Ruth's latest book, Something for the Weekend, will be published by Quadrille in September.

Planning for a crowd requires the skill of a culinary choreographer. In Something for the Weekend Ruth Watson combines her professional and personal experiences to bring guaranteed stress-fee, weekend cooking. Something for the Weekend offers an upbeat, uncomplicated collection of recipes that can either be prepared in advance or cooked to a stage where they need minimum last-minute attention. Ruth also offers practical advice to ensure cooking methods are varied and that the same pots or pans, hot-plates or oven space are not all needed simultaneously. Best of all, she makes sure timings are clear and manageable. more