Publisher’s Acknowledgements

The Publishers would like to thank everyone who helped so generously in the preparation of this book and, in particular: Richard Sinclair of The Warehouse Studio (www.warehousestudio.co.uk); Plain English (www.plainenglishdesign.co.uk) for their kind help with location shots; and Sticks & Stones (www.sticks-stones.co.uk) for the provision of backgrounds.

Acknowledgements

We start by acknowledging one of our own, Nicola Swift, who joined the Ginger Pig team long after this book began; you ran with this project remarkably well, and your ideas, enthusiasm and determination have helped to ensure a book worthy of any keen cook’s bookshelf.

Enormous thanks to the team at Octopus: to Denise Bates who envisioned this book as a whole, long before it was finished, and for her necessary intervention to keep us along the right path; to Tracey Smith, our wonderfully talented editorial director with a fantastic eye for detail, whose unfalteringly cheery and unflappable demeanour has been essential to everyone involved; to project editor Joanne Wilson, who has the brilliance and ability to pull together fourteen things at once; to our wonderful senior production manager, Katherine Hockley; and not least to Trish Burgess and Jo Murray for their eagle-eyed and tenacious editing and proofreading and to Hilary Bird for the index that completes the package.

To Anna Power of Johnson and Alcock, whose idea it was for us to write a book in the first place; her inspiration, determination, and ability to join the dots at each step along the way have been invaluable.

Of course there would be nothing to write about without our farmers, stockmen, butchers, bakers, drivers, shop staff, accounts and customer service team, together with our tremendous livestock. You have all made the whole thing possible; thank you for your loyalty, enthusiasm and hard work. A special nod to the following people: to Julie Howe and Hester Salt, our preserve and pudding-making experts in Thornton-le-Dale, who ensure that our shops are filled with delicious handmade condiments, and who provided several recipes for this book; to Les Bowes, head baker, who has been on-hand throughout to advise on pies, pates, terrines and pastry; and to Sarah Clubley, who gets on with whatever needs doing without ever batting an eyelid.

To our art director Pene Parker and photographer Kristin Perers; mavericks, both of you. You captured beautifully the life of the farm on the pages of our first book and we are delighted with the natural style and elegance you’ve given to this one. You are the only people we wanted for the job and the look and feel of this book bears testament to why.

Finally, thank you to the patrons of our shops, and to the readers of our books. Your enthusiasm for our meat and for making the most of it is overwhelming; we hope you get as much satisfaction from cooking with our produce and recipes as we get in providing them.

For Octopus Publishing

Group Publishing Director: Denise Bates

Art Director: Jonathan Christie

Head of Editorial: Tracey Smith

Senior Production Manager: Katherine Hockley

For Ginger Pig Farmhouse Kitchen

Design, Art Direction and Styling: Pene Parker

Photographer: Kristin Peres

Illustration: Pene Parker

Food stylist: Katie Giovanni

Project editor: Joanne Wilson

Copy editor: Trish Burgess

Proofreader: Jo Murray

Indexer: Hilary Bird

First published in 2013 by Mitchell Beazley, an imprint of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd, Endeavour House, 189 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2 8JY.

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A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

ISBN: 978 1 84533 724 7

eISBN: 978 1 84533 971 5

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