Aeschylus

Aesop lived in the early sixth century BC on the island of Samos, which lies off the coast of modern Turkey. He originally came from Thrace which was a separate country in those days, though it now forms part of Greece and Bulgaria. Very little is known about his life except that he worked as a slave on Samos for a master called Iadmon, and that he became a very famous storyteller. He was so famous that almost any fable which could have been told by him became attributed to him.

Aesop

Afsaneh Knight

Afsaneh Moqadam

Afua Hirsch is a writer, filmmaker, and journalist. She is the author of Brit(ish), the Sunday Times bestseller that explores Britishness, identity and belonging, for which she was awarded the Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Prize for Non-Fiction. She co-presented Enslaved, a 6-part series about the transatlantic slave trade with Samuel L Jackson. She is the presenter of the Audible podcast series We Need To Talk About the British Empire, and Africa Rising, an ongoing flagship series about art and culture for the BBC, through her production company Born in Me Productions. She is a longtime columnist for the Guardian and is a professor of journalism at the University of Southern California.

Afua Hirsch

AGAPI STASSINOPOULOS is an author, blogger and international speaker who inspires audiences around the world. She has spoken at many corporations and conferences, such as Nike Women, Starbucks,Time Inc., Virgin, Johnson &amp; Johnson and the American Heart Foundation. She was born in Athens and trained in London at RADA before gaining a Master’s in psychology at the University of Santa Monica. She has collaborated with her sister, Arianna Huffington, to develop talks and seminars, and has worked with the Oprah Winfrey network. She is currently hosting a new podcast series in collaboration with The Huffington Post, entitled ‘Sundays with Agapi’, which includes guided meditations and interviews with prominent guests. She lives in Los Angeles.

Agapi Stassinopoulos

Agatha Christie

Aggie MacKenzie

Aghnia Mardiyah is a London-based Illustrator and Character Designer with a passion for children's books and animation. She is drawn to fun, bright and vibrant colours. When she isn't disappearing under piles of work, she loves to travel! Exploring foreign places, exciting new sights and sensations is what inspires her the most!

Aghnia Mardiyah

Agnes Callard is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Chicago. Her primary areas of specialization are ancient philosophy and ethics. She has written for The New York Times, New Yorker, Atlantic, Harper’s, Boston Review, and penned a monthly column for the Point. From 2019 to 2020, she held a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship for the research that contributes to this book.

Agnes Callard

Agnes Jekyll

Agnes Bertha Marshall (24 August 1855-29 July 1905) was an English culinary entrepreneur who became a leading cookery writer, dubbed the 'Queen of Ices'. Her 1888 cookery book included a recipe for 'cornets with cream', possibly the earliest publication of the edible ice cream cone. Marshall was born in Walthamstow. She wrote four books: Ices Plain and Fancy: The Book of Ices (1885), Mrs A B Marshall's Book of Cookery (1888), Mrs A B Marshall's Larger Cookery Book of Extra Recipes (1891) and Fancy Ices (1894).

Agnes Marshall

Agnes Prus

Agri Ismaïl is a Kurdish author based in Sweden who has worked as a corporate lawyer in London, Dubai, and Iraqi Kurdistan. His work has been published in The White Review, The Rumpus, Litro, 3:AM Magazine, and Asymptote amongst other places. His piece 'Haunted Home' won the 2016 Stack award for best non-fiction for The Outpost, runner-up in the Lifted Brow &amp; RMIT non/fictionLab Prize for Experimental Non-Fiction, and he was longlisted for the 2017/2018 Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize. Hyper is his first novel.

Agri Ismaïl

Aharon Appelfeld authored more than 45 acclaimed works of fiction and nonfiction and received many international awards including the MLA Commonwealth Award, the Independent Foreign Fiction prize, the prix Médicis étranger, the Israel prize, and the Nelly Sachs prize. Born in Czernowitz, Bukovina (now part of Ukraine) in 1932, he survived the Holocaust and passed away in Israel in 2018.

Aharon Appelfeld

Ahmadou Kourouma

Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist and human rights activist based in London. He is the co-founder and director of We Are Not Numbers and a journalist with Palestine Deep Dive. Ahmed holds a degree in English Literature from Al-Azhar university in Gaza, and an MA in International Journalism from Leeds University, where he was a Chevening Scholar. 
 
Pam Bailey is a social-justice activist and journalist based in Washington DC. She lived and worked in the Gaza Strip following the 2008/9 Israeli assault, and co-founded We Are Not Numbers. Today, in addition to her ongoing dedication to the Palestinian cause, she dedicates herself to two nonprofits that advocate for people detained in American prisons -- including one she co-founded in 2020, called More Than Our Crimes.

