LEON: FAMILY & FRIENDS

The only challenger to Jamie Oliver s world domination in the healthy fast food stakes is the team behind Leon which has built a mini empire on the ethos that food should taste good and do you good Stylist The first Leon restaurant in London s Carnaby Street opened its doors in 2004 built on the promise of serving good fast food that does you good Now 43 restaurants later Leon serves thousands of devoted fans a week Leon Family & Friends is their fourth cookbook created by Leon co founder John Vincent and cookery writer and broadcaster Kay Plunkett Hogge At the heart of happy family life are meals spent together sharing flavourful nutritious food around the kitchen table and swapping stories of the day Many of us feel we don t have the time to cater for our families in the way that we d like but Leon Family & Friends shows you how to make the most of the time available to feed your family and celebrates the power of food to bring people together It s divided into three sections Today including great breakfasts and brunch ideas and post school teas Tomorrow for those occasions where some planning is involved weekend lunches birthday parties Christmas and picnics and finally Yesterday a culinary celebration of family food memories W