Featuring beautiful photographs by Ashley Barber, this easy-to-use cookbook teaches you how to make fourteen basic preparations - including laksa paste, chilli jam, satay spice paste, spiced tomato chilli pickle, preserved lemons, harissa, green curry paste, red curry paste and massaman curry paste - and then gives over 100 recipes for dishes that use them as a basic. Whether it's fast, hot cooking such as stir-fying or barbecuing, or long, slow methods that don't require constant attention, such as braising, these recipes deliver maximum flavour for minimum effort.