Features items from specific category

Hi,

I searched for a couple or hours to find my answer, but couldn’t find it. I want recent items of a specific category with control if i want to view the title, text, image and read more link.

I just found a code where i can output a specific category, but where i got no control of what to output?

<ul>
<?php $recent = new WP_Query("cat=1&showposts=10"); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark">
<?php the_title(); ?>
</a></li>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</ul>

Anybody got an idea?