What to do with that one sad carrot? <em>Making a Meal of It</em> is a guide to making the most of the food we feel guilty about throwing away.<br /><br />Bursting with tips, ideas and recipes, this book tells you how to buy the best, keep it fresh, and make use of every bit - and, when you forget, how to restore and revive. The ideas are simple and flexible, from tasty solutions for last night's leftovers to easy recipes for a bulk buy or garden harvest.<br /><br />Tuck in and make a meal of it. You'll save time and money, and a bit of the planet too.<br /><br />Find out: which everyday vegetable is healthier cooked than raw; what staple causes food poisoning in the home; why you shouldn't put a vase of flowers near the fruit bowl; why apes peel their bananas from the other end.<br /><br />'There's lots of good advice for storing food and plenty of yummy suggestions for leftovers for people who don't have compost or chooks.' - <em>South Coast Register</em>