Steve Roud was Local Studies Librarian for the London Borough of Croydon and served as Honorary Librarian of the Folklore Society for over fifteen years. He has been researching British folklore for over thirty years and is the joint author of the Oxford Dictionary of English Folklore, plus other books on traditional drama and folk song, and the Penguin Guide to the Superstitions of Britain and Ireland, which won the Katharine Briggs Folklore Award in 2004. His publications include London Lore (2008) and The Lore of the Playground (2010). He also compiles the Folk Song Index and the Broadside Index, two internationally acclaimed computer databases of traditional folk and popular song. He lives in Sussex.

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Anthea Malialis

Delicious dinners and legendary lunches from the jacket potato queen 
 
SUPER HOME COOK is your go-to guide to solve the daily dinner dilemma. Packed with simple recipes that are instant crowd-pleasers. 
 
Covering Spectacular Spuds and Tasty Bowls for fresh and filling lunches, Fakeaways and Comfort Food for hearty weeknight wins or a Friday night feast and Snacks & Sides for helpful hunger hacks. Get stuck into: 
 
- The mega Marry Me Chicken Jacket Potato 
- Banging Beef Taco Bowls with Hot Honey 
- Super Smashed Potato Chicken Caesar Salad 
- Extra Crispy Chicken Wings 
- Easy Peasy Pizza Pittas 
- And more! 
 
For real food that's big on flavour and low on fuss, SUPER HOME COOK has you covered.

Super Home Cook

Banging dinner bowls, loaded lunches and tasty spuds to feed your family

H.J. Heinz Foods UK Limited

Whether served on toast, a baked potato, or as part of a delicious morning fry up, Beanz are one of the nation's favourite ingredients. But there's far more to Beanz than meets the eye. Perfect for Beanz lovers of all ages, this delightful collection of recipes is packed with delicious twists on family favourites featuring the ultimate store cupboard superhero. 
 
The Heinz Baked Beanz Book has buckets of recipes to choose from, featuring brilliant breakfasts, scrumptious sandwiches and midweek meal marvels. And with plenty of veggie and vegan options, you can cook up a Beanz feast for all the family. With 30 delicious new recipes for brunches, lunches, and quick dinners as well as superb side dishes and weekend suppers, include marvellous morning options such as Full English Fritatta or Spanish-style Baked Eggs; for lunch why not try the warming Smoked Cheddar Melt or dive into a Beanz-in-a-hole Sandwich; get spicy with a Beanz Curry or Chipotle Chicken Casserole; up your spud game with Boston Beanz Jackets and delight the kids (and the grown- up-kids!) by making the famous and until now sadly missed Beanz pizza 
 
Beautifully designed and illustrated with specially commissioned photography, fascinating memorabilia, vintage adverts from the Heinz archive, fun beanz facts and famous fans. This the perfect, irresistible gift for every beanz fan you know.

The Heinz Beanz Book

Bird & Blend Tea Co

Infuse your favourite drinks and dishes with your best-loved flavours of tea! 
 
From the award-winning experts at Bird &amp; Blend Tea Co., a tea-rrific cookbook with bakes, savoury dishes, cocktails, milkshakes and more. With chapters on black, green, oolong, rooibos, fruit, herbal and matcha, these mouth-watering recipes showcase the versatility of the tea already in your cupboard. 
 
From Green Tea Miso Soup and an Earl Grey Yoghurt Loaf to Chai &amp; Coconut Ice Lollies and an Eton Mess Milkshake, this cookbook will inspire you to experiment with tea in exciting and surprisingly easy ways. 
 
The perfect gift for the tea-lover in your life, these recipes are not just for teatime. Bird &amp; Blend have something for every occasion and moment of your day, with recipes designed for wellness, wind-downs, pick-me-ups and celebrations. 
 
Let the tea-licious fun begin!

Bird & Blend’s Brew, Bake, Sip & Savour

60 recipes to make with tea

Yotam Ottolenghi

Helen Goh

The Sunday Times and New York Times Bestseller 
 
‘There’s nothing like a perfectly light sponge flavoured with spices and citrus or an icing-sugar-dusted cookie to raise the spirits and create a moment of pure joy.’ 
 