Ahmed Alnaouq

Ahmed Errachidi

Ahmed Rashid

Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar

Ahron Bregman is the author of four books about Israel and the Arabs: The Fifty Years War (with Jihan el Tahri), Israel's Wars, A History of Israel and Elusive Peace. He teaches at the Department of War Studies, King's College London.

Ahron Bregman

Ai Qing is regarded as one of the finest modern Chinese poets, whose free verse was influential in the development of new poetry in China.

Ai Qing

Ai Weiwei

Aidan Chambers was born in County Durham in 1934. After national service in the Royal Navy he became a teacher and then, for seven years, a monk. His young adult novels have been widely acclaimed, with POSTCARDS FROM NO-MAN'S LAND winning the prestigious Carnegie Medal and the US Michael L Printz Award. With his wife Nancy he ran Signal magazine and he has served as the president of the School Library Association. His devoted services to children's literature were recognised by his receipt of the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2002.

Aidan Chambers

Aidan Higgins was born in 1927. Langrishe Go Down, his first novel, won the James Tait Black memorial Prize and the Irish Academy of Letters Award, and was later filmed for television with a screenplay by Harold Pinter. His second novel, Balcony of Europe, was shortlisted for the 1972 Booker Prize. The novel Lions of the Grunewald appeared in 1993 and a collection of shorter fiction, Flotsam and jetsam, in 1996. Donkey's Years and Dog Days were the first two volumes of the Higgins Bestiary which concludes with this volume.

Aidan Higgins

Aidan Mathews

Aidan Potts

Aidan Smith

Aidan Storey

Aidan Trimble is the Chief Instructor to the Federation of Shotokan Karate and a former British, European and World Karate Champion, winning the world title in Tokyo - the home of Karate. Aidan has trained with some of the world's leading teachers of 'traditional' and 'sport' karate and is now an award-winning instructor and teacher who is in demand throughout the world. He can be contacted via www.fsk-karate.com.

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Lucy Bee

Just what makes coconut oil nature&#39;s perfect ingredient?It is a healthy, natural fat that works in harmony with the body. It is gluten-free and lactose-free. It contains no cholesterol and is free from additives. The current interest in healthy eating has woken up a growing number of people to the benefits of coconut oil.More and more of us are picking up a jar from our local supermarket, but once we have that jar in our kitchens, are we really making the most of coconut oil in our cooking? Coconut Oil &ndash; Nature&#39;s Perfect Ingredient is packed with an amazing range of recipes, from family-favourites to brand new, more adventurous recipes that include smoothies, snacks, brunches, light suppers, hearty dinners and baked treats.Lucy has also made sure to include are the most-searched for types of recipes online, such as coconut oil cake. This is the first illustrated cookbook published in the UK to celebrate the health and taste sensation that is coconut oil.

Coconut Oil

Nature's Perfect Ingredient

Dave Waddell

Unravelling the mysteries of whisky, this eminently approachable and enjoyable guide delivers a working knowledge of this magical drink in all its aspects. Dave Waddell points the reader in the direction of the very best whiskies out there - whether Scotch blend, American bourbon, Irish triple distilled or Japanese single malt - outlining the history behind what goes into each glass as well as revealing how to get the most from every sip.Whisky&#39;s complex yet fascinating distilling and blending processes and the key differences between the major styles are covered in detail, while along the way a good few myths are debunked, including the idea that whisky has to be taken neat.In turns both authoritative and generous, Whisky is essential reading for both the newcomer and dedicated enthusiast alike.

The Knowledge: Whisky

Richard Burr

Bake-Off mania continues! On 8 October 2014, an incredible 12.3 million BBC1 viewers watched builder Richard Burr narrowly miss out on the Great British Bake-Off crown.Affable and laidback, with his trademark pencil tucked behind his ear, Richard had been the favourite to win. As a builder, Richard has a unique approach to his cakes and bakes - B.I.Y. Bake It Yourself showcases his creativity and technical tips for achieving success every time you cook.Each recipe contains the essential building blocks with step-by-step guides and photos. Then there is an Easy, Intermediate or Advanced variation where you can practise your new skills.Richard&#39;s expert and reassuring instructions guide you throughout. With a basic baking &#39;toolkit&#39; and featuring tricks of the trade, the 80 recipes cover the essentials of bread, sweet pastry, cakes, biscuits, pies, tarts, savouries and puddings.

