Welcome to our July edition of bare ingredients.

Welcome to our July edition of bare ingredients. This month we have plenty of mouth watering recipes and ideas. Our Southern Hemisphere have those lovely Winter treats to look forward to, with plenty of root vegetables and citrus fruit. While in the Northern Hemisphere we finally have the start of a long hot summer, brings with it fruit cocktails, Pimms, strawberries, picnics and barbecues.

The Mixed Case Wine Recommendations

Next, we have some exciting news for the many of you who have written to us and asked for Wine Recommendations. We are please to announce that we have joined up with The Mixed Case Wine Merchants to bring you wine suggestions for many of the recipes in the monthly seasonal list. The Mixed Case are a specialist Wine Merchants based in Little Hadham, Hertfordshire, England. They stock primarily wines from small independent producers.

Seasons

July to most of us means a huge change on emphasis on how and what we eat. In the Northern hemisphere, Summer brings an abundance of ingredients with plenty of fresh herbs, salad leaves, berries, along with long days and plenty of BBQs. July, for our readers in the Southern Hemisphere, means plenty of winter root vegetables, citrus and orchard fruit. Cooler winter weathers makes for a great excuse to cook a traditional roast or stew or warming curry. Recipes page for great menu ideas in July, covering both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

As always, Sarah has updated her "June What to Eat Now" guide for those who are looking to get the most out of the seasonal ingredients. There are both Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere articles.

Books

Over the last ten years there have been some excellent cookery books. Sarah has selected her favourites in our The Decade's Best Cookery Books list.

The list, in alphabetical order: Balance & Harmony by Neil Perry, Black Pudding & Foie Gras by Andrew Pern, Cinnamon Club Cookbook, The by Iqbal Wahhab, Creole by Babette De Roziéres, Made in Italy by Giorgio Locatelli, Maggie's Harvest by Maggie Beer, Moro, The Cookbook by Samuel Clark, My China by Kylie Kwong, River Café Cookbook Green by Ruth Rogers, River Cottage Fish Book, The by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Rôtis: Roasts for everyday of the week by Stéphane Reynaud.

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Enjoy!

The bare ingredients team.

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