In his stunning new baking and desserts cookbook Yotam Ottolenghi and his long-time collaborator Helen Goh bring the Ottolenghi hallmarks of fresh, evocative ingredients, exotic spices and complex flavourings - including fig, rose petal, saffron, aniseed, orange blossom, pistachio and cardamom - to indulgent cakes, biscuits, tarts, puddings, cheesecakes and ice cream. 
 
Sweet includes over 110 innovative recipes with stunning photos by award-winning Peden + Munk – from Blackberry and Star Anise Friands, Tahini and Halva Brownies, Persian Love Cakes, Middle Eastern Millionaire’s Shortbread, and Saffron, Orange and Honey Madeleines to Flourless Chocolate Layer Cake with Coffee, Walnut and Rosewater and Cinnamon Pavlova with Praline Cream and Fresh Figs. 
 
There is something here to delight everyone – from simple mini-cakes and cookies that parents can make with their children to showstopping layer cakes and roulades that will reignite the imaginations of accomplished bakers.

Sweet

Ludwig Bemelmans

If there is such a thing as a comfort food book, Bemelmans' stories are it. His evocative tales of grand hotel life have a reporter's eye for sensory detail, yet he always manages to bathe his world and it's lovable characters in the mood of a fairytale. Meet the girl-hungry hotel Magician, Kalakobe the African cook, Mr Sigsag, Monsieur Victor, Mespoulet and an unforgettable cast of down but not yet out hotel employees. A feast of food writing. And once you've read one Bemelmans' tale you fall in love and want to read the lot.

Hotel Bemelmans

Tom Parker Bowles

Tired of the bland, processed pap served up in supermarkets and identikit restaurants across the UK, food writer Tom Parker Bowles embarks on a picaresque global odyssey in search of culinary extremes. 
 
The first to admit he has a timid tummy, Tom eschews the Michelin-starred restaurants he's grown accustomed to and seeks out the most authentic regional foods he can find. Full of trepidation, he puts his prejudices behind him and samples seahorse satay and millipede skewers in China, indulges in stomach-popping competitive eating in the States, and tentatively consumes the world's most poisonous fish in Japan. 
 
Brilliantly written and often laugh-out-loud funny, this is an eye-opening adventure in the company of a man who may not be brave, but is certainly curious. Tom's visceral account of his journey will make your mouth water ... most of the time.

The Year Of Eating Dangerously

A Global Adventure in Search of Culinary Extremes

Emma Young

'Delicious! Emma writes with such clarity and passion' NED PALMER, bestselling author A Cheesemonger's History of the British Isles 
'Emma's expert take is brilliantly refreshing. What a triumph' HELEN MCGINN, Drinks Expert BBC Saturday Kitchen 
'Fabulous, fun and factual' MELISSA HEMSLEY 
 
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Do you know your Brie from your Beaufort, your Reblochon from your Roquefort? Whatever your cheese expertise, this book is for you! 
 
With over 110 cheeses covered, using The Cheese Wheel, you can: 
 
- Discover the finest new cheeses from around the world 
- Master how to taste cheese and describe what you like/dislike 
- Find out the perfect drink to pair with your cheese 
- Design your own cheeseboard 
- And much more... 
 
With experience as a cheesemonger, cheese maker and cheese awards judge, Emma Young brings her comprehensive knowledge to the page in this innovative flavour-based guide to cheese. Each cheese profile includes fascinating notes on its origins, what drink it pairs best with, why you must try it, and other cheeses it complements for your next cheese board. 
 
So, whether you consider yourself a cheese connoisseur or are simply curious about the differences between a Cheddar, Comté and Caerphilly, this is an essential companion to have on your shelves. 
 
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'The book on cheese we have been waiting for' REGULA YSEWIJN 
'A fun and informative book' RACHEL KHOO 
'An essential read for anyone who adores cheese' JAMES GOLDING, Group Chief Director THE PIG Hotel

The Cheese Wheel

How to choose and pair cheese like an expert

The Official HP Sauce Book celebrating one of the nations' favourite sauces and store-cupboard icons (if not The Favourite!) 
 
