This title features ideas for simply prepared soups, as well as main courses, elegant desserts and tasty bakes. It includes foolproof recipes for perfect pastry, pates, pizza and mayonnaise. It describes how to make the most of the different functions of a food processor, including grating, slicing, chopping and pureeing, with handy tips for success, and basic recipes for a variety of sauces. It features dishes for all occasions, from a speedy Saucy Tomato Dip, Herby Plaice Croquettes, and Meat Loaf to Chicken & Pork Terrine, Feta Pancakes, and Pear & Almond Cream Tart. A food processor is an amazing kitchen appliance - it takes all the hard work out of food preparation, whether chopping, pureeing, grating, slicing, whisking or blending. This fabulous little book shows you how to use it to make speedy soups, sauces, dips, terrines, pates, doughs, pastries and cakes in a fraction of the usual time. Recipes include Beef & Mushroom Burgers, Taramasalata and Chocolate Sorbet, providing diverse ideas for deliciously easy meals. Every recipe indicates which attachments you will need, helping you to become accustomed to using your processor and showing you its versatility so you can make the most of your machine.

Valerie Ferguson is a highly experienced food writer and editor, who ran a catering service and cooking school.