If you've not come across Jane before, she is a cook, food stylist, recipe developer and author. With over 40 years of experience, Jane trained at the Cordon Bleu, before teaching at Leith’s School of Food and Wine and going on to run her own catering company in London. As a food stylist, she tested and developed recipes for cookery books, magazines and TV. Jane is at her happiest when cooking, preparing and eating (!) food. Her philosophy is simple: that cooking should be fun, rather than frightening or a chore.

"The Get-Ahead Cook" is Jane's second book and a firm favourite with all the White Coco team. We guarantee that any of Jane's three books, all sold at White Coco, will be the ones most used in your kitchen...

The Get-Ahead Cook – Easy recipes for delicious home cooking is a collection of over 100 easy recipes achievable for all abilities, each with prepare-ahead elements and very clear instructions for spreading, and therefore lightening the load stage-by-stage, and offering a confidence-boosting guiding hand in the kitchen.

Be it a snatched five or ten minutes here and there, even the smallest amount of groundwork eases the task, reaps benefits and makes a difference, especially when taking on several recipes at once. Planning and preparation are key, especially for apprehensive cooks or those short of time.