canteen me

i love getting parcels and when the envelope is from the book depository I get doubly excited. today my lovely friend april sent me the new canteen cook book which is hot off the press. she certainly is a tricky one and even more clever given she is ever so far away in australia! the book is gorgeous - a great hand held size with yummy photography and lovely matte paper, I don't know whether to read it in bed or in the kitchen! But what to cook first? duck, chestnut or prune pie? roast squash and fennel with spelt? cheesecake and hazelnut brittle? aaagggggghhhhhhhhh so many choices, this is not going to help my concentration at work...