Featuring 30 brand new recipes showcasing fun and innovative ways to cook with HP Sauce. Taking inspiration from HP Sauce's iconic history, there is something for every fan to enjoy, from the essential giant sausage roll and full English baps to epic chips in gravy. Plus quick, clever and delicious meals such as jerk inspired chicken, pies, Swedish meatballs and a Cheat's Pad Thai which will surprise and delight the whole family, especially when they all discover the secret ingredient! 
 
Beautifully designed and illustrated with specially commissioned recipe photography along with fascinating illustrations and vintage adverts from the Heinz archive, including the history of the House of Commons' famous square bottles, infographics, fun facts & stats and HP's most famous fans, this is the perfect, irresistible gift for brown sauce devotees of all ages.

The Heinz HP Sauce Book

The Ultimate Brown Sauce Lover’s Guide

Rohan Candappa

Rohan Candappa, author of bestselling humour books such as the Little Book of Stress and The Curious Incident of the Weapons of Mass Destruction, is the son of a Sri Lankan father and Burmese mother. He grew up small and round in South London, riding his chopper bike and supporting Leeds United. But every day his mother would conjur delicious meals out of thin air. His father cooked too, with fiery flavourings, black curries and green coriander chutneys. Their home became the focus for family gatherings and feasts of such delicacy and exoticism that you'd never have known Norwood lay outside the window. 
 
Yet somewhere in his twenties Rohan forgot his culinary heritage and it wasn't until he was bringing up his own young family that he began to think more about his identity as a second generation immigrant and the binding, identifying power of the family meal caught his imagination. 
 
And so he began this beautifully written, funny, poignant memoir of his heritage and his home. Of curry leaves and curried chips. Hot chillis and hot dogs. Pataks and Heinz. About the past and the present - and the place where time should cease to matter... the family kitchen.

Picklehead

From Ceylon to suburbia; a memoir of food, family and finding yourself

Jonathan Arana-Morton

Rise and Shine, it’s time to up your breakfast and brunch game with The Breakfast Club, the simple, speedy and cheery cookbook from the ‘locally world famous’ caf. 
 
Start the day right with your favourite dishes from the much-loved breakfast restaurant. From fluffy American pancake stacks and the perfect Eggs Benedict to spicy Huevos Rancheros, The Breakfast Club is the ideal way to make the best of the most important meal of the day. 
 
With chapters including Eggs, ‘Cafness’, The Great American Diner and Sides & Drinks, now you can indulge in the ultimate breakfast any time you fancy. 
 
Why not whip up an iconic stack of Pancakes, Cream and Berries, sort yourself out with a proper Full Monty fry-up or rise and shine with Smashed Avocado & Mojo Pico Toast. 
 
Written by co-founder and all-round good egg Jonathan Arana-Morton, The Breakfast Club is packed with dozens of delicious recipes to make sure today is going to be a good day.

The Breakfast Club

Glorious Rise & Shine Recipes

Suzanne Mulholland

Suzanne presents Batch from Scratch (Channel 4) with Joe Swash. 
 
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Delicious home cooking - ready when you want it 
 
Take the hassle out of mealtimes with 100 easy recipes to have dinner ready in no time. 
 
Grab and Cook is a simple method to put satisfying, wholesome food on the table every day. Each recipe takes no more than 15 minutes to prepare, and can either be cooked right away, or made for the freezer to cook when you're hungry. 
 
All of the recipes have instructions for cooking in multiple appliances - including oven, air fryer, pressure cooker, hob, slow cooker and microwave - so you can choose the one that suits you. 
 
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Suzanne presents Channel 4 TV programme Batch from Scratch with Joe Swash. 
 
