A block of butter. A couple of courgettes. A tin of anchovies. A handful of apples. Half a dozen eggs.

Sometimes, you need a new idea for a familiar ingredient.

In this inspiring and deeply practical cookbook, award-winning food writer Kate Young takes fifteen readily available ingredients and helps them reach their very best potential. With a chapter dedicated to each ingredient, there are delicious recipes here for whoever may be at your dining table: a meal for one, something fancy for two, a mid-week dinner for four-ish, a slower weekend meal for more. There are ways to use up ingredients that will help you in the future, even if they're not on the table tonight. And there are dishes designed for transporting, for sharing with friends, or for dropping round to a pal in need.

Making the most of the items you'll find in your weekly shop, this cookbook will transform your dinners and have you suggesting: 'Dinner at Mine?'