B.I.Y: Bake it Yourself

A Manual for Everyday Baking

Emily Kydd

Toast: the ultimate fast food. Everyone loves toast. And now it&#39;s the piping-hot new food trend.Posh Toast features every toast recipe you could ever need:<ul><li>Breakfast Toasts including Eggs Royale, Chocolate Spread &amp; Cream Cheese, Lox &amp; Cream Cheese</li><li>Lunch Toasts including Mozzarella &amp; Kale Pesto, Avocado, Tahini &amp; Toasted Chickpeas, Mint &amp; Walnut Baba Ganoush</li><li>Snacks &amp; Canape Toasts including Mini Croque Monsieurs, Swedish Prawns, Tuna Tartare</li><li>Supper Toasts including Posh Beans, Spiced Potted Crab, Warm Hummus and Spiced Lamb</li></ul>With over 70 recipes, each with a gorgeous photo, plus a guide to bread basics and toasting, this is the ultimate cookbook for toast addicts, expert chefs and novices alike. It&#39;s toast. And it&#39;s posh. It&#39;s Posh Toast.

Posh Toast

Over 70 Recipes For Glorious Things – On Toast

Tess Ward

The Naked Diet is all about changing your way of eating for the better, making you feel cleaner and purer. It takes a stripped back approach to the food that you eat, that will give you more energy, help you lose weight and cleanse your body.Broken down into Pure, Raw, Stripped, Bare, Undressed, Clean and Detox chapters, it is a transformative, new approach to clean-living with smart and contemporary recipes, such as Beetroot quinoa granola, Raw spring rolls with peanut dipping sauce, Super green cauliflower couscous and Soba noodles with mango and sesame.With over 60 recipes and an additional Detox chapter, Tess&#39; book is packed full of naked store-cupboard information and naked nutrient ingredients that will change your diet through simplifying the food you put into your body.It isn&#39;t about dieting, it&#39;s about changing your mindset, so that you eat less processed, cleaner and simpler foods that restore and nourish your body back to its naked and pure state.

The Naked Diet

Peggy Porschen

There is no more indulgent treat than layers of flavoured sponge sandwiched together with scrummy fillings and decorated in the prettiest ways possible. Containing over 30 recipes for delectable sponges and mouth-watering fillings, Love Layer Cakes provides the inspiration for years of flavoursome and fool-proof baking.  The book contains cakes for teatime treats that are proven favourites at The Peggy Porschen Parlour in central London as well as brand new recipes developed especially for this book. Peggy classics include the ever-popular Salted caramel cake, covered in marbled chocolate ganache and caramel fudge squares, and Vanilla cloud cake decorated with a dainty sky blue cloud stencil. New cakes include the Toasted marshmallow cake, kid-friendly Cheeky monkey cake, and Rose and pistachio cake makes an elegant centrepiece for any occasion.  There are cake designs suitable for every occasion and, as you would expect from a master baker like Peggy Porschen, the recipes are all triple-tested to ensure perfect results for even the novice home baker. For better baking, Peggy divulges many of her golden rules for the perfect sponge plus professional cheats and tricks for perfect cake decorating and  -  perhaps best of all  -  the book comes with two free food-safe cake stencils featuring exclusive designs by Peggy Porschen herself so that you can effortlessly recreate designs from the book.

Love Layer Cakes

Over 30 Recipes and Decoration Ideas for Scrumptious Celebration Bakes

Skye Gyngell

Published to celebrate Skye Gyngell&#39;s groundbreaking new restaurant in the heart of London, Spring presents a collection of mouthwatering original recipes from the new restaurant&#39;s menu - beautiful breads and pasta dishes, exquisite seafood and meat dishes, colourful salads and vegetables, enticing ice cream and desserts, original preserves and refreshing non-alcoholic drinks. Crab salad with chilli, pumpkin, curry leaves and lime, Pappardalle with oxtail ragu, Guinea fowl with faro and parsley, Kimchi and Warm chocolate and espresso puddings are just a few of the delectable recipes on offer. But Spring is much more than a collection of new recipes from this talented chef. It also provides a fascinating insight into the creation of the restaurant itself, from Skye&#39;s first visit to the space at Somerset House, through the design and development of the site to the opening of the restaurant. She describes how the menu evolved, from the early days testing recipes in her kitchen at home to the opening in October 2014. She also reveals details about the other aspects that give the restaurant its unique character: the decor, art, staff uniforms, table settings etc. Beautifully illustrated throughout with Andy Sewell&#39;s evocative photographs, which capture the essence of Skye&#39;s inspirational food as well as the dazzling atmosphere of the restaurant, Spring is set to become a classic.

Spring

The Cookbook

Nina Littler

We all know we need to eat our five-a-day, but sometimes it&#39;s hard. No longer.Over half the recipes in this book: soups, salads, curries and family favourites, are carefully created to include ALL your five in just one dish. Job done!It is now known that five-a-day is, in fact, a minimum, so the other recipes focus on how to top yourself up to 7, or more, with delicious smoothies, cakes, puddings and snacks. There&#39;s also a section on children&#39;s food, to start them off on the right track for a long and healthy life.Whether your goal is simply to eat more healthily, or you are following a particular diet - 5:2, low fat, low carbohydrate, vegetarian, vegan - this book has plenty for you. All the recipes are meat-free, but are easily adaptable to include meat or fish.All the recipes are inexpensive to make, and use ingredients that are readily available. Curries and spice, traditional British food, exciting modern salads and filling soups: the food you love, made healthier. Indulge in a Goan aubergine and sweet potato curry; discover how to make a shepherds pie that contains ALL your five-a-day; or snack on cucumber maki with red pepper houmous. I bet you didn&#39;t think a chocolate mousse could provide two of your five-a-day, but it can!