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'To say that Suzanne goes the extra mile in Grab and Cook would be a stupendous understatement – it’s fuss-free and full of recipes that you'll actually make again and again.' - Becky Excell 
 
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Number one non-fiction bestseller, The Sunday Times, February 2024

The Batch Lady Grab and Cook

No-fuss prep-ahead meals to make life easy

Gerhard Jenne

Konditor and Cook are legends in the baking world. Their contemporary and witty cakes are famous – Magic Cakes have achieved iconic status, and their cheeky Dodgy Jammers and Gingerbread Grannies exemplify the humour with which Konditor and Cook are associated. 
 
Now 20 years old, Konditor and Cook have finally written their long-awaited baking book. From the classic Curly Whirly Cake to addictive Black Velvet Cupcakes and Boston Brownies, each recipe is easy to follow and will see you whipping up your own Konditor treats at home. And it's not just cakes: there are Apple Crumble Muffins, Raspberry and Ricotta Cheesecakes and even Spaghetti Bolognese Cupcakes to tickle your fancy. 
 
With 100 seductive, stylish recipes featuring step-by-step instructions and stunning photography from Jean Cazals, the Konditor and Cook Book of Cakes will make your baking a little sweeter and cheekier.

Konditor & Cook

Deservedly Legendary Baking

Rick Stein

‘All men should strive to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why’ 
 
Rick Stein's childhood in 1950s rural Oxfordshire and North Cornwall was idyllic. His parents were charming and gregarious, their five children much-loved and given freedom typical of the time. As he grew older, the holidays were filled with loud and lively parties in his parents' Cornish barn. But ever-present was the unpredicatible mood of his bipolar father, with Rick frequently the focus of his anger and sadness. 
 
When Rick was 18 his father killed himself. Emotionally adrift, Rick left for Australia, carrying a suitcase stamped with his father's initials. Manual labour in the outback followed by adventures in America and Mexico toughened up the naive public schoolboy, but at heart he was still lost and unsure what to do with his life. 
 
Eventually, Cornwall called him home. From the entrepreneurial days of his mobile disco, the Purple Tiger, to his first, unlikely unlikely nightclub where much of the time was spent breaking up drink-fuelled fights, Rick charts his personal journey in a way that is both wry and perceptive; engaging and witty. 
 
Shortlisted for the Specsavers National Book Awards 2013

Under a Mackerel Sky

Suzanne presents Batch from Scratch (Channel 4) with Joe Swash. 
 
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Follow The Batch Lady method: reduce your shopping bill, cut down on waste and spend less time worrying what to make for dinner. 
 
Take the stress out of evenings with 100 tasty grab-and-cook recipes to make dinner times a breeze. Prep recipes in 5-10 minutes, then keep the handy grab bags (also known as 'dump bags') in the fridge or freezer until you are ready to eat. 
 
Choose to cook on the hob, in the oven or use your favourite appliance, with options for slow cooker and air fryer throughout. 
 
Includes meal plans with just 30 minutes of prep for a week's dinners, as well as templates to be customised to the preferences of you and your household. 
 
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The Sunday Times bestseller February 2025

The Batch Lady Rapid Dinners

No-fuss grab and cook meals for the whole week in just 30 minutes

Madhur Jaffrey

Madhur Jaffrey, television's most-loved Indian cook, returned to our screens for a major new series for the Good Food Channel in October 2012. 
 
 Travelling across Britain, visiting local Indian and South Asian communities, Madhur revealed how it's possible to sample virtually the whole of Indian cuisine without ever leaving the British Isles. 
 
In the official tie-in book to the series, Madhur Jaffrey showcases her favourite curry recipes with influences from all over the subcontinent: Punjabi, Goan, Parsi and Bengali amongst others. Carefully selected and adapted by Madhur, the recipes conjure up the colour and vitality of this vibrant culture, but keep to her mantra that Indian food doesn't need to be complicated. Always innovative and contemporary, Madhur will even give some of these traditional Indian recipes a twist - pairing Aloo Gobi with a very British roast lamb, for example. 
 
Whether it's the spicy, lentil-based specialities of Rajesthan, kebabs and kormas from Delhi, or coconut-infused curries from Kerala, we accompany Madhur Jaffrey on her very personal tour of our modern-day Curry Nation.

