The River Cottage Family Cookbook

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is widely known as a writer, broadcaster and campaigner for his uncompromising commitment to real food and honest home cooking. His series for Channel 4 - including Hugh's Chicken Run and the River Cottage programmes - have earned Hugh a huge popular following.His weekly column in the Guardian celebrates the very best of seasonal British produce, and his latest campaigns and comments can be found on his website www.rivercottage.net.Hugh's books in the River Cottage series have scooped all the top food writing awards, including the Glenfiddich Trophy and the Guild of Food Writers' Michael Smith Award, and The River Cottage Meat Book won the André Simon Food Book of the Year Award in 2004 as well as claiming two trophies at the James Beard Foundation Awards in 2008. He is Patron of the National Farmers' Retail and Markets Association, and his campaigning zeal is currently focused on improving quality and welfare in the production of British meat.Hugh lives in Dorset with Marie and their three children. Fizz was born and brought up in Sussex. After graduating from Exeter University she was runner-up in the annual Vogue talent contest for young writers; she then worked in London for several years in magazine publishing. After starting a family, with the birth of twins in 1992, she moved back to the South Downs to farm with her husband Stephen. Fizz is a passionate advocate of animal welfare and regularly holds farm visits for schools. Through her contact with children she has become painfully aware of how little so many young people know about the food that they eat, how it is produced and where it comes from. An active member of her local branch of the European Movement, she would like to see a more ambitious legislative programme to improve the welfare of animals on EU farms. Fizz has five daughters - Charlotte, Georgie, Joey, Mattie and Ted - all of whom are enthusiastic about food and cooking.