Thrive on Five

Simple Recipes to Get Your Five-a-Day

Peggy Porschen has spearheaded the whole shift of cake decor from traditional to cutting edge. In this book she combines her amazing gift for matching charming design with striking colour and her effortless flair for accessorising cakes like fashion outfits to produce a striking and elegant collection of cakes. She also puts even more emphasis on making her cakes taste every bit as good as they look, adding exciting flavours to her basic cakes, as well as using the best and most flavoursome of organic ingredients.  There are ideas for events like milestone birthdays, girly tea parties, baby showers, and hen nights, as well as more exotic occasions like cocktail parties, anniversaries and pool parties. However, Cake Chic isn't necessarily just for girls, but will suit anyone who wants to put on a memorable show with the minimum of fuss.

Cake Chic

Stylish Cookies and Cakes for All Occasions

Julie Montagu

Commuting, working, exercising, parenting, socialising - our lives are busy and there simply isn&#39;t the time to sustain a super healthy lifestyle. We rarely wake up feeling energised or refreshed, so we pop some vitamins, slug a coffee and get going. Julie Montagu has the answer.She is The Flexi Foodie and her book of 90 delicious recipes and friendly facts will show you how to introduce plant-based superfoods into your daily diet. Through meat-free, dairy-free and sugar-free recipes made with unrefined, wholesome ingredients, you can raise your energy levels, lose weight, lower your cholesterol, keep blood sugar levels under control, and look and feel more youthful than you have in years. Simply by adding more good foods into your day, you will naturally crowd out the bad ones.So, if you know you&#39;ve got an indulgent dinner planned, whizz up a green juice in the morning and you&#39;ll get your five-a-day in one hit. If the week ahead looks gruelling, make some high-energy power balls on Sunday and eat one every afternoon for a boost.If you love a weekly steak, serve it with one of Julie&#39;s nutrient-packed side dishes and you&#39;ve done some good with minimum effort. Enjoy what you cook, be flexible, eat well and feel so much better with Julie&#39;s brilliantly inspiring recipes.

Superfoods

The Flexible Approach to Eating More Superfoods

Katy Salter

This is a book packed with brilliantly appealing breakfast, lunch, dinner and baking recipes - that also happen to be dairy-free. Dairy-Free Delicious offers over 100 simple and irresistible recipes to inspire people to cook with imagination and eat their favourite treats. Many of the recipes are influenced by Katy's dairy-free travels, particularly in Asia where milk rarely features, and in the US - for example Thai fishcakes, Vietnamese chicken and pumpkin curry, Neapolitan iced buns and Coconut milk ice cream. Even old favourites like pancakes, creamy chicken soup, fish pie, risotto, eggs benedict, custard tarts, chocolate cake and cookies prove that lactose intolerance is no barrier to eating irresistible food every day. UK sales of non-dairy milks have gone up 40% in the past 3 years and are predicted to increase by 56% by 2016; and the market was worth GBP519m in 2012. Diagnosed with lactose intolerance in 2011, Katy Salter has created a cookbook for people who don't want to stop enjoying food just because their bodies refuse to digest lactose properly.

Dairy-free Delicious

Dale Pinnock

In this title, Dale investigates the explosion in diabetes and attempts to find out why and what you can do about it.The book is intended to help relieve both type- 1 and type-2 diabetes - using nutrition alongside conventional medicine &ndash; but, importantly, Dale believes diet alone can heal type-2 diabetes.In the first half of the book, Dale unpicks the physiology and anatomy of diabetes, showing how the modern diet causes insulin resistance and &ndash; ultimately &ndash; type-2 diabetes. But his mission is to correct that and, in the second half of the book, he provides the delicious tools to do so.A chart of low-GI foods will help you to get &#39;carb-smart&#39;. Start the day with an Avocado and cheddar omelette with spicy salsa, or enjoy a speedy Chicken and lentil curry. Serve friends Tilapia fillets with pea, mint and feta mash and tomato salad, or even try a low-GI Cheesecake for pudding.Learn Dale&#39;s secrets for yourself and successfully eat your way to avoiding &ndash; or relieving &ndash; diabetes.