Madhur Jaffrey's Curry Nation

The Jolly Hog

Pigs in Blankets are for life, not just for Christmas! 
 
The Pigs in Blanket Cookbook is filled with 50 fun and creative reasons to enjoy many more PIBs at Christmas and all year round. With colourful photography, bright design and easy to follow steps, this is the perfect book for everyone who loves these savoury treats and wants to jazz up meals for family and friends and make great treats for the kids, BBQs and parties. 
 
Includes PIBs take on all the favourites; bolognaise, mac 'N' cheese, risotto, carbonara, egg fried rice, BBQ and breakfasts, the famous PIB Christmas trifle and even recipes for PIB-tatas bravas, smoky PIBs bread and PIB sushi! Starting with Christmas (naturally!) and followed by lighter spring and summer breakfast, salads, BBQ and party recipes and finishing with a warming seasonal autumn galette, one pot dishes and Halloween fun.

The Pigs in Blankets Cookbook

50 Bacon & Sausage Showstoppers (not just for Christmas)

Fraser Reynolds

The perfect guide to help you reset in January 
 
Fuss-free, filling and slimming in minutes - from the Sunday Times Bestseller. 
 
Scottish nutrition coach, Fraser Reynolds has helped thousands to achieve their health and diet goals with simple and delicious food that everyone will love. 
 
In his second book, Fraser doubles down on making dieting quick and easy with 100 family-friendly recipes that are high-protein, low-calorie and on the table in 30 minutes. With barcodes to scan your meals straight into your tracking apps and low cal tips and swaps throughout, this book has everything you need to lose weight for good. 
 
Serve up Fraser's viral Tomato Soup Toastie for a hearty lunch, 'throw and go' with a warming Slow Cooker Beef Ragu, or treat your family to a friday night fakeaway with Turkey Smash Tacos and more! All under 600 calories including any sides. 
 
Sections include: 
 
Air Fryer 
Family Favourites 
Fakeaway 
Throw 'n Go 
& Meal Prep

Speedy High Protein

Filling, slimming & low-calorie meals under 30 minutes

From West Country cider brewers to Yorkshire tripe dressers, Tom meets the punters and producers at the heart of our food traditions. He samples the very best of real English food: Bury black pudding, home-cured Wiltshire bacon and the planet's finest cheddar. 
 
But Full English is no paean to an imagined land where yokels sip ale together while chomping on pork pies. Tom's quest delves beneath the surface to unearth the real story behind our eating habits, and what the food of today says about us: organic heaven or mass-produced hell? 
 
Peppered with mouth-watering recipes and recommendations, Tom's pilgrimage maps out England's defining dishes: Fish &amp; Chips in the North, Balti in the midlands, Snail Porridge at the Fat Duck. But it is the colourful characters we meet along the way who truly bring Full English to life.

Full English

A Journey through the British and their Food

Nathan Anthony

From the no.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of one of the fastest selling cookbooks of all time, Bored of Lunch, comes brand-new slow cooker recipes using just six ingredients. 
 
A revolutionary collection of calorie-counted recipes for your slow cooker. Say farewell to mealtime mayhem with recipes easier than ever before, guaranteed to be used time and again. From fakeaways to desserts and throw-and-go dinners to midweek meals, Nathan has all your favourites covered with pies, pastas, curries, soups, risottos and more.<ul><li>Calorie-counted recipes with nutritional breakdowns for carbs, protein and fat</li><li>A photo for every recipe and for each 6 ingredients</li><li>Easy-to-find ingredients</li><li>Triple-tested recipes</li><li>All new never-seen-before recipes</li><li>One-pot and one-pan friendly recipes</li></ul> 
Recipes include Beef & Bacon Hotpot, Lazy Chicken Stroganoff, Beef Brisket Madras, Spiced Sweet Potato & Halloumi Soup and Dark Chocolate Brownies. 
 
Let the slow cooker do the work with these super-simple six-ingredient recipes. Cooking can’t get any easier than this. 
 
No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller, December 2024

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