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With ever more exotic foods available from around the globe, it's easy to forget the fantastic ingredients grown closer to home. And sticking to the best of British needn't be boring, as the new Grown In Britain Cookbook (DK, £14.99) proves.

Created in collaboration with the Soil Association, and a host of celebrity names from editor-in-chief Donna Air to Sophie Grigson and Trudie Styler, there's over 200 recipes looking at a surprising range of produce grown, reared and caught across the British isles.

The book contains information on what's in season when, with a food calendar to show you what's at its best during the year, from rhubarb in February to turbot in September. Broken down into key food groups - vegetables and herbs, fruit, nuts and honey, fish and seafood, meat, poultry, and game, cheese, dairy and eggs, and grain - there's background on all the foods so you're discovering more as you cook.

As well as the star contributors, the book introduces a string of British farmers along with their culinary secrets and tips on what ingredients go together - for a basic like greens, you can choose from garlic and soy sauce, tossing them with ginger, chillies and cream, mixed with nuts and oil or butter as well as suggestions on how to use them with fish, meat and eggs.

So whether you want to make the most of the British asparagus season, turn peas into a refreshing summer soup, or you prefer Warm Duck Breast Salad or Fiery Peanut and Pepper Noodles, there's an idea to get you thinking - and cooking.

Grown In Britain Cookbook is available from all good bookshops and www.dk.com