Diabetes

Eat Your Way to Better Health

Valerie Orsoni

Born and raised in Corsica, Valerie Orsoni was overweight as a young adult.Along with her father, a chef, who also suffered from weight issues, she developed a programme of healthy living and eating where food itself - in the form of delicious, balanced recipes and detailed menu plans - played a central role in reducing body fat. LeBootcamp.com was a runaway global success and her book La Methode Orsoni, became a bestseller in France.With a highly motivational coaching style, LeBootCamp Diet speaks to women - and men - who are short on time, disillusioned by &#39;toxic&#39; mono-diets, and unwilling to sign up to a life of tasteless meals and forbidden foods.Through three distinct phases (Detox, Attack and Maintenance), Valerie shows how to cleanse the body of toxins; attack stubborn body fat and cellulite; speed up the process of weight - loss when needed.

LeBootCamp Diet

Eat Well; Lose Weight Now; Keep it off Forever

James Martin

James Martin&rsquo;s huge popularity is due to his simple and accessible recipes. This tie-in book to his enormously successful Home Comforts series sees James in his comfort zone, cooking the food he loves best.He champions local produce and loves growing his own, and this irresistible collection of recipes ranges from fancy dinners to impress friends, to those times when you just need to grab lunch for one in a hurry. The chapters reflect this, they are divided into Lighter Comforts, Quick Comforts, Easy Comforts, Slow Comforts, Spicy Comforts, Sweet Comforts and Baked Comforts.Much-loved for his trademark wholesome, hearty British food, in this book James shows off a fresh, light and ultra-modern side, too, in dishes like Shaved cauliflower salad with barbecued honey tomatoes. The very British love of spicy foods is properly indulged with recipes from all over the world, including Indian deep-fried soft-shell crab with a delicious home-made lime pickle. There is also the true comfort food - such as Chicken and wild mushroom frying pan pie - and old favourites such as chicken Kiev.James is famous for his fabulous puddings and this book does not disappoint. Try the mouth-watering Chocolate and clementine steamed pudding, or bake Lavender shortbread to eat with Lavender cr&egrave;me caramel.Beautifully shot in James&rsquo;s own home, this is a book of irresistible recipes to use everyday for years to come.

Home Comforts

Anjum Anand

In India, a curry is a dish whose sauce is flavoured with a harmonious blend of spices. In the new edition of this deliciously spicy book Anjum Anand presents an eclectic choice of her favourite curries. As with all Anjum's recipes, they are written to suit a lighter, healthier way of eating; but every dish bursts with the flavours of India. Some are simple one-pot curries while others recreate the multi-layered flavours of restaurant classics. Divided into chapters on Fish and Seafood, Poultry and Game, Meat and Vegetable curries, there is a final chapter featuring the usual accompaniments: vegetable side dishes, breads, rice, chutneys and raitas.  This is the essential book for all lovers of Indian food, whether they are confident cooks or novice enthusiasts.

I Love Curry

The Best Indian Curries You'll Ever Cook

Sasha Wilkins

Friends Food Family has been written for the modern cook who doesn&#39;t do pointless garnishes or napkin origami, and who likes nothing more than bringing people together around a table - or a picnic rug - preferring to enjoy guests&#39; company rather than sweat away in the kitchen.Journalist and former magazine editor Sasha Wilkins of LibertyLondonGirl.com has been cooking for her family and friends around the world since she was old enough to grasp a wooden spoon.Inside Friends Food Family are her ideas for kitchen suppers for impromptu guests, Sunday lunches for family and friends, perfect picnics, and brunches for long weekends.Alongside Sasha&#39;s recipes are tips from her kitchen and insider secrets gathered on her global travels for LibertyLondonGirl. Think guides to flea markets from Bangkok to Brooklyn, suggested presents for godchildren, and interesting ingredients to have on standby for last-minute dinners.

Friends, Food, Family

Recipes and Secrets from LibertyLondonGirl

Trine Hahnemann

Here are authentic Scandinavian recipes with a modern twist, shot on location in Scandinavia.Scandinavian Baking is suffused with&#160;hygge &ndash; that uniquely Danish concept of&#160;cosiness, simple pleasures, and&#160;relaxing with friends over good food and drink.&#160;Trine Hahnemann is the leading authority on Scandinavian baking, and here she holds the hand of the uninitiated baker and leads them through the mysteries of baking bread, always with an eye to the practicalities of creating great bread at home.Trine teaches us how we can fit the making of bread into our busy lives, without compromising on quality.&#160;And then there&#39;s the sweet baking &ndash; a recipe for each kind of Danish pastry you could ever wish for, a cookie for every occasion, and mouth-watering layer cakes, coffee cakes and cream buns.The Midsummer and Christmas festivities are built around the making of cakes, cookies and breads of all sorts, and the baking celebrations of both seasons are included in the book. Throughout the book, Trine writes about the baking world in Scandinavia: the tradition of the &#39;cake table&#39; party; how spices came to the frozen north; or how using older strains of grain will boost the nutritional worth of your daily bread.

Scandinavian Baking

Loving Baking at Home

Michel Roux

In this very personal book, Michel Roux distils a lifetime's knowledge into a definitive work on French food and cooking. Based around 100 classic recipes that have stood the test of time, this lavishly illustrated book explores the diversity of French cuisine, which for centuries has influenced so many other styles of cooking around the world. Michel gives modern interpretations of classic dishes, with his favourite variations and accompaniments. He provides expert guidance on classic techniques as well as fascinating stories about the origins of recipes, ingredients and regional culinary traditions. In addition, there are features on French cheeses and wine. Photographed on location in France, this extraordinarily beautiful book embraces the timeless essence of French cuisine and conveys the flavours and variety of French cooking today.

The Essence of French Cooking

Holly Bell

In Recipes from a Normal Mum, Holly Bell transforms the daily chore of cooking for the whole family with her collection of inventive, economical and simple recipes.With colour photographs of every dish (in response to the feedback Holly always hears from mums!), this is the must-have book for any mum who is short of time but still wants to cook delicious food for her family.Each recipe is written in straightforward steps and made with ingredients that you can buy at the supermarket. Split into 8 chapters including The More the Merrier, Dinner for 2 in A Flash, Switch to Baking Mode and Food for the Great British Outdoors, Holly has recipes to fit every family occasion.And no longer will you be stumped when you are left with a little-used ingredient or an excess amount of a dish as Holly has supplied ideas for using up the surplus, ensuring you waste absolutely nothing. Recipes include the Mix It Up Breakfast Muffins, Lemony Salmon Pasta with Courgettes &amp; Peas, Tortilla Traybake and Lemon Button Biscuits.Holly is a real mum cooking in real time and &#39;normal&#39; mums of every variety regularly turn to her blog for advice and fail-safe recipes. Whether it is a speedy recipe for feeding little people, cooking for a hungry crowd, baking for children&#39;s parties, or conjuring up grown-up weeknight suppers, this is a book to which you can turn no matter what aspect of family life you&#39;re approaching that day.

Recipes From a Normal Mum

Tori Haschka

Do you want more energy? Do you want to lose weight and keep it off - without depriving yourself? Or do you simply want to be more adventurous in the kitchen and plan a meal that ISN'T based on either bread, potatoes, pasta or rice? Tori Haschka loves comfort foods more than anything but they don't always love her. She knows what it's like to use white carbs as a culinary crutch. Until she was a teenager, she would only eat things that were a pale hue. Rice. Bread. Potatoes. Noodles. Then, after an illness, she decided to try new ways to feed herself, her friends and her hungry husband. This book is a result of the many ways she discovered to happily and greedily avoid white carbs, taking inspiration from all over the world. Since eating like this, she has felt healthier and gained energy, her skin has improved and she has lost weight and kept it off. Tori's recipes will help you to stop being reliant on nutrient-poor carbs and to get more creative in your cooking. At the same time, you will inevitably feel better in body and mind. She inspires you to inject some new life into your dishes. Try Mexican Baked Eggs or Chai Bircher Muesli for breakfast; Spiced Chickpea Bombs and Courgette Frites as light snacks with drinks; sides such as Broccoli Steaks with Chimichurri and Brazil Nuts and 6 types of puree to banish mashed potatoes forever; Lamb Shank and Fig Tagine or Duck Breasts with Roast Beetroot, Radish and Cocoa for comfort food; and Peanut Butter and Jam Puddings.

Cut the Carbs

100 Recipes to Help You Ditch White Carbs and Feel Great

Tom Hunt

The Natural Cook is an inspirational book for the way we eat now. It puts fresh, flavoursome, veg-focused food centre-stage, and features recipes that make use of every ounce of an ingredient. Each of the 26 seasonal &#39;hero&#39; ingredients featured is represented first by three simple cooking techniques that teach you how to make a delicious simple dish. These techniques are then followed by three world-inspired recipes, which make use of the prepared ingredients as well as drawing in other seasonal fruit and vegetables. At the end of each recipe, the &#39;Cook&#39;s Notes&#39; give clear tips and ideas for turning uneaten extras into other delicious meals, ensuring that absolutely nothing is wasted. To give examples: a simple roast pumpkin with sage can be transformed into a salad with chickpeas and kale, a risotto with sage and crispy bacon or an aromatic pumpkin pie with cardamom and maple syrup, while the seeds can be toasted and made into a tasty snack. Rhubarb can be stewed with sultanas, roasted with vanilla or poached with white wine, and then added to a tagine, baked into custard tarts or layered with granola and yoghurt in a breakfast pot. So head to the market and pick the freshest, ripest veg off the shelf, or look in your fridge for that fennel or bunch of radishes you bought, knowing that there&#39;s an inspiring recipe (or ten) waiting for you.

The Natural Cook

Eating the Seasons from Root to Fruit

Cabana

Packed with colourful photography as well as over 80 recipes, this book offers a slice of modern Brasilian life with stories about the origins of each recipe and anecdotes ranging from how to dance the samba to how to mix the perfect, authentic Caipirinha

Brasilian Barbecue and Beyond

Indian food is one of the UK&#39;s favourite cuisines, so why don&#39;t we cook it more often at home?This book is the answer: Anjum shows how we can all create a delicious curry in just 20 minutes, and provides tips on stocking your cupboards with time-saving &#39;cheat&#39; ingredients and a plethora of hints on how to make cooking Indian at home as easy as possible, while the &#39;Take One - &#39; feature shows you how to make three great meals from just one storecupboard ingredient.Whether you&#39;re feeding the family, puzzling over how to jazz up vegetable dishes, or entertaining friends, there&#39;s something here for every occasion. A plethora of spicy salads, using fresh vegetables and grains, will suit the modern lighter style of eating, while a chapter of fabulously fresh Indian &#39;tapas&#39; makes entertaining a dream.After a busy day at work, throw together Anjum&#39;s lamb kebabs with a yoghurt-apricot relish in 10 minutes flat, or make tandoori salmon tacos that children will adore. And save room for pudding; a luscious ginger chai tiramisu will satisfy the most jaded palate!

Anjum's Quick & Easy Indian

Fast, Effortless Food for Any Time and Place

Scandinavian cuisine has never been more hot and audiences everywhere are now keen to know more about their healthy lifestyle and diet composed of home-grown vegetables, berries, grains and fish.In this beautiful and evocative book, leading Danish chef and food writer, Trine Hahnemann presents an insight into a food culture that is both deeply traditional and ultra-modern, with a collection of 100 delicious recipes representing the essence of Scandinavian cooking.Structured around the distinctive seasons, which have inevitably made their impact on cooking and dining, the book also gives a feel for life in Scandinavia with photographs and special features. Divided by months, each chapter contains 10 recipes which highlight the very best seasonal recipes from January&#39;s Danish Pastries and Citrus Marinated Salmon, through to April&#39;s Rack of Lamb Stuffed with Mint and Dried Apricot, September&#39;s Swedish Meatballs with Cowberry Compote and all the December delights of Christmas with traditions and recipes from all three countries.The recipes in the book all have an emphasis on simple, healthy ingredients which reflect today&#39;s desire to eat lighter food without sacrificing look or flavour.

The Scandinavian Cookbook

The new book from the bestselling Medicinal Chef, Dale Pinnock, provides 80 new recipes to eat healthily day-in day-out.Dale acknowledges that breakfast is, for many people, the first hurdle in a healthy diet as time pressures force us to make unhealthy choices. Here Dale provides ideas from eggs royale, chilli chocamocha breakfast bomb, to an indulgent brunch of beetroot and smoked mackerel frittata. Throughout the day, snack on choc &amp; nut oat bars or sesame chocolate fudge. Lunchbox ideas include Roast root and rocket salad with honey mustard dressing, Cheeky chicken &amp; lettuce roll-ups and Miso mushroom noodle soup. The need to get food on the table quickly in the evening is answered with family-friendly dishes such as pad thai, green curry salmon burgers, cholesterol-busting chicken curry or one-pot Moroccan vegetable tagine.This new book also includes several healthy meat-based recipes such as a Chicken &amp; pink grapefruit powerhouse salad or a healthy kebab to lure you away from the takeaway. Short explanations alongside every recipe highlight the incredible nutritional benefits of a wide range of ingredients we all know and love, and easy-to-use symbols show which bodily systems and conditions each recipe can help with.A special index lists recipes by the area of health they aid, including: Skin Joints and Bones Respiratory system Immune system Metabolic system Heart and circulation Digestive system Reproductive &amp; urinary systems Dale feels passionately that making a long-term change to the way you eat is a far better path to good health than short-lived, difficult-to-follow diets. Simple, tasty, good for you - now it&#39;s never been easier to be healthy every day.

The Medicinal Chef Healthy Every Day

Featuring over 25 of Peggy's most delectable cupcake recipes, Cupcakes is an essential selection of original and specially developed recipes from the most creative of contemporary cake designers. Recipes include the award-winning Chocolate Heaven and Black Forest, the timeless classics Sticky Toffee and Vanilla Chiffon and a whole range that are perfectly suited for special occasions  -  from light and bright Lemon Meringue, Eton Mess and Pink Marshmallow to dark and indulgent Pecan Pie, Mulled Wine and Chocolate Raspberry Heart.  Not only are there a variety of delicious cupcakes, there are a range of truly wondrous toppings, too. Each cupcake is specifically matched to one of the offered frostings, from classic cream cheese icing and mascarpone frostings in a multitude of flavourings to rich marshmallow fondant and luxurious dark chocolate ganache, and each has a simple decorative finish.

