When you go into giant bookstores like Borders or Barnes and Noble isn't it shocking how many cookbooks line the shelves? Who buys all these cookbooks and do they ever cook anything out of them? Maybe you are buying it because it was written by a celebrity chef like Gorden Ramsey. He's the most famous restaurateur on earth, so why not? If you can cook his recipes, perhaps your friends will think you're a great chef as well. But, are they really going to enjoy marinated anchovy eyeballs, with squid suction cups and fÉta cheese over cow tongue? Is that dish really going to put a smile on your husband's face or make your kids jump for joy? Don't fall for buying a cookbook written by a talk show TV star like Rachel Ray unless you have an insatiable urge to learn how to make a hot dog souffle.

Why not try something new? Buy a cookbook in which the food actually tastes great, and has recipes you actually use. This will be a book that will not gather dust along with all the other cookbooks that have let you down in the past.

What you need to do is to buy a cookbook from a complete nobody. That's right a nobody, so when your friends come to visit and you serve them Chicken Bacon Pond, you can take all the credit for the dish, because after all, James Redway is a nobody, so why should you give him credit? If he was a somebody, you might have mentioned it, but since he is a nobody, game over, he's out, your in. Plus, how would you explain it? "Well I'm glad everyone liked dinner, the recipe came from the furniture maker." Isn't that special? What are his specialty dishes? Dovetailed Duck, and Mortise and Tenon Tenderloin?

So what's in the cookbook? Well ,we have 40 of the best recipes that ever hit your kitchen - all made with fresh ingredients. To see a full listing a recipes go to: