, 2016
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April 1, 2025
This is a visually stunning cookbook, filled with crisp photographs and made from a lush paper that makes it a delight to flip through. The writing within includes not only a wide array of recipes – featuring ingredients from the moors to the harbour – but also musings turned essays; food writing at its finest.
But it's not so much a book about gathering (or, foraging, as one would assume). And it's also not as simple as the title makes it seem, featuring a wealth of more unusual ingredients such as hedgehog mushrooms, raw squid and, even, squirrel. Certainly not for the faint of hearted, and especially not those trying to live a more vegetarian or vegan lifestyle. This cookbook is, in fact, very meat-forward (particularly gamey), with most of the recipes only seeing a hint of vegetables.
"Gather" is aesthetically very pleasing, but it's really an aspirational cook book rather than one that will find everyday use in our households. It'll mainly appeal to meat-loving home chefs that want to elevate their cooking so they can host a supper night worthy of a fine-dining restaurant.
But it's not so much a book about gathering (or, foraging, as one would assume). And it's also not as simple as the title makes it seem, featuring a wealth of more unusual ingredients such as hedgehog mushrooms, raw squid and, even, squirrel. Certainly not for the faint of hearted, and especially not those trying to live a more vegetarian or vegan lifestyle. This cookbook is, in fact, very meat-forward (particularly gamey), with most of the recipes only seeing a hint of vegetables.
"Gather" is aesthetically very pleasing, but it's really an aspirational cook book rather than one that will find everyday use in our households. It'll mainly appeal to meat-loving home chefs that want to elevate their cooking so they can host a supper night worthy of a fine-dining restaurant.
March 18, 2018
I love cookbooks. I cook ALL KINDS of foods. I have never been less captivated by a cookbook than i was this one. My children had a competition to see who could find the most disgusting recipe...there were several contenders. Maybe if you had the inclination, and could find any of these hard to source ingredients (you must live in the author's house to find most of the ingredients i think...) it's possible that some of these recipes would be good....I did not cook a single one. I got this recipe to follow along with Food 52's piglet. I'm kinda wondering why they didn't pair it with Ducksoup...a close contender for least appealing cookbook.
April 28, 2018
Beautiful book, food looks lovely....way out of my league for preparing or for procuring most of the ingredients in my area though.
However, a trip to Dorset to eat all the things (except maybe hedgehog & squirrel) and see all of the countryside would be absolutely amazing.
However, a trip to Dorset to eat all the things (except maybe hedgehog & squirrel) and see all of the countryside would be absolutely amazing.
May 19, 2019
This is a lavish book with many recipes I want to try. It explores local (UK) food and has a focus on a mix of purchased and foraged ingredients. This book is local, adventurous and rewarding.
December 16, 2019
Just skimmed through the book. So many things to try. Gill combines food in a way that is just inspiring. A must buy....
September 27, 2016
Yummy
This book has rustic cooking down to a fine art and also the final result looks lush
The recipes are easily Understood
This book has rustic cooking down to a fine art and also the final result looks lush
The recipes are easily Understood
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