Do you want to cook fantastic food, but feel your kitchen skills aren't up to scratch? Let Mary Berry take you back to culinary basics and give you the confidence to succeed.
Pick up fundamental techniques to create a range of delicious starters, mains, desserts and breads, taking you from start to finish, and explaining exactly what to do.

Follow 12 key recipes, ideal for beginners: master these, and then use your new skills to whip up 100 mouth-watering recipes from Moroccan spiced lamb to pineapple upside-down cake.

Whether it's boiling the perfect egg or making fantastic flaky pastry, serving up chicken cacciatore or lemon and apple tart, with tried and trusted guidance from one of Britain's most popular cookery writers, this is the guide that will get you cooking. Simple.