Cupcakes

Using good-quality ingredients, smart store-cupboard shortcuts and time-saving ideas, James Martin shows how to put delicious, everyday food on the table in next to no time.Each recipe is straightforward to shop for with easy-to-find ingredients, and can be prepared from start to finish in 20 minutes, including any accompaniments. Additionally, there are clever tips about how to adapt and vary the dishes to suit your time constraints.Divided into chapters on starters, main courses and desserts, there are plenty of quick after-work suppers, such as smoked haddock fishcakes with quick hollandaise, or hot noodle soup with chilli and mushrooms, as well as simple-but-stunning dishes for entertaining when you&#39;re short of time, such as sushi salmon with hot sizzling sesame oil, or roast duck with cumin-spiced lentils. Delicious yet speedy puddings include a 5-minute banoffee cheesecake, whoopee cakes and strawberries with vodka sabayon.

Fast Cooking

Really Exciting Recipes in 20 Minutes

Hannah Read-Baldrey

Christine Leech

Follow the Yellow Brick Road and get swept along by the cyclone force of Everything Oz, where dreams are brought to life. The classic tale of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum provides the inspiration for this spell-binding and creative collection of 50 makes and bakes, ranging from a Dress-up Dorothy Doll and Toto's Dog Jacket to the Tin Woodman's Heart Garland, Cowardly Lion Hand Puppet and Squashed Wicked Witch Cupcakes. The authors of the ground-breaking craft book Everything Alice, Christine Leech and Hannah Read-Baldrey, have interpreted this perennially popular tale in their own unique way to create all the projects in this latest book in the Everything - series, which is filled with yet more original and playful ideas for the eclectic craft lover. This enchanting book perfectly captures the magical essence of this faraway land. Everything Oz is brimming with new and innovative craft projects to eat, drink and wear, so slip on a pair of Ruby Slippers and accompany Hannah and Christine on their journey towards the Emerald City. Every crafter will enjoy this book, because, because, because, because, because - of the wonderful things it does!

Everything Oz

The Wizard Book of Makes & Bakes

Lewis Esson

This handy little book will prove to be the perfect antidote to all your kitchen worries.Packed full of humorous quotes and witty quips, as well as invaluable tips and essential techniques, every home cook can be saved from the despair of a sunken souffl&eacute; or learn how to save a mayonnaise that is threatening to split.Keep Calm and Cook On is littered with quotations that have been chosen from a variety of sources, from Michelin-starred chefs to historians, essayists and film stars.Those quoted include Nigella Lawson, Marcel Boulestin, Claudia Roden, Madame Benoit, Jane Grigson and many other luminaries of the world of food and cooking. These are timeless quotations that offer a wealth of wisdom and humour for both gourmands and novice cooks alike.Interspersed with the insightful quotes are practical tips and techniques that will help avoid any kitchen dilemnas and keep home cooks free of stress. Learn how to poach an egg to perfection, how to get the most juice out of your lemons and how to save overcooked vegetables.This delightful pocket-sized book will keep cooks out of trouble and in excellent humour, making sure that food never becomes a chore and always remains a pleasure.

Keep Calm and Cook On

Good Advice for Cooks

Josceline Dimbleby

Winner of the Guild of Food Writers Kate Whiteman Award for Work on Food and Travel 2011  Celebrated cookery writer Josceline Dimbleby is widely credited with introducing new ways of using spices to the domestic kitchen. This enchanting memoir explores the food influences of her rich and varied life and provides an outstanding collection of exciting recipes. As an itinerant child with a diplomat stepfather, Josceline spent much of her time in the kitchen - in a succession of different countries - watching cooks transform food with spices and herbs. As a consequence, she acquired not only a taste for food but also a passion for discovering other lands and different cuisines. From Syria to Morocco, from North America to Burma and Laos, her adult life built on and broadened her early gastronomic experiences. She found that her astonishing memory of tastes - together with her natural ability to combine flavours and textures harmoniously - enabled her to create very personal interpretations of dishes she had eaten around the world. Orchards in the Oasis is Josceline's absorbing account of her lifelong love affair with food and flavourings. It is interspersed with 75 inspiring but accessible recipes from the diverse cuisines she has experienced on her travels: Rose petal tart from Syria, Peruvian potatoes, Bosphorus mussel stew, Marrakesh meatballs and Chicken noodle hotpot from Vietnam. Evocatively illustrated with mouth-watering food photography and the author's personal photographs of her travels, it is, indeed, an irresistible memoir.

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